Asian values

From David Miliband’s speech in Oxford yesterday: “Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s former prime minister, once characterised ‘Asian values’ as ‘a certain attitude towards life which raises the interest of the community above that of the individual.'” Welcome to Catalonia, mate.

People we meet: the ornithophile matricide

The long, narrow bar connects the folksy-chaotic gypsy street on one side of the block with the folksy-chaotic payo shopping street on the other. People walk through it from one side to the other without greeting the hick Pakistani tenant or any of his clients. Not that he cares in the least: he is off…