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Ho Ho Ho: Unhappy Neighbors — South China Sea as Flash Point, Indonesia and Viet-Nam Seek Solutions — China’s U-Shaped Line and String of Pearls

Unhappy Neighbors Ngo Vinh Long The Cairo Review of Foreign Affairs, February 10, 2013 Speaking to diplomats, businessmen and journalists at the British Foreign Office in November, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia emphasized the need for “norms and principles” in resolving disputes in the South China Sea. Why did President Yudhoyono, who was spending …

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Review: Creative Innovators – The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World

Tom Wagner 5.0 out of 5 stars Creating Innovators is NOT What Most US Schools Do…., February 27, 2013 I had a chance to go through this book today while visiting a school in Fairfax Virginia and I liked it. I have gone with 5 stars because it is a message that needs repeating as …

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Berto Jongman: Carbon Trust Launches Scheme to Tackle Water Waste

Carbon Trust launches scheme to tackle water waste By Mark Kinver Environment reporter, BBC News An international standard on water reduction has been launched in an effort to order to encourage businesses to use water more sustainably. The UK’s Carbon Trust, which developed the scheme, said many business leaders did not see the issue as …

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Yoda: Understanding Governance — Without Money, Righteous; With Money Corrupt

Confused, force is. First the good. Stigmergic Governance Via the Web In My piece, The End of Entropy  I propose the following: With a central website, in forum style, to address major issues – divided into local sections, regional sections and global sections, with “votes” at a certain level elevating the problems and solutions to …

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Review: Enough Is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources

Rob Dietz and Dan O’Neill 5.0 out of 5 stars Important Milestone, Two Gaps, February 4, 2013 I was educated in the Limits to Growth period–back in the day of telephone couplers–and have also been an ardent follower of Herman Daly’s pioneering work in ecological economics as well as complementary work spanning the last several …

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Marcus Aurelius: Brookings 2013 Briefing Books for the President — Leans Left, Lacks Substance

There is no “out of the box” thinking here, just dabbling on the margins. Phi Beta Iota:  We agree with Brother Marcus.  This was a very disappointing document and not at all presidential in utility.  There is no executive summary, no bullet points, no explicatory graphics, and no budgetary perspective (means to ways to ends).  …

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Chuck Spinney: Pivotng to China — Criminally Insane, Business as Usual

The attached report by Greg Jaffe in the Washington Post (from 1 August 2012) is an excellent case study of the inside-the-beltway networking by the players in the Military – Industrial – Congressional Complex (MICC).  Jaffe shows these networks build a consensus to keep defense spending high when wars end and a terrifying peace dividend …

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