Thed Ringling Brothers Circus will close this Spring after 146 years of roadshow entertainment.
And the vice chairman of Samsung is caught up in the influence-peddling scandal that has brought down the president of South Korea. His loss will no doubt not be as serious to his employer as the exploding Note 7. Lastly, the visit of the president of Taiwan to San Francisco recalls the shabby treatment that this brave democracy has received from the world. China says it’s just another part of China and has wrung a concession on that point from the United Nations and most of the world. But Taiwan is a model of civil order and prosperity that has put Beijing to shame with its freedom for decades.
