by Piper Bayard | Jan 18, 2016 | Foreign Affairs, News
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes On January 16, 2016, Taiwan held national elections. The results were clear. Dr. Tsai Ing-wen, the Democratic Progressive Party (“DPP”) chairperson and presidential candidate, won a landslide victory with 56.1% of the votes. Eric Chu...
by Piper Bayard | Dec 22, 2011 | Foreign Affairs
By HOLMES This week, we have been treated to odd bits of news from the North Korean state media machine. According them, Kim Jong Il died of a heart attack on Saturday, December 17, 2011. The “news” that has been broadcast from North Korea has been rather...
by Piper Bayard | Nov 10, 2010 | Life and Death
By Piper Bayard I call today Sandwich Day because it’s the day that is sandwiched between November 9, the day the Berlin Wall came down, and Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistice Day, which commemorated the end of World War I. One slice of bread is Veterans...
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