Singapore – From the Rio Grande West

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Singapore And Lee Kwan Yew
He died March 23 at age 91

Larry Joseph Calloway March 23, 2015

Singapore political architect Lee Kwan Yew and his offhand critic, the American global anthropologist Clifford Geertz, needed to talk. About colonialism, democracy, culture. . . First of two essays on the possible city-state of the future.

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Looking For Culture In The Malls Of Singapore
Suppose the Asian city-state is the experiment that will survive

Larry Joseph Calloway March 23, 2015

What is culture? At first glance the amiable sales person was Chinese, but this was not China and we were dealing in English. I wanted a cultural experience, not the camera. Or so I thought.

El Turista Foreign Political Theology

A Tale of Buddhism Revived
The man who rode away

Larry Joseph Calloway June 10, 2010

With a name like Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum, it doesn’t sound like a tourist attraction, but I was captivated at this new Singapore museum, built with $50 million in private donations from the Chinese business community.

My Novel

The Empire Collapses

The Best Democracy Money Can Buy

South High From South Park

Stranger In A Strange Car

On Karma

The Courthouse Raid

Trinity

Trinity Site

Hiroshima

English As A Second Language

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Singapore And Lee Kwan Yew
He died March 23 at age 91

Singapore And Lee Kwan Yew

He died March 23 at age 91

Looking For Culture In The Malls Of Singapore
Suppose the Asian city-state is the experiment that will survive

Looking For Culture In The Malls Of Singapore

Suppose the Asian city-state is the experiment that will survive

A Tale of Buddhism Revived
The man who rode away

A Tale of Buddhism Revived

The man who rode away