I apologize for the rather sparse posting at the moment. I’ve been in China for past few weeks (and will be for roughly the next two months) on an exchange program.

For at least the first part of the program, my internet access has been on-and-off, and for at least a period of time, dePolitik was blocked by the Chinese government firewall.

Given the limitations, I’ve decided to try to at least post short segments, if not the long articles I normally do, just to comment on the rapidly developing/devolving situation in the U.S. financial market.

Posted on October 4th, 2008
Filed under: Off-Beat by James Wang

Major Sitework

Google Analytics tells me that a surprising number of people (more than I expected, anyhow) are actually visiting and reading this blog, so I feel that I should let everyone know that I’m trying to do some major sitework at the moment, so posting has been slow.

Overall, my main goals in this overhaul are these:

1. Make it easier to find interesting articles, especially I write more. This is my overarching goal in this rework.
2. Create a front-page with major categories, recent articles, and featured content. This goes along with the first point, though is more specific.
3. Update the sidebar to be more useful in navigation and finding interesting articles. Perhaps have Adsense be less prominent or deemphasized, especially since I’m not looking to make much off of it (originally, I was hoping it would offset some hosting costs).

After this, I expect to be posting at a far more rapid clip, especially since I’m deliberately designing the site in a way where it will look very odd if I do not. Think of it as self-motivation, on my part. (more…)

Posted on August 7th, 2008
Filed under: Off-Beat by James Wang

Welcome to DePolitik

I’m glad that you’re dropping by! Though this may be the first, I hope that this won’t be your last. However, let’s move on to the important information that you’re here for.

My Mission

This site is created in the hope of presenting the various events and issues that face all of us—especially Americans, based on my own context, but many issues that I expect will interest everyone—without bias. Hence, the name, De-Politik. Hearing this though, I don’t blame you if you’re skeptical. In fact, you should be. Although we often hear about how much spin these is in the media now, the fact is that everyone presents their own views how they see it. Everyone is biased.

As such, I’ll present you the argument, and let you decide whether or not you accept it. After all, all of us deal in opinions. Just some of us are more honest about it than others.

I’ll be posting some backlogged articles for a bit, but will soon get to fresh content. Sit back, and I hope you enjoy.

Welcome to DePolitik.

Posted on June 30th, 2008
Filed under: Off-Beat by James Wang