Tamogami, Palin, and populist conservatisms

On November 23, 2009 By Tobias S. HarrisIn Observing Japan Blog14 Comments

It has been just over a year since General Tamogami Toshio (ASDF-ret.), then the chief of staff of Japan's Air Self-Defense Forces, was drummed out of the service after he was awarded the top prize in an essay contest sponsored by the APA Group for his essay "Was Japan an Aggressor Nation?"In the year since …

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The Iowa winners

On January 7, 2008 By Tobias S. HarrisIn Observing Japan Blog1 Comment

I am back to New York after my sojourn in Tokyo.In honor of my return to the US, here are links to a couple posts at The Reality-Based Community on Barack Obama and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, written by Steven Teles, a former professor of mine. I particularly like his dissection of the sheer …

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