Steve Kelman on Politics, Culture, and Life, 6.8.2022
Steve Kelman, Harvard Kennedy School prof, moderate Dem, pro free speech/anti cancel culture, pro tax rich, pro-Israel. Research improving gov performance, China interest. Blog reprints Facebook posts
China says: No more “poisonous” views in Hong Kong schools
China's Global Times reports on new civics textbooks in Hong Kong. "With designated textbooks and a detailed syllabus, some teachers will no longer be able to convey their wrong and poisonous political views to students when teaching this course." Another nail in the coffin of Hong Kong freedom.
Go to jail in Hong Kong for watching a documentary
The Hong-Kong chief of police has warned people that watching a documentary film about the 2019 democracy protests could be a violation of the national security law.
Topless in Nantucket
The tony Massachusetts vacation island of Nantucket will be allowing topless sunbathing.
Sweden and Nato
As a result of an internal political circus in Sweden that would be far too complicated and uninteresting to explain to American friends, the Swedish government has now made a statement about Kurdistan that will anger Turkish President Erdogan and lead him, at least initially, to veto Swedish Nato membership. Ugh....
Remote work in China
An article in the Beijing Review discusses the growth of remote work in China. They cite a survey that 90% of Chinese employees would like to work from home at least one day a week. Interesting, it's international.
“Sensitive content” and President’s Management Agenda
Bizarre -- I tweeted a link to my new blog on the President's Management Agenda, , and I got the message: "The following media includes potentially sensitive content." When I clicked the link to this "potentially sensitive content," it was an image of the White House.
“You have a beer now”
Just said on my voice recognition software, "You have a beard now?" It came out as, "You have a beer now?"