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That is the title of a book written by Mika Tsutsumi, who wrote this book , which I wrote the review of. She has lived in New York as college student and office worker but since she experienced 911 turmoil, she started to learn what went wrong in the U.S. In this book, she paid attention to poverty issue. Some of the things mentioned overlap in her previous book. The book became best-selling non-fiction book in Japan. It was sold at the price of 700 yen (US$7). At first she talked about subprime loan crisis. The real estate business took mean advantage of poor people who...

This is the sequel of already posted article " Ich bin ein Berliner ." My trip in Europe last month. After I enjoyed my 2 day stay in Berlin, I flew to Krakow, the old capital of Poland. From the city, I went to one of the famous World Heritage sites. It took 1 and a half hour to get to Auschwitz Museum by car. It was clear and sunny day. The place looked strangely beautiful although what...

On 2nd of August, I went to U.S. Navy Base in Yokosuka city, 30 kilometers from Tokyo. On that day, "Navy Friendship Day" festival was held there. "Friendship?" Huh? Are they our friends?...