Tag Archives: China

Twitter, the Torch, and NPR 0

Today the spectacle known as the Olympic Torch Relay passed through San Francisco, but nobody who really wanted to see it — for or against — got to see it.  Not that people didn’t try to find the updated route.  Man Twitter is getting some interesting publicity out of this. “Twitterati,” I love it! BTW, [...]

Politics and Sport 0

There’s been a lot in the news lately about the growing tension surrounding China, Tibet, and the upcoming Olympic Games.  I find a lot of, I dunno, personal unrest, and lack of answers for “what’s right” in this situation. First off, reference this article. [Hein] Verbruggen [the IOC coordinator for the 2008 Olympics] reiterated the IOC’s [...]