eLetters

Getting Stuck in Anger -- And How We Can Do Better

Chris Townsend — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:20:10 PST

I didn't expect to become exceedingly angry when I woke up this morning. but that's how it turned out. The trigger: Thomas Friedman's latest column in the New York Times, "All Fall Down." In the column, Mr. Friedman himself is...

The Hidden Risks of US "Energy Independence"

Chris Townsend — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:58:57 PDT

A colleague of mine from Jupiter Research (now merged with Forrester) recently authored a blog post about whether the US could actually declare "energy independence" in the foreseeable future. The post comtained some interesting comments about geopolitics, which I'd like...

The Trouble With Armchairs

Chris Townsend — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 05:51:13 PDT

Have you noticed? Armchairs have proliferated across America. These armchairs seem to be entrenched in every city, town, and village -- perhaps every living room. Since the collapse of Lehman Bros., our country has been a haven for armchair economists,...

What Chrome reveals about Google's long-term strategy

Chris Townsend — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:56:29 PDT

This post outlines my sense of Google's long-term market strategy, in light of its Chrome release. As a pithy slogan, I would call Google's strategy "1 + 1 + 1 = 1." Or maybe "Three Pillars Make An Institution." Please...

Seminar on China's foreign policy -- hosted by a Tsinghua scholar

Chris Townsend — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:31:17 PDT

Today I went to a seminar given by Prof. Yan Xuetong of Tsinghua University (which, to a very rough approximation, is China’s equivalent of MIT). Prof. Yan is a foreign policy scholar who came to give a lecture on “Chinese...