Tunku Varadarajan

2 weeks ago | eldebate.com | Tunku Varadarajan

¿Qué haces cuando un presidente estadounidense desconoce la diferencia entre aranceles y desequilibrio comercial? ¿Qué haces cuando el mismo presidente se adhiere a la creencia de que el superávit comercial de otro país con Estados Unidos es una prueba fehaciente de sus traiciones y de su perfidia antiamericana? (¿De verdad Bangladesh pretende empobrecer Pensilvania?).

2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Tunku Varadarajan

Part of the global appeal of McDonald’s is its cultural flexibility. Meatless burgers are offered in India, while Czech diners can order a beer to go with a Big Mac. Rare is the book that makes the brain tick, the heart soar and the mouth water. But “McAtlas,” by Gary He, pulls off that sensory trifecta with aplomb. Subtitled “A Global Guide to the Golden Arches,” his book is “a visual social anthropology” of McDonald’s, the largest restaurant chain in the world.

3 weeks ago | aei.org | Tunku Varadarajan

“There can be little doubt,” writes Fyodor Tertitskiy, that Kim Il Sung “is the darkest figure in all of Korea’s history.” If this Lord of Darkness has any competition at all, it comes from his son and grandson. Mr. Tertitskiy, a South Korea-based historian, has pulled off a rare and impressive biographical feat—his “Accidental Tyrant” is a book-length account of the life of Kim, the founder of North Korea, who ascended to power in 1945 at the end of World War II.

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Tunku Varadarajan

In an interview in her office at One Police Plaza, Ms. Tisch shuts down all talk about the mayor’s job. “I am a public servant. I am certainly not a politician,” she says, almost hissing the word “certainly.” “I enjoy the work of running agencies. So no, I am not a mayoral candidate.” Pesky journalists tend to ask the same question twice, and her second response echoes the first: “I’ve made my career as a public servant, and I have lots more to do as a public servant.

4 weeks ago | myemail.constantcontact.com | Timothy Martin |Tunku Varadarajan |Fyodor Tertitskiy |Song Sang-ho

​Quotes of the Day:“This is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. Being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live.