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...developing missiles that could reach Chinese cities. As your story noted, China has at least 500 missiles pointing at Taiwan, so plainly the latter has a need for defensive arms. But the country's weapons programs should be left up to the people of Taiwan and not be subject to pressure from the U.S., which is trying to sell us submarines, aircraft and missile defense systems. Many Taiwanese have likened it to being bullied, and they consider the $18 billion price tag for the armaments a protection fee. Is Taiwan getting ripped off? Ting Wai Tu Taipei...
...while we’re on the subject, you might as well make that 19, because this one won’t be a contest...
Punning on the name of an interview subject is one of the lowest tools available to the lazy critic, the sort of device that substitutes a feeble smile for real engagement with the work, in order to get it finished. And so it’s with a wince that any self-respecting writer can comment on the, well, pain running through the work of independent director Alexander Payne...
Though her subject matter may be overwhelmingly diverse, in reality Orlean has continued to pursue the same line of inquiry that started her off on her career: to learn about people and places that aren’t mainstream. “It seems a really wonderful mission to try to bring people out of their own worlds and encourage them to at least sample another world that they don’t have much in common with,” Orlean said...
...example, one of the pieces in My Kind of Place expounds on the joys of taxidermy. Orlean visited the world taxidermy championships and to her surprise became thoroughly enthused by her subject, at least for the duration of the competition...