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My last column

Comforts, and Discomforts, Of Domestic Assistance June 23, 2006 A business trip recently took my wife to Taiwan for a few days. Plotting strategy for solo parenting, I found myself thinking back a few months to the last time she left. I…
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Last week’s column

Beijing Market Adds Adventure to TV Repair May 26, 2006 There's a market right around the corner from our housing compound, less than a mile north on busy Jing Shun road and set back a bit from the street. It is widely known as the Kite…
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Guizhou column and letters

A Trek Off the Beaten Path Pays Rich Dividends May 12, 2006 China has three weeklong holidays when virtually the entire country shuts down. With no school and no caregivers, they are prime times to go exploring, but because 1.3 billion…

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I wrote an extra column last week. They asked me to do that because they ahd a 10th anniversary celebration and made the site free for a week. Sorry I didn't that out to you all. It's because we were away. Anyhow, this tale should be familiar…
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Last column

I am finishing up work on this week's column and realized that I never posted the last one, due to traveling, etc. Here it is, if you haven't seen it. Hong Kong and Shanghai Show Different Side of China April 14, 2006 After less than…
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Column feedback

Dixie is scheduled to be going under the knife as I write this for a 7-hour (!!) surgery. After staying pretty calm by and by after getting over the initial few days of shock, I am starting to be a nervous wreck, not quite sure what to do with…
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Steelers column feedback

I had not received a single email about my Steelers column as of the other day which seemed puzzling to me. I was just certain that this one was really good and would have struck a chord with ex Pittsburghers if no one else. I inquired…
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Column 4 Here we go Steelers.. posted from Phuket

I don't really want to post my columns, but I am in Phuket, thailand right now and I wanted to get this one out while it was timely. Thailand is beautiful, people are really nice, food and beer as good as you would expect. I'd also say that…

My third column is up today

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Mr Jon Kessler pulls himself away from Wine Spectator to write in: "Couldn't let this go without a entry or two from Wall Street: China Cat China Chat Mainland Musings Sino Wino Kracker Writes Kanji Tofo ain't no 'ho foo WSJizizzle…