Category: politics
Slavery: Still an Issue
Let’s not keep patting ourselves on the back in America and Europe over the end of slavery. Sure, it’s not a major issue in the...
Apple in China
The other day Apple was set to release the new iPhone 4S in China. What transpired has hit news stands around the world, so I’ll only...
State of the Union 2011: Opinion
The State of the Union Address was January 25th, 2011, ATC reviews the plans behind President Obama’s speech. Transportation: One...
Chinese Mega City in the Works
From the most populated country in the world plans to build a mega city to house some 42 million doesn’t seem that surprising. China...
Poor Journalism & American Debt: Will China Call in Debt Early?
I live in China. I’m an American. You’d be surprised at the number one question people ask me from back home. Simply put, they...
Why I Hate Wal-Mart and the ‘temporary culture’ of America
You can’t consider yourself a long-term thinker if you shop at Wal-Mart, Best Buy, or any other major chain in the United States. Here is...
Seven Thoughts on the Oil Spill in the Gulf
I don’t mean to launch into a diatribe, but its my blog and I feel like ranting about the so-called ‘disaster in the gulf.’ 1. This...
Marketing Versus Bashing People on the Head
Traveling for the past year has been quite an enlightening experience. We left our home in Shanghai on May 1st, 2009 and are still on the...
Blogging in America
In recent months I’ve come to realize what my psychology (and statistics) professors meant by ‘Negative Response Theory.’...
Travel Bloggers Who Make a Difference
We have been extremely fortunate in who we have come in contact with through Abandon the Cube. We’ve met so many amazing travelers,...
A Reflective Look at ATC’s Past Two Years
Abandon the Cube has been around since 2008. While we’re not into celebrating a massive birthday party for the website or the...
Ten Reasons Why the West Coast is WAY Cooler than the East Coast
Here we go! Just the FACTS about why the West Coast is literally a billion times cooler than the East Coast: 1) Movies about the West Coast...
Washingtonians Believe in the End of the World
What better way to spend the Armageddon, then waiting it out safely underground? Apparently I’m not the first person to think of...
Book Reviews: History on the Road
Traveling is a great way to learn. Every new city visited is a deeper insight into the region’s past and why it developed as it did....
Why I Dont Own a Cell Phone
This isn’t one of those hippy diatribes about the body corporate, or a quasi-scientific spiel about the plausible connection between...
Across America by Land
Not many people make backtracks like we do! To make my point, our trips inside America in the last several months have been hectic,...
The George Bush Presidential Library
A recent visit to the George Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas revealed a deeper look at the man, the President and the...
Remember the Alamo!
Remember the Alamo! This saying had little meaning to me until recently, when we visited the Alamo in San Antoino, TX. This was a prime...
Palo Alto and the Mexican-American War
If you live or vacation in Southern – Central Texas, this is especially important to all the winter Texans, take a short drive North...
Habitat for Humanity
Being unemployed, we decided to try to make ourselves useful to society in a way that doesn’t include posting comments on various...
Book Review: The Geography of Bliss, by Eric Weiner
If you are interested in social psychology and how the conceptual understanding of happiness varies between cultures, then The Geography of...
Abandon the Cube Featured on Lonely Planet
Good news for travel buffs, Lonely Planet now has a program that features great travel blogs. This program has exploded in the travel...
Poll Results are in and Vietnam Wins
We conducted an online poll to see where our readers thought we should travel next. 37% of our voters thought we should go to Vietnam....
Getting a Visa for Uzbekistan in Shanghai
This is apparently what a visa to Uzbekistan looks like, but I wouldn’t know. It has officially been 3 weeks since we began our...
The Next 31 Days
Always looking for a way to improve the site, Abandon the Cube Travel Journal will be participating in a 31 day free online “Blog...
