Month: July 2023
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Weekly Wanderings: July 30, 2023
In recent weeks I’ve driven round-trip from Ann Arbor to both Grand Rapids and Cleveland, and I’m currently in Pittsburgh en route to Philadelphia, so I’ve had lots of time to catch up on podcasts while behind the wheel. Here are some highlights of my playlist during these road trips: Drum Tower, “The Cage,” a…
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Weekly Wanderings: July 23, 2023
I’m in Cleveland this weekend, hiking the trails of Cuyahoga Valley National Park (ahhhh) and watching the Phillies lose 1-0 to the Guardians (agggghhhh). I can say with reasonable certainty that I haven’t spotted Chinese Foreign Minister and Xi Jinping protégé Qin Gang in Ohio—so that’s one place where he isn’t. But where is Qin…
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Weekly Wanderings: July 16, 2023
Last weekend, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen traveled to China for a series of meetings. Among those Yellen talked with were a group of female economists and entrepreneurs, with whom she shared stories of being “almost the only woman in the room.” Unfortunately, the women who met with Yellen then became targets of an internet…
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Korea 2023: Daegu
The odd thing about traveling for conferences is that I often don’t see very much of the place where the conference is held. Sometimes, if the hotel and conference venue are part of the same physical structure, there will be entire days when I never even go outside. So while I can now say that…
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Weekly Wanderings: July 9, 2023
The ongoing decimation of Twitter coincides with my own desire to get back into a regular writing practice, so I’ve been slowly reviving this blog. I’m making a minimal commitment here: a photo and short gloss on Wednesdays, and a “Weekly Wanderings” round-up of stories/thoughts/recommendations each Sunday morning. If and as I can, I’ll post…
Maura Elizabeth Cunningham 