A Must Read

The Book Collection That Devoured My Life

Many books are screwy, a great many are dull, some are irredeemable, and there are way too many of them, probably, in the world. I hate all the fetishistic twaddle about books promoted by the chain stores and the book clubs, which make books seem as cozy and unthreatening as teacups, instead of the often disputatious and sometimes frightening things they are. I recognize that we now have many ways to convey, store, and reproduce the sorts of matter that formerly were monopolized by books. I like to think that I'm no bookworm, egghead, four-eyed paleface library rat. I often engage in activities that have no reference to the printed words. I realize that books are not the entire world, even if they sometimes seem to contain it. But I need the stupid things.

P.S: Tegj baigaad Jose Gonzalez-iin concert review, Bloomsday celebration, Celtics Parade-d oroltson tuhaigaa neg zavaaraa bichnee

This and That

Publish hiihee martsan baahan linkuud olov:

The McCain Doctrines
A Final Farewell
Five Basics for Building a Solid Financial Future
High-Tech Japanese, Running Out of Engineers
And Behind Door No. 1, a Fatal Flaw
A Surgeon’s Path From Migrant Fields to Operating Room
Einstein Letter on God Sells for $404,000

Bernanke's Bubble Laboratory
Reading the Signposts
The Yale Economic Review - 5 Hot Minds in Economics
Young Guns: Five Hot Minds in Economics - Markus Brunnermeier
The Yale Economic Review - A Profile of Professor Keith Chen
Tomáš Sedláček - On Morals of Homo Oeconomicus

Oil bubble
Music Is The Key
Kipling’s wise words

Ойворгон олон чамайг онилон буруушаахуйд
Оюунаа vл алдан хэрвээ чи тэнцэж чадваас
Огтоос бvгд чамд эргэлзэн хуйлрахуйд
Орчилдоо эргэлзээг нь багтаан чи єєртєє л итгэж чадваас
Yзэмж vл тєгєлдєр, ухаалаг хурц яариагvй байгаад
Єєрєє чи худалд тооцогдсон ч, vгэнд нь vл уусаж
Yзэн яадагдаж байсан ч, vйлээн баран vл єрвєлзєж
Єєрийнхєє цагийг тэсвэртэй хvлээж хэрвээ чи чадваас

Хvслийнхээ боол бололгvй мєрєєдєж чадваас
Хэтийн зорилгодоо живэлгvй эргэцvvлж бодож чадваас
Хуурмаг яалалт, худал сvйрлийн аль алиныг
Хамтад нь эн тэнцvvхэн хvлээн авч чадваас
Yнэн vгсийг чинь єєдгvй амьтад зувчуулж
Yнэнхvv тэнэгсийг урхидахыг сонсоод тэсэж чадваас
Амидралаа зориулсан бухэн ар араасаа сvйрэхийг хараад
Адгалгvй єндийн, мохсон багажаараа ахин босгож чадваас

Олсон бvхнээрээ овоо хэрвээ босгоод
Огтхон ч vл эргэлзэн тvvгээрээ аз туршиж чадваас
Оргvй бvхнээ алдлаа ч гарааныхаа цэгээс нь
Олиж алдагдалаа тоочилгvй бvхнийг эхлvvлж чадваас
Энэ бvхэн тvvх болсон хойно ээлж чинь ирэхгvйд
Эрvvл ухаан, зvрх сэтгэл, бие махбодио хєвчилж чадваас
Тэсэх хэрэгтэй гэх хусэл зоригоос єєр
Тvшиг vгvй хоосон ахуйд чи тэсэж чадваас

Хурсан олонтой ярихдаа хvндлэл тvшигийг нь хvлээж
Хаадийн хvрээнд алхахдаа харц олонд элбэрэлтэй байж чадваас
Хайрт анд, єстєн дайснаасаа хараал занал ул хулээж чадваас
Хvн ард чамд туйлдаа хvртэл бишрэхгvй ч итгэсээр байваас
Ахиж vл олдох єршєєл нь vгvй мєч бvрийг
Алс хэтийн зорилгынхоо агуулгаар дvvргэн байваас
Алтан дэлхий баялагтайгаа чамд сєхєрєх болно
Ай, тvvнээс ч илvvтэйгээр алдрай хvv минь чи “ХYН” болно.

2003-08-27

by Mulguu

БААБАР МОНГОЛД ХЭРЭГТЭЙ ЮҮ, МОНГОЛ БААБАРТ ХЭРЭГТЭЙ ЮҮ? - Yanz ni Roozongiin Enkhbat, Baabar hoyor neleed aihtar mudaaltsjee dee
Jazz, the Dead and a Musical Bridge
Scarlett's Next Act
WSJ Summer Reading List

Mongol Mayagiin e-PR

Suuliin uyed News.mn ruu oroh bur baruun tald ni baahan ulsturchdiin web/blog-iin banner-uud haragdaad baih bolloo. Neg bodliin Mongolchuud maani internetiig uls turchduusuu avhuulaad buh niiteeree hereglej delhiitey hul niiluulj baigaa ni saishaaltay met. Getel nuguu talaasaa deerh ulsturchdiin blog-uud ruu orohoor blog neesen zorilgoo saitar todorhoilooguy, deerees ni constituent-uudiihee chuham yu haij blog ruu ni zochilj baigaag saitar uhaaraaguy met setgegdel turuh yum. Minii taamaglaj baigaagaar ene ni AH, Hu nam hoyor songuulid ner devshigchdee huugaar ni blogjuulah gesen communist tuluvluguuniih ni gor bololtoy (niiteer ni huchindej, tsutgaj hiisen zuil etsestee hend ch heregguy zuil bolj huvirdagiig ungursun 90 jil bidend uhaaruulaaguy gej uu?).

Eden dotroo hamgiin davguy ni baih yostoy Saihanbilegiin blog ruu saya orj uzlee. Orson chini cyber punk mayagiin style-tay aihtar blog ugtav. Yag hend zoriulj iim zagvar songoson ni oilgomjguy. Huuheldey uzdeg, songoh erhguy 18-aas doosh nasniihand uu, ali esvel computer geek-uuded uu? (Saihanbilegiin ner devshij baigaa toirog dahi humuusiin heden huvi ni comics unshdag bol? hehe) Nuguu talaasaa yag Mongold amidarch baigaa Mongoliin mass buren internetjeeguy baigaa. Tegeheer blog neesneeree goltsuu gadaadad baigaa Mongolchuudaa onilj baigaa yum bolov uu daa. Getel ulsturchid uursduu tednii songoh erhiig ni olgohguy baij tednees yag yugaa huseed baigaa yum bol? Orond ni ulamjlalt argaaraa "1000 tugrugnii" surtalchilgaagaa ailuudaar taraaval iluu ur duntey baimaar.

Za ene ni ch duurch getel dotorh content ni neg l bish ee. Uul ni blog neesen l yum bol tuuniigee uuruu hutluud, uuruu yum bichmeer yum. Getel dotor ni haa negtey sonin deerees uuriih ni tuhai garsan eyreg material-uudaas uur yu ch alga. Gideon Rachman-ii helsenchlen "The archetypal political blog favours instant response over reflection; commentary over original research; and stream-of-consciousness over structure." Zuulun helchihed manai nuhduudiin blog-uudad edgeer zuilsiin ali ni ch alga (uuruur helbel blog l gej nerlej baigaa bolhoos blog bish gesen ug). Bas neg marzan zuil ni utsaar irsen heden zuun sanaluudiig tuhain hunii umnuus comment hesegt ni hen negen nuhur type hiij baigaa yum baih. Terniig tooj unshih hun baihguy shuu dee; hairan tsag, hairan hudulmur.

Yur ni ICTA-giin dargiin blog iim baihad busad ni yamar baih ni oilgomjtoy. Manaihand common sense geech zuil aihtar ih dutah yum daa.

Delhii dayar uls turchid blog-oo herhen hutulj, PR-taa herhen ashigladag talaar gants hoyor jishee avya. Minii bodloor odoogoor internet-iig uuriihuu PR-t hamgiin mundagaar ashiglaj baigaa hun bol yah argaguy Britain-ii Tory Namiin darga David Cameron. Hervee zavtay bol tuunii webcameron site ruu orood uzeerey. Uuriih ni muriin hutulbur hiigeed udur bur haana yu hiisniig ni iltgeh video, unshsan speech-uud geh met tuunii talaarh buhii l medeelliig endees olj bolno. Deerees ni bi Cameron-ii YouTube deerh site-d ni bainga ordog buguud end tuunii Google-ees Britain-d avch heregjuulmeer sanaanuudaas ugsuuleed PMQ-d herhen beltgej baigaa behind-the-scenes video ni hurtel bii.

Uur neg sain blog bol yah argaguy Britain-ii odoogiin Foreign Secretary David Miliband-iih. Uuniig neg yosondoo tuunii ajliin tailan gej helj bolmoor (gehdee ali ungursun hoino ni heden honogiin daraa tailagnah bus harin hiij bui ajlaa tuhai burt ni tailagnah gej oilgovol zohiltoy). Getel manai uls turchdiin blog dotor ali ni ch ingej chadahguy baina. Uuruu ch oruuldag yum uu, tuslah ni ch umnuus ni copy-paste hiij ugdug yum uu buu med. Neg l deer uyeiin baahan yariltslaga, mungu tulj bichuulsen niitleluudiin tsugluulga. Tiim zuil hend heregtey yum be?

Etsest ni helehed ulsturchiin blog ruu tuhain hun yag hen be, yamar medleg bolovsroltoy, songovol nadad yamar ashigtay, muriin hutulbur ni her unemshiltey talaar dugnelt hiih gej ordog bolohoos tuunii tuhai eyreg medeelliig unshih gej tsag zavaa zardagguy yum. Uuniig internettey dunguj taniltsaj ehelj baigaa uls turchid maani oilgoj blog bichvel bichsen shig bichij bidnii Tamiriin Goliin musiig doloon baij olson heden tugrugiig ashigguy zuild zarahaa boliosoy bilee.

Addendum: Apostles of the blogosphere may just be political Pooters by Gideon Rachman + Boris Johnson's election broadcast (darn good PR!)

Current Music: Symphony No. 5, Finale - Sibelius (conducted by von Karajan)

An Unconventional Thought: Positive Side of the Rising Food Price

Yag odoo Mongold hunsnii uniin usult hun buhnii tolgoinii uvchin bolj baina. Zarim neg ni enehuu uvchniig songuulid songogdoh heregselee bolgon ashiglaj baihad nuguu neg ni hen negniig buruutgah zamaar anagaah gej oroldoj baih shig.

Nuguu talaaraa songuuli oirtood ch yum uu humuus enehuu uil yavdliin eyreg taliig anzaarahguy baigaa met. Unguts harah yum bol hunsnii buteegdehuunii uniin usultud hamgiin ih hohiroh humuus ni hereglegchid, yalanguya tuv suurin gazar amidardag yaduu irged yum. Harin dahiad jaahan bodvol hamgiin ih hojih humuus ni yah argaguy hunsnii buteegdehuun uildverlegchid (e.g. tarialanchid, malchid geh met). Uuruur helbel tanai ger bul heregledgeesee iluu hunsnii buteegdehuun uildverledeg bol tand enehuu uil yavdal eyregeer tusch harin uildverledgeesee ih heregledeg bol (ali esvel uildverledegguy bol) tand surguur nuluuluh yum.

Minii bodoj baigaagaar yag odoogiin Kazakhstan, Oros zereg uls ornuud (deerees ni jilees jild mahsaj bui Hyatad) hunsnii importiin tatvaraa bagasgaj baigaa uyed bid ene dalimiig ashiglaad net food importer-oosoo net food exporter boloh heregtey. Gadnii hurungu oruulagchid ch ene zavshaanii ashiglaad manaid hunsnii buteegdehuun uildverleliin salbart hurungu oruulah ni damjigguy. Hervee tegj chadval huduud hunsnii uildverlel erhleh ni ashigtay bolj hot ruu nuudelleh shiljih hudulguun undsendee zogsoj (magadguy bur esregeeree ergej) eh ornii ezguy hesguud maani ch ezentey bolj etsestee bid hojih yum. Gagtshuu bidend hamgiin iheer dutagdaj bui zuil bol huuli erh zuin eruul orchin (gazriig tarialand herhen ashiglahiig mash todorhoi bolgoj, deerees ni Sodkhuu metiin pomeshikuudiig dahin turuulehees bolgoomjloh heregtey) hiigeed huduu aj ahuin salbariin technologiin shinechlel yum.

Uul ni gazraa sendiichij baisnaas ur shimiig ni hurteed amidarval alsdaa bidend heregtey yum daa. Yu gej bodoj baina?

Addendum: The Food Chain - A Series From The NYTimes + A rift in the swords/ploughshares continuum

KIBBUTZ BE'ERI, ISRAEL - APRIL 30: Seen from the cab of a combine harvester, an Israeli army armored personnel carrier (APC) secures the border with the Gaza Strip as Israeli farmers bring in the wheat crop near Kibbutz Be'eri in southern Israel. As grain prices reach record levels, Israeli farmers are expanding the area under wheat cultivation, right up to the border fence with the Hamas-controlled territory.

Thanks!

Nadad tursun udriin mend hurgesen buh humuust bayarlalaa!

Ta buhend zoriulaad Beethoven-ii "Egmont Overture"-iin 1985 onii von Karajan-ii huvilbariig tavilaa (minii huvid Egmont Overture-iin hamgiin mundag recording!). 1956 onii Hungarian Revolution-ii uyer enehuu hugjmiig radio-goor zogsoltguy yavuulj erh chuluunii tuluu temtsegchdiig zorigjuulj baisan yum gene lee. Minii blogiig unshigch taniig ch gesen zorigjuulah boltugai!

Richard Price

No one writes better dialogue than Richard Price — not Elmore Leonard, not David Mamet, not even David Chase. Not only does Mr. Price have perfect pitch for the lingo, the rhythms and the inflections of how people talk, but he also knows how to use a line or two or even a single phrase to conjure a character’s history and emotional vibe. He’s as adept as Tom Wolfe at using his journalistic eye for social detail — for how people juggle work and love and money, and navigate the confounding maze of class and social status in big cities today — but he does so without turning his characters, as Mr. Wolfe so often does, into caricatures or cartoons.

Michiko Kakutani's review of Richard Price's latest book, Lush Life

Sleepy-Eyed Writer, Wandering Byzantium

Neighborhood Watch

"Richard Price Cracks a Hard-Boiled 'Lush Life'" from NPR

The Best Sentences I Read Today

Сэтгүүлчдийг хөгжих хэрэгтэй гэлээ. Эхлээд юуг анхаараасай гэж бодож байна вэ?

Наад зах нь төрөлжиж мэргэшмээр байна. Байдлаас ажихад нэг сэтгүүлч юм бүгдийн тухай бичих гээд байх юм. Зүй нь, хэн нэг сэтгүүлч өнөөдөр хөдөө аж ахуйн сэдвээр, маргааш эрүүл мэндийн салбараар, нөгөөдөр гэмт хэргийн талаар, цаад өдөр нь улстөр бичиж байх жишээтэй. Одоо бүх мэдээлэл төрөлжиж байна шүү дээ. АНУ-д гэхэд анагаахын, Пентагоны, Цагаан ордны, цэрэг армийн сурвалжлагч гээд бичдэг сэдвээрээ салбарлаж төрөлжсөн, мэргэшсэн хүмүүс байдаг. Түүнчлэн хөрөнгийн биржийн сурвалжлагч гэж бий. Англид гэхэд спортын тухай бичлээ гэхэд бас л ялгаагүй дотроо олон төрөлжсөн байдаг.

Чөлөөт хэвлэл, хэвлэлийн эрх чөлөөг хэрэгжүүлэх гол эзэн нь сэтгүүлч учраас энэ талд их санаа тавих ёстой гэж хэлэх гээд байна. Хэдийгээр contemporary journalizm, distinctire journalizm, linvestigative journalizm, feisty journalizm, envelope journalizm, venal journalizm, keyhole journalizm…гэх зэрэг дэлхийн сэтгүүлзүйд байдаг бараг бүх элемент Монголд байна. Монголын сэтгүүлзүйг бүхэл бүтэн өнөр өтгөн өрх айл гэж үзвэл дотор нь элдэв янзын хүн ороод суучихжээ. Ёстой л нөгөө “Сайн муутайгаа нийлж гэр дүүрдэг, сархинаг гүзээтэйгээ нийлж тогоо дүүрдэг” гэгч л болчихоод байна. Anchor гэхүйц авьяаслаг тулхтай хүмүүс байхын сацуу адгийн шаар (cur mongrel) ч байна.

Та энэ ярилцлагад олон гадаад үг хэрэглэж байна шүү.

Харин тийм, мэдэж л байна. Гэхдээ монголчууд тракторыг трактор, машиныг машин, компьютерийг компьютер л гэдэг биз дээ. Ялгаа юу байна. Сэтгүүлзүйн нэр томъёо Монголд өнөөхөндөө нэг мөр зүгширч тогтоогүй завсрын үед байхад заавал орчуулах гээд хэрэггүй. Учир нь Монголд чөлөөт хэвлэл хөгжиж байсан уламжлал байхгүй. Тийм болохоор бусдаас сурахаас өөр аргагүй.

Бусдаас гэж гол нь хэнээс, хаанаас?

Бид Өрнөдөөс л сурна. Тэгэхээр хааяа харь үг хэрэглэхэд хажиглах хэрэг юун. Даяаршлал гэж ярих болсон энэ үед ганц нэг гадаад нэр томъёо хэрэглэж дасч байхад зүгээр биш үү

Ц.Дашдондов on Free Press

P.S: Gonzo journalism-iig duridahaa martchij :P

Today's Songs

Brad Mehldau Trio - Wonderwall (minii huvid ene bol Oasis-iin Wonderwall-iin hamgiin mundag cover; daraa ni medeej Ryan Adams, Cat Power hoyoriinh orno :D)

Simone Dinnerstein - Goldberg Variations (emegtey hun togolson gesendee ih zuulun bas ayaduu bolj; gehdee l yamar ch Goldberg Variations Glenn Gould-iin 1955 onii recording-g guitsehguy yum aa)

Addendum: Hervee goyo jazz tsomguud haij baival ene blog-oor orood garaaray + Bach-d dontson humuust Douglas Hofstadter-iin "Gödel, Escher, Bach"-iig recommend hiiye (dotor ni Goldberg Variations-iin tuhai neg jijig ded buleg bii)

This and That

Weekly Columnist for FT Wealth James Altucher + Freakonomics' Stephen Dubner on him (ene Altucher gej ih sonirholtoy zuils bichdeg nuhur baina; finance sonirhdog humuus TheStreet.com deerh bichleguud bolon Stockpikr deerh portfolio-nuudiig ni sonirhoj uzeerey)

Most people’s pictures of globalisation are to do with economics, technology and business. But before markets, modems and manufacturers could do their work, political changes had to take place. The foundations of the globalised business world are political – and so are the biggest threats to the system.

The challenge to the globalisation consensus comes from below. Political elites in the US, Asia and Europe are struggling to convince citizens that globalisation is not just a game that benefits the rich. If the argument is lost in any of the major world economies, the political consensus that underpins globalisation could unravel.

The political threats to globalisation

[...] we have an idea of market fundamentalism, which is now the dominant ideology, holding that markets are self-correcting; and this is false because it's generally the intervention of the authorities that saves the markets when they get into trouble. Since 1980, we have had about five or six crises: the international banking crisis in 1982, the bankruptcy of Continental Illinois in 1984, and the failure of Long-Term Capital Management in 1998, to name only three.

Each time, it's the authorities that bail out the market, or organize companies to do so. So the regulators have precedents they should be aware of. But somehow this idea that markets tend to equilibrium and that deviations are random has gained acceptance and all of these fancy instruments for investment have been built on them.

The Financial Crisis: An Interview with George Soros - George Soros shares his financial wisdom

Running Out of Planet to Exploit by Krugman - quite gloomy outlook indeed...

“ТУУЛАХ ЗАМ УРТ“ - Yurunhii Said asan Byambasuren guayn yariltslaga. Deehne Han-Uul Deed Surguuliin Demberel "Mongold hoyorhon jinhene ediin zasagch bii: neg ni Jasrai, nuguu ni Byambasuren" gej helj baisan udaatay. Hervee bolomjtoy bol Byambasuren guayn "Orchlongiin Hurd" nomiig zaaval unshaaray--magadguy 20-r zuunii tugsgul uyeiin Mongoliin hamgiin lut buteel baij medne.

As Economy Slows, So Do Laser Eye Surgeries - Haraa muutay humuust (ter zuun tald baigaa "Science Illustrated: Lasik Surgery" gedeg deer Lasik surgery-g ih goyoor tailbarlasan baina)

How to get a job in the foreign-policy world

"The Wizard of Bubbleland" Henry C K Liu on Alan Greenspan

Tim Harford's top 10 undercover economics books

BBC World Service 75th Anniversary: Historic Moments Collection

Politics at Play on Martha’s Vineyard :)

Today's Video: Conrad Tao performing Prokofiev's Piano Concerto #3 (Prokofiev-iig 13 nastay huuhed togloj baina geheer arai l aimar yum--gar ni zugeer l hiischiishd hehe) + The Tao of Early Musical Success
Current Song: Zero 7 - Red Dust

Is Libertarianism in Crisis?

In the United States, the reconsideration of the Friedman doctrine came via the global financial crisis that has resulted from the collapse of American real estate. Many economists blame regulators for ignoring warning signs that banks and investors were growing reckless. One Friedman acolyte has taken the brunt of such criticisms — Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve.

A Fresh Look at the Apostle of Free Markets + Brad DeLong and Paul Krugman comments

Hailed three years ago as "the greatest central banker who ever lived," the retired chairman of the Federal Reserve now is being criticized for his management of the U.S. economy before he retired in 2006. The Fed's low rates and laissez-faire regulatory oversight during his final years are widely blamed for sowing the seeds of today's financial crisis -- one that began in the U.S. housing market and is now battering banks, stock markets, borrowers and consumers around the world.

His Legacy Tarnished, Greenspan Goes on Defensive

Marginal Revolution's Tyler Cowen talks about "the intellectual crisis in libertarianism" + Bryan Caplan disagrees Tyler Cowen + Arnold Klin disagrees Bryan Caplan

Addendum: Stiglitz on Shock Therapy etc.

Growth Diagnostics of Mongolia

Growth Diagnostics for a Resource-Rich Transition Economy: The Case of Mongolia by Elena Ianchovichina and Sudarshan Gooptu

Abstract: This paper uses a growth diagnostics approach à la Hausmann, Rodrik, and Velasco (HRV) to identify the most ‘binding’ constraints to private sector growth in Mongolia – a small, low-income, mineral-rich, transition economy. The approach of applying the HRV methodology is useful in those cases where a lack of data prevents us from estimating shadow prices to identify the most ‘binding’ constraint to growth. We find that although Mongolia is not liquidity constrained and has grown rapidly in recent years, economic growth has been narrowl based. Investment has flowed mainly into a small number of firms operating in mining and construction. The low level of private investment in sectors outside mining and construction has been due to low returns – a result of costly and unreliable transportation services; lengthy and complex transit procedures, including customs and trade rules; distortionary taxes; coordination failures, at both domestic and international levels; and growing corruption. Poor financial intermediation is also a problem that has kept the cost of finance high, although lower than in previous years. Alleviating these binding constraints will ensure that Mongolia maintains the path towards sustained, broad-based
growth.

via Dani Rodrik

Are We On Right Track?

DELHII DAYAR TUV BANK HUUGEE BUULGAJ BAIHAD MONGOL BANK INGEJ TENEGTEHEE BOLIMOOR YUM.EDIIN ZASAG ARAI CHADAN URAGSHLAH GEJ BAINA, IIM UED DEMJIJI TUSLAAD OGOOCH, HYAMD ZEEL HEREGTEI BAINA SHU DE.

Монголбанк мєнгєний бодлогын хvvгээ чангарууллаа

The Bank of Mongolia further tightened its monetary policy stance by raising its policy rate by 1.35 percentage points to 9.75 percent. The Bank of Mongolia defines 7-day Central Bank Bill rate as its policy rate which tends to be effective in influencing interbank money market. [...] An increase in the policy rate of 1.35 percentage points is deemed to be necessary to bring CPI inflation down, to reduce the growth of credit and monetary aggregates.

Bank of Mongolia again raises its policy rate

In order to prop up the króna, and keep foreign capital from fleeing, Iceland’s central bank has had to raise interest rates to an astounding fifteen per cent, a move that will slow the economy to a crawl. [...] If Iceland were to attempt to emulate America’s approach, its currency would be demolished, and foreign investors would almost certainly head for the exits. [...] [The U.S.] doing this not out of kindness, of course, but because the U.S. is a colossal market and they need us to keep buying stuff. The world can’t afford to have the U.S. fail, and so we are able to get away with behavior that would wreck smaller countries.

Iceland’s Deep Freeze

This and That

In fact, for most of its history, Islamic law offered the most liberal and humane legal principles available anywhere in the world. [...] It sometimes seems as if we need Shariah as Westerners have long needed Islam: as a canvas on which to project our ideas of the horrible, and as a foil to make us look good

Why Shariah?

Gloomy About Globalization by Robert Skidelsky (Keynes-iin biographer nuhur mun uu?)

Play It Again, Sam (Re-enactments, Part One) by Errol Morris, maker of "A Brief History of Time"

What I.Q. doesn't tell you about race by Malcolm Gladwell

Interview with Robert Solow

Jazzing Up the Big Screen (My Blueberry Nights davguy kino bolson baina lee)

My System of Work (Not!)” by Avinash Dixit via Levitt's ECON421 course site

The coming financial pandemic + The Recession Felt Around the World by Nouriel Roubini

The Once and Future Kissinger via Jai Singh of FP's Passport

And this one is especially for Achka: Natural History by Andrew Bird (currently he's co-writing this NYTimes blog on "how to write a song and other mysteries" :))

Current Food Crisis

Талхны үнэ өнөө, маргаашдаа өсөхгүй ч…

Rush to restrict trade in basic foods

New Limits to Growth Revive Malthusian Fears

Odd Crop Prices Defy Economics + Grains gone wild by Krugman

As Prices Rise, Farmers Spurn Conservation

FP Passport's Food Riot Watch

David Dawe, a senior economist at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, from Rome about rice prices, poverty in rice-producing nations and the impact of the U.S. dollar on commodities

Update: The World Food Crisis

This and That

To Stretch or Not to Stretch? The Answer Is Elastic (manaid bol dasgaliin umnu stretch hiij bolohguy l geed avaad baidag shd hehe) + Running 101 & A Guide To Running + Times Health Care (minii medehiin hamgiin accessible medical library, gesnees oldvol Gray's Anatomy-g huviihaa nomiin sand nemerleh yum shuu)

Newt Gingrich Answers Your Questions from Freakonomics Blog (I hate Gingrich, but this interview seems quite interesting)

Common Wealth by Jeffrey Sachs (interesting article, thanks Clouds for the pointer :)) + Jeff Sachs' "Common Wealth" dissected over e-mail

Order in the jungle: The rule of law has become a big idea in economics. But it has had its difficulties from The Economist

We will never have a perfect model of risk by Alan Greenspan aka "Woody Allen with Math Skills"

Argentine Nights + Tango in Buenos Aires + Piazzolla's Libertango played by Yo-Yo Ma (gesnees Yo-Yo Ma-giin "Soul of the Tango: The Music of Astor Piazzolla" gesen album-iig butneer ni sonsch uzeerey)

How the Grinch Stole Chinese New Year from Slate

Queenfish: A Cold War Tale

Live From Lhasa: Shaky cell-phone videos from Tibet foretell doom for the Chinese empire

From my NYTimes saved pages (hezee negen tsagt unshina daa geed hadgalsan, ali esvel unshaad taalagsdan niitleluud :P):

Where Greek Ideals Meet New England Charm (New England-iin huduunii nomiin sanguud goyo shuu, huuchin nomiin uner shingesen uruund nom unshingaa tsonhnii tsaadah navchnii shuugih chimeeg sonsood l...)
How a Bubble Stayed Under the Radar
"An Enduring Measure of Fitness: The Simple Push-Up"
Waving Goodbye to Hegemony
The Education of Ben Bernanke
Hobbies Are Rich in Psychic Rewards
The Gladwell Effect
Japan Wrings Its Hands Over Sumo’s Latest Woes
He’s Happier, She’s Less So
Scientist Finds the Beginnings of Morality in Primate Behavior
WIN A TRIP WITH NICK KRISTOF; The Winning Essay
Reckonings; Slicing The Salami (Krugman on Bush' tax cut)
Vast Change Since the Cold War
Human Nature Redux by David Brooks
NASA Goes Deep

Current Music: Ryan Adams - Firecracker (Ryan Adams rocks! Bas ene duu orson "Gold" album-iig huviihaa zugees recommend hiiye)

Tonight's Playlist

Zero 7 - In The Waiting Line (from Garden State Soundtrack)
Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston (hail Woody Guthrie!)
The Who - Baba O'Riley (eniig sonsohoor dandaa unuu House M.D.-iin neg episode sanaand orohiin :P)
U2 - Ground Beneath Her Feet (Rushdie-giin shulgiig ni bichsen duu, harin ter kinog ni olj uzmeer baigaa yum daa)

Creative Writing

The coolest NYTimes op-ed piece ever! :)

“‘The Metamorphosis’ — purported to be the fictional account of a man who turns into a large cockroach — is actually non-fiction,” according to a statement released by Mr. Kafka’s editor, who spoke only on the condition that he be identified as E.

"A Bug’s Life. Really." - By Mark Leyner

A Gobbet

"My principle anguish and source of all my joys and sorrows from my youth onwards has been the incessant, merciless battle between the spirit and the flesh [...] and my soul is the arena where these two armies have clashed and met."

- Nikos Kazantzakis "The Last Temptation"

Albums That I Couldn't Find

Sergio and Odair Assad - Jardim abandonado
Gershwin-ii "Rhapsody in Blue"-giin arrangement-iig ni sonsch uzmeer baigaa yum. Tasarhai bolson baih yostoy.

Mavis Staples - We'll Never Turn Back
Ry Cooder ene album-nii producer-eer ni ajillasan baina lee. Yur ni bol Bob Dylan-ii protest song-uud shig medremjiig ene album-oos husen huleej bui.

On Lawrence Lessig

Oyunii buteel tuurvij--yalanguya computer deer--hooloo olj iddeg humuusiin hamgiin tanil hun yah argaguy Lawrence Lessig baih. Hervee Thomas Friedman "World is Flat"-aaraa information technology-giin hugjil ni hierarchy-g ustgaj buh humuusiig negen "havtgai" deer avaachij baigaag neesen gevel Lawrence Lessig yah argaguy terhuu "havtgai delhiin" orshin togtnoh huuli zuin mechanism-iig ni ilruulsen gavyag hurteh uchirtay.

Copyright deerh huuli zuin hyazgaarlaltiig bagasgahiin tuluuh temtsleeree zartay enehuu Stanford-iin Professor eriin gavyag unelj barah yum bish. Udguu tuunii sanaachilsan Creative Commons-iin buyanaar bid Flickr, MIT OpenCourseWare, ter baitugay enehuu blog-iig hurtel yamar negen huuli zuin saadguygeer ashiglaj baigaa gej bodhoor ajliih ni dalaits yamarshuuhan urguniig tusuulj bolno baih. Nuguu talaasaa "technology law guru" gegddeg Lessig bol internet huchee avch ehleh uyed cyberspace regulation-ii talaarh humuusiin uruusgul oilgoltiig undseer ni uurchilsun yum. Uuruur helbel terbeer neg yosondoo suuliin 15 orchim jiliin hugatsaand technology huuli hoyoriig hoorond ni holbogch guur bolj bailaa (hamgiin naad zahiin jishee gevel tuunii special master-aar ni ajillaj amicus brief-iig ni bichsen unuuh tsuutay United States vs. Microsoft antitrust hereg baina; Wired.com deer tuuniig ene ajliihaa tuluu tsagiin $250-aar bill hiij baisan gej bichjee).

Harin saya NYTimes ongichij baital tuunii US House of Representative-d Silicon Valley-gaas ursulduh bodoltoy baigaa talaar unshiv. Tsaad uchriig ni sonsvoos tuunii copyright-tay holbootoy ajluudiig ni hun bolgon oilgon, talarhan huleen avdag bolovch yag shiidver gargah tuvshind ochihoor tom corporation-uudiin lobby-d avtan heregjij chaddagguygees uuruu gazar deer ni bieree ochij ajillahaar shiidsen bololtoy. Magadguy ene ni tuunii sayhan copyright-tay holbootoy ajluudaasaa hundiirch Amerikiin uls tur dahi avilgaliin asuudliig sudlah shiidvertey ni ch holbootoy baij medeh (ene talaar bichsen "Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity" gesen nomiig ni endees uneguy unshaaray).

Yutay ch hervee tuunii talaar iluu ihiig medehiig husvel "Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace" gesen nomiig ni sanal bolgoyo ("Code is law" gesen dictum ene nomoos garaltay). Cyberspace gej yuv, huuli uneheer cyberspace-d heregjij chadah uu zereg mash complex asuudluudiig ih sonirholtoygoor, bas engiineer tailbarlasan baigaa. Hervee ta Yapond baidag bol Togoruugiin bagsh Yamagata Hiroo-giin orchuulsniig ni unshij bolno. Gesnees Lessig nomiihoo zarim hesegt post-communist ornuud dahi constition-ii talaar neleed sonirholtoy zuilsiig bichsen baisan (tereer cyberlaw expert bolohoosoo umnu constitutional law-iin nertey sudlaach baisan buguud odoo boltol Eastern Bloc-iin transition-ii talaar bas sonirhon sudaldag). Mongol Uls, yalanguya manai shine undsen huuliin talaar yamar bodoltoy yavdag ni ih sonirholtoy.

Lessig-iin talaarh uur negen sonirholtoy zuil ni tuunii "Lessig Method" gej nerlegdsen presentation hiih arga baril yum. Yurduu gants zurag, hedhen ugeer presentation-oo hund hurgej chaddag ter chadvariig ni uneheer suruushtay. Hervee sonirhvol OpenSourceCinema deerh Lessig-iin 1 tsagiin urttay "Free Culture" gesen mash sonirholtoy iltgeliig ni uzeerey (yalanguya ter zarim negen ugsiin useg hoorondiin zaig hoyoroor avsniig ni ajiglaaray; uuniig neuro-linguistic programming-iin neg jishee geh uu?). Gesnees yagaad ch yum uuniig uzej baigaad genet ungursun jil unshij baisan Edward Tufte-giin "Cognitive Style of PowerPoint" gesen mash sonirholtoy nom ni sanaand orov (endees minii hiij baisan note-iig unshij bolno). Hervee ajil deeree presentation tavih shaardlaga gardag bol ene nomiig zaaval olj unshaaray--ih nimghen murtuu mash heregtseetey nom baigaa.

Larry Lessig on TED Talk
Wired.com - Lawrence Lessig's Supreme Showdown
The Economist - Cyberlawyer 2.0
Lessig Blog
Lessig08 - Change Congress

Happy Birthday to My Blog!

Tsag hugatsaa asar hurdan unguruh yum aa ene ter gej cliche-deed ch yahav. Gehdee l blog maani neg l medehed 3 nas hurchihej. Yur ni tuuh suhvul Zorigt, [Batsuren] bid hoyor gurav barag Mongoliin anhnii blogchid bolj taarah baih shuu :P

Uul ni blog-iihoo 3 nasnii oid zoriulaad baahan yum bichne geed tarhiniihaa haa negtee hadgalchihsan baisan yum. Tegsen Mongold baih hugatsaandaa emeegiihee chanaj ugsun aartstay hamt holiod hodood ruugaa ilgeechihsen bololtoy, sanadagguy ee...

Yutay ch ene buh hugatsaand minii blog-iig algasalguy unshij, amjilt husch, comment uldeej, uram hairlaj, buh talaar tusalj demjij baisan humuust bugded ni talarhalaa :) Ta buhendee sain saihan buhniig husen yuruuyu.



I think you're the same as me
We see things they'll never see
You and I are gonna live forever
We're gonna live forever
Gonna live forever
Live forever
Forever...

PostScriptum: Props to Radu for visiting and enjoying my blog :) And please remember that you're always welcome here. Happy Birthday to you as well, and see you soon buddy! Aide

This and That

Bugded ni Sar Shiniin Mend!

My Mongolian World by Anu
Amina Figarova: Live in Amsterdam (Full Concert)
10 Questions for Woody Allen
U.S. Universities Rush to Set Up Outposts Abroad - NYTimes deer Global Classroom gesen higher education-ii dayarshliin talaar garch baigaa tsuvral niitleluud
A Long Story by Krugman + Soros Warning (Dollar-aa Euro-goor solih tsag aisuy)
Davos Links from Хөгжлийн Эдийн Засаг
2008 Oscars Portfolio: Breaking Through
Max Weber's Texts
FRB Speech: Governor Frederic S. Mishkin - Monetary Policy Flexibility, Risk Management, and Financial Disruptions
Franz Kafka - The Great Wall of China
Financial Times Prentice Hall books
A prescription for creative writing from Harvard Gazette

Current Albums:

Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
I'm totally addicted to this album
The National - Boxer
Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
Hashaagiin heldgeer Tom Waits-iin hooloi "zurh maajih shig"








Current Songs:

Gomez - See The World

See the world
Find an old fashioned girl
And when all's been said and done
It's the things that are given, not won
Are the things that you want

The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

You can't always get what you want
And if you try sometime you find
You get what you need

Current Video: Andrew Bird - Imitosis

What am I listening to right now?

Udahguy boloh minii blog-iin 3 jiliin oid zoriulaad yag odoo sonsch baigaa album-nuudiihaa review mayagiin bulan neemeer sanagdav. Urid ni uuniig Asuult.net deer hiideg baisan bolovch humuus tudii l ih sonirhohguy baisan tul dan gants blog deeree tavij baihaar shiidvey.

Bob Dylan - No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (The Bootleg Series Vol. 7)
Scorsese-giin No Direction Home-iin soundtrack ni. Bob Dylan-ii duunuudiin mash ertnii bichleguudees gadna hed heden hovor live version orson baina. Loved it.

Juno [Soundtrack]
Brilliant film, brilliant compilation.

Feist - The Reminder
Broken Social Scene-ii Feist-iin hamgiin suulchiin tsomog. Gehdee enenii umnuh "Let it Die"-iig arai guitsehguy yum uu daa.
Just Feist. Just Wait

Nickel Creek - Why Should The Fire Die?
Mandolin, hiil, guitar gurviin horshil. Zarimdaa rock, zarimdaa Irish-folk (like The Dubliners) sanagduulam. Absolutely brilliant!
Nickel Creek Farewell (For Now) Concert from All Songs Considered

On Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

"If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and conscience in a room by himself."

- Arthur Schlesinger Jr.



Tuuhch Arthur Schlesinger-iin talaar hamgiin anh Chomsky-giin "The Responsibility of Intellectuals" deerees unshij baisan baih. Suuld ungursun 2 sard nas barsaniih ni daraa nomiin san dotor tenej yavaad "A Life in the 20th Century, Innocent Beginnings, 1917-1950" geed dursamjiih ni nomiig unshsan. Ter chigeeree baylag, unetey surgamjuud. Yag l uvuu maani namaig uvur deeree suulgaad tuulsan amidraliihaa turshlagaas huvaaltsaj baigaa yum shig setgegdel tursun. Nuguu talaasaa huvidaa bol yamarvaa negen ornii intelligentsia, elituud herhen beltgegdej (neeree Polshiin intelligentsia-g Nazistuud, Communistuud herhen systemteygeer ustgaj baisan talaar Andrzej Wajda-giin "Katyn" gej ih goyo kino garsan bololtoy [bas Bavuugiin Lhagvasuren guayn "Katyn" geed shuleg baidag biluu? za za haduurch baina]), niigemd guitsetgeh uurgee bagaasaa uhamsarladgiin tod tomruun jishee bolmoor nom gej dugnesen. Yalanguya tuunii bayan conservative ailuudiin huuhduudee surgadag Philips Exeter Academy-d baihdaa FDR-iin New Deal-iig demjin tuunii yavj unguruh tsuvaag harah gej gantshaarhanaa yavj baigaa heseg ni setgel hudulgum (tereer Amerikiin mash nuluu buhii liberal buguud negen uye JFK-iin Special Assistant bailaa). Bas Harvard-d surch baih uyeiig ih tod tomruunaar uguulsen hesgees ni Amerikiin hamgiin elite liberal arts university-d bolovsroliig herhen olgodog talaar ih goyo oilgoltiig avch bolno.

A History of Himself
Social Historian by Maureen Dowd (btw, I hate her column)
The Economist obituary
NYTimes obituary

Piano Jazz with Amina Figarova

NPR Music-eer tenej yavaad piano jazz-iig nugeltey goyo toglodog Amina Figarova gedeg huuhnii bichlegiig sonsov. Absolutely beatiful.

Minii huvid yag dan gants piano jazz-aar dagnasan uran buteelchdiig tudii l ih sonsch baisanguy. Halit mult gadarladaguudaas ni gevel Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Marc van Roon (European Jazz Trio-iin gaihamshigtay pianist!) geshiigeed l duusna. Yahav Ray Charles, Norah Jones, Nat King Cole, Diana Krall nariig nemj boloh l yum. Gehdee ted nar ihevchlen piano togloj baihdaa davhar duuldag.

Btw, NPR-iin Live Concerts-iig ni bolomj oldvol sonsch baigaaray. Endees uursduu ter bolgon bieree ochood uzeed baih bolomjguy concert-uudiig uneguygeer sonsch bolno. Jishee bolgood sayhan sonsson hedeesee tavilaa (download ali esvel listen gedeg deer ni daraad sonsooroy):

The Frames Give Epic Performance - The Frames totally rocks! Once-iig uzsenees hoish Glen Hansard-d durtay bolson
Live Music from the Film 'Once': Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová in Concert - Ene hoyoriin togloson "Once" gesen musical-iig ni zaaval uzeerey.
Cat Power in Concert - Hamgiin anh "I'm Not There"-iin OST deerees sonsch baisan. Great singer! Bas busad artist-uudiin cover song-uud ni bugd gaihamshigtay.
The Good, The Bad & The Queen in Concert - Huuchin Blur-iin Damon Albarn-ii hamgiin suuliin uyeiin project. Even Noel Gallagher loved their stuff :P

Today's song: Thelonious Monk - "Lulu's Back in Town", and Part2

Thomas Schelling Assorted

"Mr. Counterintuition: America is safer with sophisticated enemies" from WSJ Opinion Journal
"Lunch with the FT: Thomas Schelling and the Game of Life" by Tim Harford
"Thomas Schelling, new Nobel Laureate" by Tyler Cowen
"Nobel Prize Winner Thomas Schelling" by Steven "Freak" Levitt
Thomas Schelling on Project-Syndicate: "Uncertainty and Action on Climate Change" via MarginalRevolution
NPR: Game Theory Wins the Nobel Economics Prize - a radio interview
Interview with Thomas Schelling - Richmond Federal Reserve (couldn't find the full version, though)
Thomas C. Schelling, Micromotives and Macrobehavior
StickK To Your Commitments
Nobel laureate Thomas Schelling's little-known role in the Vietnam War
What Development Economists Need to Know About Climate Change


Daraagiin udaad olj unshih nom: "The Strategy of Conflict" by Thomas C. Schelling
Current album: Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (oddly, some of the cover songs of this album from "I'm Not There [OST]" sounds better than the original ones)

Wish Me Luck

Wish me luck, as you wave me goodbye
Cheerio, here I go, on my way

Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye
With a cheer, not a tear, make it gay

from Gracie Fields - Wish Me Luck

On Robert D. Kaplan

Saya uztel minii post-uud dotor publish bolooguy nayan yum bainaa. Yur ni bodood baihad bi Attention Deficit Disorder-tey yum shig baigaan. Baahan yum hiij hiij baisnaa genet ogt uur zuil sataaraad unuuhuu bur martaj orhino. Magadguy ene utgaaraa ADD-gee "Person from Porlock"-oor tuluuluulj ch boloh yum gsn :P Za ene marzganah yahav. Saya ali 10 sard bichij baisan neg bichlegee olloo. Uul ni duusaaguy l baigaa yum baina, gehdee yahav shine onoos umnu neg ch gesen guitseegeeguy, duusgaaguy zuileesee salya gesendee uuniig post hiilee.

Ungursun jil Bulgariin doloo honog buriin "Panorama" nevtruulgiin hutlugch Boyko Vassilev-iin yariltslaga deer Yugoslaviin Dainii uyer Bill Clinton yagaad Bosnia-d intervention hiihees tatgalzsan talaar neg sonirholtoy tuuh sonsson yum. Vassilev-iin helsneer tuhain uyedee Clinton-d aide-uud ni Robert Kaplan-ii "Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History" nomiig unshihiig sanal bolgoson buguud Clinton unshuutaa het avtaj Balkan dahi olon ethnic group-uud tuuhiihee turshid bie biee hyadsaar irsen, dunduur ni hen negen oroltsood yamar ch nemerguy gesen sanaag ni uuriihuu gadaad bodlogod shuud tusgaj ugchee. Yavan yavsaar suuld Bosnia-d intervention hiilguy heden myangan hunii ami nasiig nudee aniad unguruulsen hereg suhugduhud sonirholtoy ni zarim negen alban tushaaltnuud buruug unuuh nom ruu chihsen marzan yavdal bolson. Uund emzeglesen Kaplan daraa daraagiihaa nomuudad bolon WSJ, NYTimes, Atlantic Monthly zereg sonin setguuluud deerh op-ed-uud deeree damjuulan uundee neleed gemshsen uguulberuudiig gargaj tavisan baidag--"Reading Too Much Into a Book" .

Deehne Itaewon havitsaa gadaaduudiin nutag butsah uyedee nomoo hyamdhan zarchihdag nomiin delguur dotroos uhaj baigaad Robert Kaplan-ii "Eastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus" gesen nomiig ni olj avav. Kaplan-ii talaarh medleg maani umnu ni tuunii bichsen gants hoyor niitleluudiig hicheel deer unshij baisnaas hetrehguy bolovch deerh tuuh bolon nomiin gol aguulga boloh Balkan, Middle East, Caucasus-aar (minii huvid delhii deerh hamgiin sonirholtoy heseg) hiisen aylaliin temdeglel ni bagtsan baisan tul karmaniihaa hediig shavhaad oroin hoolon deeree belen goimongoor hodoodoo huurav. Gehdee hamgiin chuhal ni ene nomiig unshaad chuham yagaad Clinton shig mundag hun (minii huvid Amerikiin tuuhen deh hamgiin mundag yurunhiilugch!) haihramjguy shiidver gargatlaa het avtsaniig ni oilgoh shig. Kaplan nomoo bichihdee Thomas Friedman shig Boeing 747 huluglun delhiin hamgiin unetey tansag zochid buudluudad buuj, heden multi-billionaire businessmen-tey uulzsaniigaa tuhain gazriin niit humuusiin bodol sanaa meteer unshigchdad oilguulaad baidagguy. Harin orond ni backpacking hiij, nutgiin jiriin ard irged bolon ter bolgon gadniihnii hevlel medeelliin anhaarald urtuud baidagguy tuhain gazartaa mash nuluutey intellectual-uudtay (manaihaar bol Baabar shig humuus yum uu daa) uulzaj, bodliig ni sonsch, hamtdaa zuu tataj, ter ch buu hel change deer ochij gar deerees munguu soliulna. Deerees ni Kaplanii tuuhiin medleg uneheer mundag. Yalanguya Middle East (uuruu Israel-iin army-d alba haasan Jew), Ottoman Empire, Huiten Dainii uyeiin uls turiin talaarh medleg, tuuniigee nomon deeree engiin ugeer mash goyo logic-toygoor holboj bas tailbarlaj uguh ni bishirmeer.

Robert Kaplan-ii "Eastward to Tartary"-d bidend uursudduu surgamj bolgoj avahaar zuils olon baina. CCCP-iin muhliin daraah Orosiin imperialismaas-aas zugtahiig husevch umnu taldaa tuuhen zanalt daisantay, baruuntay dotnosyo geheer dan gants gazar zuin bairshlaas gadna soyoliin huvid holdood baidag Bolgar, Ruminii tuuh bidend negiig uguulne. Nuguu talaasaa baigaliin asar ih baylagtay bolovch avilga heel hahuulid idegdsenii ulmaas ediin zasgiin atsan shalaand orchihson Caucasus-iin "ah duu socialist" ornuud maani ch bidend tom hicheel boloh uchirtay (gehdee unuudur magadguy harin ch esregeeree bid tedend hicheel boltsgooj baij medeh yum). Yamartay ch "Eastward to Tartary"-g unshaad Kaplan-iig Mongoliin talaar iimerhuu nom bichsen bol gadnii neg ch gesen hund bidniig unen zuvuur taniulahguy yu gej bodoj baisnaa nuugaad yahav (gehdee yagaad ch yum minii dotor Kaplan Mongoliig yamar negen baidlaar sonirhoh l yostoy doo gesen bodol baisan).

Harin az bolj hed honogiin umnu COEX dahi nomiin delguur dotor tenej yavaad ogt sanamsarguygeer "Imperial Grunts: On the Ground with the American Military, from Mongolia to the Philippines to Iraq and Beyond" gesen odoogoos jiliin umnu garsan nomiig ni olj avav. Ene nomond bichseneer bol Kaplan Mongold ireheer barah uu bur manai urd hiliin zastavuudaar orj shimiin arhi erguulj, honinii mah ogtloj baigaad yavsan baih yum. Uuniigee tereer Mongoliin ungursun bolood odoo uyed tulgarch baigaa berhsheeluudees gadna Amerikiin Mongold barimtlah gadaad bodlogo geh met chuhal asuudluudiin zavsar havchuulj salahiin argaguy sonirholtoygoor uguulj. Nuguuteyguur ene bichlegiin helbereesee bolood ch yum uu dotor ni bichigdsen zuils mash candid.

Mongolian troops serving in Iraq

Gehdee end tuunii Mongoliin talaar bichsen zuilsiig neg burchlen analysis hiine gevel tsag hugatsaa neleed oroh baisan tul unshsan humuus uursduu dugneltee hiitsgeeh baih geed orhiyo. Harin bi end minii huvid hamgiin chuhal gej bodson heden ishleluudiig avahaar shiidlee:

"When another officer asked us if the U.S. would defend Mongolia, as it had Kuwait in 1991, Wilhelm replied bluntly, 'Probably not. The U.S. can only help Mongolia defend itself. That's the reality.' Wilhelm loved Mongolia, but his primary concern was U.S. interests, and he was honest about that."

"But greater than the fear of a strong China among Mongolians was the fear of an internally weak China, or a breakup of China even."

"[Mongolian-Chinese border] was a border that mattered. It would matter more as China loomed over the horizon--beyond the present conflagrations in the Middle East--as the greatest conventional challenge to American power. Yet America's response was often subtle, as I would see."

"When Wilhelm arrived in Mongolia, in 2001, U.S.-Mongolian defense relations had no focus. All that existed was a hodgepodge of unrelated aid and training programs that had not been staffed out in detail in Washington or in Ulan Bator. Mongolia's post-communist military had no realistic vision of its future. It wanted a modern air force but wasn't sure what such an air force would do, or how it would be sustained, or its aircraft maintained. Wilhelm, with the active support of Ambassador John Dinger, quickly provided a sense of purpose. He and Dinger developed a "three pillars" strategy for the country and persuaded the Mongolian military to sign on. The three pillars are:
1. Securing Mongolia's borders not against a conventional military threat from China (such security would be impossible) but against illegal border incursions, criminal activities to finance terrorism, and transnational terrorism itself, particularly by the Uighur separatists of western China. Aided by the Chechens and the broad militant Islamic network, Uighur extremists represent the future of terrorism in Central Asia.
2. Preparing the Mongolian military to play an active role in international peacekeeping, in order to raise its profile in global forums and thus provide Mongolia with diplomatic protection from its large, rapacious neighbors. The dispatch of Mongolian troops to post-Saddam Iraq elicited shrill cries of annoyance from Russia and China, but it was the first building block of this pillar.
3. Improving Mongolia's capacity to respond to natural disasters, most notably drought."

"Mongolia, with one of the world's lowest population densities, is being threatened demographically by the latest of Eurasia's great historical migrations—an urban Chinese civilization is determined to move north. China—which ruled much of Mongolia from the end of the seventeenth century until the early twentieth century, during the Manchu period—covets the oil, coal, uranium, and empty grasslands of its former possession. Given that a resurgent China has already absorbed Tibet, Macao, and Hong Kong, reabsorbing Mongolia—a country that on the map looks like a big piece of territory bitten away from China—seems almost irresistibly a part of China's geopolitical intentions."

"'Mongolia is a vast country completely surrounded by two anti-American empires, Russia and China,' S. Galsanjamts, a member of Mongolia's national-security council, told me recently. 'It is therefore a symbol of the kind of independence America wants to encourage in the world.' Today, more often than not, the United States is encouraging that sort of independence not by intervening militarily on a grand scale but, rather, by placing a few quietly effective officers in key locations around the globe. "

"With Mongolia's eastern border only 500 miles from North Korea, and with the strategic environment unpredictable and fast-changing, an air base here could be an important asset."

"Nobody was thinking of transforming Choir into an American base, the way it had once been a Soviet one. Rather, for a relatively small amount of money the runway and a building or two might be repaired and kept up, so that American planes and Air Force personnel could use them at any time."

"'We should be careful of our own ambitions,' I said. 'We don't want to end up like the Soviets.'

'There is nothing we need to build here," he answered, "except relationships.'"

Hervee ene nom oldoh bolomjguy bol The Atlantic deer 2004 onii 3 sard garsan Robert Kaplan-ii The Man Who Would Be Khan gesen niitleliig ni unshihiig zuvluyu. Nomon deerh Mongoliin talaarh heseg barag ter chigeeree bii.

Addendum: from "Supremacy by Stealth" by Robert Kaplan

In formerly communist Mongolia, U.S. Army Colonel Tom Wilhelm, a fluent speaker of Russian who studied at Leningrad State University, is an adviser to the local military. With Wilhelm's help, Mongolia has reoriented its defense strategy toward international peacekeeping—as a means of gaining allies in global forums against its rapacious neighbors, Russia and China. The planned dispatch of a Mongolian contingent to help patrol postwar Iraq was the result of what one good man—in this case, Wilhelm—was able to accomplish on the ground. I recently followed him around on an inspection tour of Mongolia's Gobi Desert border with China. We slept in local military outposts, rode Bactrian camels, and spent hours in conversation with mid-level Mongolian officers over meals of horsemeat and camel's milk. It is through such activities that relationships are built and allies are gained in an era when anyplace can turn out to be strategic.

Random Idea: Quatar Financial Center on The Economist - a great way to advertise our current economic boom
Random Song: Tinariwen & Santana - Matadjem Yinmixan
Random Posts: Landlocked Navies: Mongolia, Mongolia engages in the ship registration business

This and That

Brilliant, brilliant, absolutely brilliant!

Mongold irseneesee hoish TV-eer duuchin Buyantogtokhiin (aka Buyanaa) "Tsahlai" gesen tasarhai clip uzev. Duu ni ch, clipnii zuraglal ni ch uneheer goyo. Odoohondoo internet-d tavigdaaguy baigaa yum shig baina. Oldvol blog deeree tavinaa. Dashramd duridahad "Oceans 11: Great Mongolian Songs" gesen album ni ih goyo bolson baisan. Bi Achka-gaas avaad hed honog udurjin shunujin sonsson :P (ter album-d orson "Hotiin Gudamj" gesen duunii clip-iig endees uzeerey)

Addendum: MICC: For Your Information - Quite useful
At 71, Physics Professor Is a Web Star - Walter Lewin-ii lecturuudiig uzeh durtay hun burt
Stopping at 10 Just Seems Wrong: A. O. Scott's Top Movies of 2007

Chingis Haan's Humble Letter

Chingis Haanaas Bumbiin shajint lam K'iu Ch'ang Ch'un-d ilgeesen urilgaas...

Heaven has abandoned China owing to its haughtiness and extravagant luxury. But I, living in the northern wilderness, have not inordinate passions. I hate luxury and exercise moderation. I have only one coat and one food. I eat the same food and am dressed in the same tatters as my humble herdsmen. I consider the people my children, and take an interest in talented men as if they were my brothers. We always agree in our principles, and we are always united by mutual affection. At military exercises I am always in the front, and in time of battle am never behind. In the space of seven years I have succeeded in accomplishing a great work, and uniting the whole world in one empire.

Mongol orchuulgaas ni (jaahan uur ch yum uu):

(Цзун Юаны хятад улсыг хэлж байна) хаад жаргал цэнгэлд шунасан учир мөнх тэнгэр тэднийг эс таалжээ. Хаан миний бие ар газар төрж хурга тугалын хамт өсөж хүчир бэрхшээлийн дунд бойжин идэж уух өмсөж эдлэх минь эгэл шулуун. Хүсэл тачаалд үл шунана. Ард иргэдийг үр хөвгүүнээр үзэж цэрэг дайчдад ах дүү мэт ханддаг. Тэднийг зааж сургахдаа эелдэг энэрч өршөөхдөө өгөөмөр байдаг. Харьяат нараа цэргийн эрдэмд сургахад дэргэд нь байдаг. Хатгалдах байлдаанд тэдний манлайд явдаг. Тийнхүү долоон жилийн дотор их үйлийг бүтээж таван өнгө дөрвөн харийг нэг жолоонд оруулав.

Gesnees hervee Cambridge Journals-d access-tay hun baival akademich Sh. Bira guayn "Mongolian Tenggerism and Modern Globalism: A Retrospective Outlook on Globalisation. A Lecture Given at the Royal Asiatic Society on 10 October 2002. By Sh. Bira On the Occasion of His Receiving the Denis Sinor Medal" gesen article-iig olj ugch tus bolooch

A Note to Myself

Oxford University Press-ees hevlen gargasan Dr. Uradyn E. Bulag-iin "Nationalism and Hybridity in Mongolia" nomiig olj unshmaar sanagdav. Daan ch jaahan unetey yum.

In this unique and important study of what it means to be a Mongolian in today's world, Dr. Uradyn E. Bulag draws on a vast amount of illuminating research to argue that all Mongols are in fact confronted with a choice between a purist, racialized nationalism (which they inherited from theSoviet discourses of the past) and a more open, adaptive, and inclusive nationalism (which would accept diversity, hybridity, and multiculturalism). The book calls into question the idea of Mongolia as a homogeneous place and people, and urges that unity be sought through a country-wide acknowledgment of diversity.

Hervee nudee gamnahguy gevel Google Book deerees zarim neg hesgiig ni unshij bolj baina.

from sub-chapter "Erliiz, the Threshold People":

As in the case of Tsedenbal, who attempted a political killing by calling his Halh co-leaders erliiz, the current hunt for bad blood is not just a matter of 'ethnic purification'. Since 1990, the bad blood hunt has been waged by the 'pure' Halh and Communists in order to discredit anybody who undermines Communist control. Enemies are called erliiz, and denigrated as the bad blood of society.

An example of the hysteria involved can be seen in Baabar's account (1992) of his encounter with a member of the Mongol Uhaan (Mongol Idea) society, a secret society in Mongolia, comprising only Halh. This quasi-Fascist group is supported by Communist hard-liners. They have a network of informants keeping a close eye on the 'ethnic' composition of the leadership. They have been bidding for Halh control of the government and state, which is now (1990-2) under the control of more diversified ethnic groups. They approach important personnel of Halh ethnic origin and attempt to recruit them into the organization. The purpose of the organization was laid bare by a secret agent who approached Baabar, who is also a central Halh: 'We should save our motherland. The entire leadership is falling into the hands of the Chinese and Buryat immigrants. In order to save our motherland from this dirt, some of us have organized a secret organization. Since we know you are a pure-blooded man of central Halh, we came trusting that you will support us.' The 'secret agent' then pointed out that President Ochirbat is a Chinese, because his stepfather is Chinese. Despite his being Mongol by birth, 'he (Ochirbat) ate Chinese food from young age, and became a Chinese through food' (see Chapter 6). The prime minister D. Byambasuren was called a Buryat immigrant. The chairman of the Mongolian Democratic Party, Bat-Uul, was said to be 'urine of Buryat immigrants'. The first deputy prime minister, Ganbold, was named a Chinese erliiz. The vice-president and leader of Parliament, Gonchigdorj, was also related to the Chinese, because 'his wife has Chinese blood. So his children are not normal The father of such children must be loyal to China.' He went on further to claim that the MP Ulaanhuu is also a Chinese erliiz. 'Look at his name: isn't it the same as the late Inner Mongolian leader Ulaanhuu?' After he was corrected by being informed that Ulaanhuu is a Durbet from Uvs, the secret agent said: 'Well, don't you see? Durbet means bad blood! The deputy prime minister, Dorligjav, is also a Durbet. But where are our Halh?' Baabar was to find out only later that he was also labelled 'Chinese erliiz', simply because he did not endorse the view put forward by the 'Mongol Idea' society.

The MPRP (Communist-dominated) organ Bodliin Solbiltsol (7 January 1992) published a threat from a police officer. Choisurengiin Vasha, a typical Russified Mongol, judging from his name: 'People say we should not shed blood One can only become healthy when one is constantly bled and combed. Similarly, the bad blood of the society should be let out so as to make it healthy. A certain elderly person told me this. It is right!'

The discourse of blood is not uniquely Mongolian, despite the supposed 'tradition' invoked by the police officer. The idea of blood as a political symbol is, as Herzfeld (1992) has convincingly argued, a Western tradition. He points out that the Western humoral classification of human races 'persisted, not only in scientific theory, but also, and especially, in the sphere of ethnic politics and prejudice' (1992: 22). Eugenicists of the nineteenth century such as Francis Galton saw the racial organization of humankind as essentially unchanging. Galton's view was a major influence on the immigration policies of Anglo-Saxon countries (ibid.). The spread of this ideology of 'unchanging nation or race' lies behind the 'ethnic cleansing', or what the Mongolian police office called 'blood-combing', type of mentality. Herzfield writes: 'The association of blood, war, and intellect constitutes the conceptual foundation of the ideas of identity that we find ensconced in much European classification of persons. Distilled and intensified through the selective filter of a national educational system,...it rationalizes feral actions' (1992: 28)

Вүүди Алленд Амжиж Илгээх Захиа

Thanks Tuya for writing this brilliant letter in behalf of me :)

Dear Woody Allen,

I've been pondering upon lately about passage of our dear colleague Norman [Mailer] from this world. As it seems certainly that the same fate awaits both of us in the future, I sat today wondering how should I effectively fight the dilemma of us never been formally introduced to each other. The sole consolation perhaps to my worries come the facts that Dante never met his Virgil and neither Nietzsche was able to shake hands with Dostoyevsky. Thereupon I shall rest my mind in peace and resume my humble admiration of your art.

Yours remaining,
[Tuvshin's] right palm.

On Orhan Pamuk

2005 onii baina uu daa TIME setguuliin "Person of the Year"-iig todruulah sanal asuulga deer negen emegtey Armenian Genocide-iin tuuhen uneniig zorig gargan duugarsaniih ni tuluu Orhan Pamuk-iig ner devshuulsen baisan yum. Magadguy ter hedhen uguulber Pamuk-iin talaar minii olj unshsan hamgiin anhnii tohioldol baih. Suuld ungursun onii yag udiid buyu Pamuk Nobel Prize avsaniig zarlagdsanii daraahan ni Istanbuld ochihod ter hotiin barag buh nomiin delguuruud buteeluudiig ni languun deeree delgen tavij amtay bolgon tuunii talaar yarij bailaa. Tedgeer humuusiin zarim neg ni tuuniig uneniig helseniih ni tuluu uzen yadaj baisan bol nuguu neg heseg ni Tureg orniig delhiin tavtsand surtalchilsaniih ni tuluu unuuh "gem"-iig ni urshuuj baiv.

Robert Kaplan-ii temdeglesenchlen "baruunjih" hemeeh uzegdliig tsor gants tur shashin hoyoriig tusgaarlah uil yavts hemeen uzdeg Turegt enehuu ug heleh erh chuluug yuman chinee toolguy uls ornii erh ashgiig huvi hunii deeguur tavisan uildeld gaihah hereg yuruus baihguy yum. Harin ch hamgiin sonirholtoy ni ene bol Pamuk-iin buteeluuddee hamgiin iheer hunddug sedev boloh Urnu ba Dorniin soyoliin murgulduun ba zohitsoliin negen tod jishee bolno. Tovchhondoo bol Pamuk-iin huvid zohiol buteeleeree damjuulj neej, tailbarlah gej orolddog zuiliihee hohirogch ni uuruu bolchihson gemeer. Gehdee edgeer ni Orhan Pamuk-iin udruus udurt usun nemegdej bui ner hundiin yurduu negeehen heseg ni buguud tuunii hamgiin tom gavya ni negentee delhiig ailgaj yavsan huchirheg Ottoman Empire-iin muhliin daraah martagdsan Tureg orniig (yalanguya urid ni delhiin tuv gegdej baisan Constantinople buyu Pamuk-iin tursun hot Istanbul-iig) delhiin tavtsand dahin neg udaa ildiin ireer bus harin ugiin urnaar gargan irj eh nutagt ni oyunii yamar ih potential baigaag batlan haruulsan yavdald orshino. Ene ni ergeegeed minii urid ni helj baisan yag l unuuh Dublin-iig Joyce, Prague-iig Kundera, Danzig-iig Gunter Grass tuluuldugtey adil Ulaanbaatariig bish yum aa gehed Mongoliig delhiid tuluuldug intellectual dutagdaj buig sanuulah met. Magadguy Orhan Pamuk udguugiin Urnu ba Dorniin dund uchraa olohoo baisan Tureg ornii jinhene identity ni yu yum gedgiig taniulj baigaatay adil terhuu uguylegdej bui Mongol intellectual bidnii jinhene identity-g olohod chuhal uureg guitsetgeh ni damjigguy.

Nuguuteyguur Orhan Pamuk-iin Tureg-iin talaar hunduj bui asuudluud udguugiin Mongoltoy tuuhiin shijmiin huvid bish yum aa gehed tulgarch bui berhsheeluudiin zui togtliin huvid olon talaaraa tustey: Tureg, Mongol hoyort hoyuland ni negen uyed delhiig donsolgoj yavsan geh gaihamshigt tuuhees uldej hotsorson melancholy bii; Tureg, Mongol hoyor uursdiihuu soyoliig Urniin ali esvel Dorniin gej yag tag angilj chaddagguy, ene ni neg talaaraa Turegiin huvid Kemal Ataturkiin rapid westernization-iin ur dun bol Mongoliin huvid 80 jiliin tuuhtey communism-iin legacy-tay holbootoy, harin nuguu talaaraa ali aliniih ni soyol irgenshluudiin hil deerh geopolitikiin uvurmuts bairshliin shuud nuluu yum; Tureg Mongol hoyor hoyul dayarchlaliin shuurgand tesch uldehiin tuld uursdiiguu hen be, ali taliig dagaval hamgiin ih hojih ve gesen tuuhen songoltiin umnu udguu tulj irchiheed bui geh met. Ene utgaaraa unuudur bid Orhan Pamuk-iin zohiol buteeluudiig mash chuhlaar avch uzeh uchirtay.

Pamuk on Charlie Rose
Huviihaa setgegdelees huvaaltsahad Orhan Pamuk-iin niitleluud, nom buteeluud ni minii dotor mash chuhal oron zaig ezeldeg bolson. Tuuniig unshih toolond oi sanamjiin mini haa negtee hezee negen tsagt uzuurees ni imerseer baigaad segleed hayachihsan martagdsan sanaanuud maani nomuud deer ni asar tsegtsteygeer iluu uran ugeer ilerhiilegdchihsen baij baih ni uneheer gaihmaar. Jaahan haduurah yum bol Pamuk-iin "Istanbul: Memories and the City" (beautiful book, yalanguya dotroo har tsagaan zurguudtay suuliih ni hevleluud ni highly recommended!) deer durslen bichsen baga nas bolon zohiol ni tugsuh uyeiih ni (odoogiin nadtay barag chatsuu baih uye) amidral miniihtey zarim talaaraa mash tustey. Uuriihuu martagdsan dursamjuudiig unshiv uu gemeer tohioldluud olon garna. Ene ni yag l unuuh Alan Bennett-iin "The History Boys" deer bagsh Hector ni shavi Posner-too heldeg "The best moments in reading are when you come across something--a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things--that you'd thought special, particular to you, and [you say] here it is, set down by someone else. A person you've never met, maybe even someone long dead. And it's as if a hand has come out and taken yours" gesen ugsiig sanagduulam. Magadguy yag iim medremjiig heden jiliin umnu Carl Jung-iin "Memories, Dreams, Reflections"-iin ehnii bulguudiig unshij baisnaas hoish medreeguy baih.

"My First Passport: What does it mean to belong to a country?" by Orhan Pamuk
Homeland: A conversation between Salman Rushdie and Orhan Pamuk (New Yorker setguulees zohion baiguulsan yariltslaga, in fact, Rushdie-d fathwa zarlagdah uyed laliin shashint ornuudiin zohiolchid dundaas Pamuk hamgiin anh turuun tuuniig umguulun duugarch bailaa. Hervee ene Bill Moyers on Faith and Reason, Salman Rushdie nevtruulgiig anhaaraltay uzvel 3 dahi minute deer Pamuk, Rushdie hoyor garna :P)

This and That

Assessment of Corruption in Mongolia - Final Report (2005)

The major finding of the report, consistent with other quantitative and qualitative studies conducted previously, is that opportunities for corruption are increasing in Mongolia at both the “petty” or administrative and “grand” or elite levels. Both types of corruption should be of concern to Mongolians, but grand corruption should be considered a more serious one because it solidifies linkages between economic and political power that can negatively impact or ultimately derail democracy and development, as it has in other post-Communist countries.

[...]There is, in fact, time for Mongolians and the international community to nurture these efforts and take further action before the corruption problem gets out of hand. In general, the main need in Mongolia is for effective disincentives for corrupt behavior at both the administrative and political level. In its broadest configuration, this implies a strategy of increasing transparency and effective citizen oversight, as well as intra-governmental checks and balances. Without these major changes, administrative reforms may provide some small improvements, but they are unlikely to reverse current trends.

Bayesian Heresy prediction:

Anti corruption consultants will make more money in the next five years than any other development consultancy.If you want an easy job at a multilateral institution do your research on corruption or institutions

Random Quote: President Bush and President Enkhbayar of Mongolia Sign the Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact

"PRESIDENT ENKHBAYAR: We have to always remember, and I know that those are the people who elect us, and sometimes criticize us and say whatever they think about us.

PRESIDENT BUSH: So it happens there as well? (Laughter.)"

Tonight's Playlist

Neil Young - Heart of Gold (+ Stereophonics cover)
Morrissey - In The Future When All's Well
Ivy - Edge of The Ocean
Kath Bloom - Come Here
The Smiths - Panic
Ella Fitzgerald - Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered
Oasis - Champagne Supernova
Iggy Pop - Louie Louie
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - When Your Mind's Made Up
Bob Dylan - I Want You
Noel Gallagher - Half The World Away (this summer's personal hit song! :D)

John Lennon Reincarnated

YouTube deer minii subscribe boldog caroline372 gesen neg nuhur baih. Celebrity humour-oor zanimalddag mani er zarimdaa oddiig jinhenees ni iluu duuraigaad baidag muu taltay :P (itgehguy bol ene video-g uzeerey :D)

"John Lennon thought he was god. I just think I'm John Lennon" - Liam Gallagher :P

Addendum: BBC Radio 1 Established 1967 Legends Tracklistings (Noel Gallagher, Paul Weller, Paul McCartney's tracklists are the best!)

Je suis vivant :)

Le savant doit ordonner; on fait la science avec des faits comme une maison avec des pierres; mais une accumulation de faits n'est pas plus une science qu'un tas de pierres n'est une maison.

[La Science et l'hypothèse (1908), IX]
Henri Poincaré