9.25.2009

China's External Investments


The above graph, which can be found at the Council on Foreign Relations' site, displays the individual sectors of China's economy to which foreign investors have taken a particular interest in. Kudos to the Center for Geoeconomic Studies for creating a graphic representation of such findings.

9.21.2009

To all those Call of Duty fanboys out there...

Props to my friend Andre for finding this >




Greeks in American Politics


Sorry for the momentary hold on my posts of lately; this past week being formal RUSH week for UL's fraternities, coupled with an already intense semester, has been keeping me rather busy. So with fraternal organizations on my mind - greeks in particular - I stumbled across a piece on Google books (click the title of this blog to redirect to the corresponding article) which mentions the percent of Democrats/ Republicans/ Independents, who in addition to holding high political offices, are also greek. While the article pertains to the 70's and 80's, such information is still useful in raising a few questions - do greek organizations inspire potential leaders (early while in undergrad or graduate studies) to pursue a more professional career, namely one which involves high office? Also, additional information as it pertains to the percent of U.S. Presidents who were also greek would be similarly interesting.