We are a vast country, but too many of us have a limited understanding of the rest of the world. We have the right to vote and freedom of speech. We can move around our country as we wish, and…
Four years ago, after Donald Trump was elected president, the Left was suffering a collective mental breakdown. The new fascist era was upon us. American democracy was over. All good people of principle, meaning progressives, would end up in chains…
I’ve found that the easiest way to shock the typical Chinese university student is to note that my first visit to China occurred in 1992, before they were born. Needless to say, it was a very different country then. Separate…
Since his elevation to the papacy in 2013 Pope Francis has continued the Church’s staunch defense of religious freedom and human rights for all, a key theme of every pope since Dignitatis Humanae. As such, even as the Church’s moral…
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…
Seventy former national security officials who had served in past Republican administrations have written a letter and taken out a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal to declare that President Trump is “dangerously unfit” to serve a second term…
COVID-19 hasn’t finished wreaking havoc on the world. Its physical, economic, and political effects will linger and affect the world for years to come. Because those effects are changing the world, we should begin to analyze how our foreign policy…
Last week the Beijing puppet government of Hong Kong’s chief executive Carrie Lam postponed parliamentary elections for a year supposedly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Chinese police continue to arrest pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong under China’s new law, which…
China’s Xi Jinping must be working for President Donald Trump. Although New Delhi has moved closer to the U.S. in recent years, no Indian government would subordinate its policies to Washington. If the Modi government fails to act, however, it…
