Russil Wvong

Greetings from Vancouver, Canada!

Vancouver's #1 problem is that housing is maddeningly scarce and expensive. The vacancy rate is low. Rents are high. Vancouver needs more housing.

Blog
Global warming: the one-page version (August 2006). A short e-mail I sent to the Canadian environment minister.
George F. Kennan on the Web - American diplomat and historian
Hans J. Morgenthau on the Web - international relations scholar
September 11 and the Middle East - an attempt to understand the conflict
Noam Chomsky: a critical review - radical-left view of American foreign policy
alt.politics.international FAQ - basics of international politics
Global Issues FAQ - nuclear weapons, the environment, poverty
Doom: for and against

Canadian Tax Facts - how high are our taxes?
Public spending and public debt - ways to think about the size of public debt
The Foundations of Canadian Policy in World Affairs (Louis St. Laurent) - the 1947 Gray Lecture
Language matters - why Quebec should have explicit jurisdiction over language (John Richards)

Video CD FAQ and Video CD Forum
Ashes of Time - if this movie is so great, why do so many people hate it?
Four ideas to reduce the cost of the RAV line (Adam Fitch)
New Westminster Downtown Residents Association
Election 2004 - a brief guide to the Canadian federal election for first-time voters
Immigration: costs and benefits
US Election 2004 - a brief guide to the 2004 American election for undecided voters
M.Sc. thesis: A new methodology for OSI conformance testing based on trace analysis
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