The People’s Republic of China is celebrating. The Chinese Communist Party officially turned 100. Seventy-two of those years have been in power. The other 28 years were spent attempting to seize power. The CCP appears to have been quite successful….
German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently joined top German political leaders to mark the passing of one of their nation’s most remarkable leaders. On April 30, they met at the lot above the location of the World War II bunker in…
Revolutions swing back and forth between puritanism and debauchery, without touching civilized ground. – Nicolás Gómez Dávila, Escolios a un Texto Implícito, Vol. II, No. 1,383 The Master said: “I hate to see purple replacing the purity of vermilion. I…
China only wants “patriots” to hold positions of political authority in Hong Kong. That means those who are willing to shill for the Chinese Communist Party. The relative autonomy enjoyed by the Special Administrative Region since the 1997 turnover to…
The South Korean K-pop group BTS rules the music world. It’s not my schtick, but that apparently means I am almost alone. Most of humankind understands it is not wise to challenge BTS’s followers, as angry Chinese social media mavens…
In the height of the U.S.–China clash, the CCP’s new moves are worth noting. First, it has softened its aggressive stance and has again promoted the “mutual benefits of China–U.S. cooperation”; second, and simultaneously, it has begun to promote an inward shift for its…
World War II, the most brutal, destructive, and murderous conflict in human history, was finally, mercifully racing toward a close 75 Augusts ago. In early May, German units and personnel had rushed to surrender, preferably to the Western allies. On…
I In a dimly lit corner of Baltimore’s Walters Art Museum, amidst an impressive array of Buddhist art bequeathed to the institution by the tobacco heiress Doris Duke, there is one sculpture that stands out above all the rest: a…
I In a dimly lit corner of Baltimore’s Walters Art Museum, amidst an impressive array of Buddhist art bequeathed to the institution by the tobacco heiress Doris Duke, there is one sculpture that stands out above all the rest: a…
