by Minter Dial | Dec 14, 2007 | Travel
Visit to Hanoi Vietnam- Part 2 of a 3-part recount: Hanoi is a thriving city, with approximately 5 million inhabitants said the two local guides (although the official statistics cite a much lower number). The architecture of the buildings is a mixture of French...
by Minter Dial | Sep 29, 2007 | Sports
Aside from being the most dramatic upset of the RWC 2007 tournament thus far, the Fijian 38-34 victory over the Welsh was a thriller from beginning to end. Among the highest scoring games of the tournament and yet featuring the bonus point for the loser (4 point...
by Minter Dial | Aug 5, 2007 | Politics, WWII
I had never been fully exposed to the downside of psychiatry until I visited this week the exposition “Pyschiatrie: la vérité sur ses abus” in Paris at the Hotel Castiglione, 40 rue deFaubourg St Honoré. Sponsored by Citizens’ Commission on Human...
by Minter Dial | Jul 30, 2007 | Politics
Last night, at the MSG (not-in-my-salad) Arena, there was a curious heavyweight boxing match between two Chinamen. One, in the gold shorts, was the China of Optimism (CO). In the other corner, wearing satin red shorts, was the China of Porcelain Doubt (aka PCDo). The...
by Minter Dial | Jul 24, 2007 | Podcast
Having always enjoyed learning languages, I revel in the difference between one language and another. Amongst my musings, I conjure up reasons to explain a language’s structure or vocabulary. Herewith are some of my favorite, if frivolous, observations about a...