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US-Taiwan Time Bomb

As a person who grew up in the glorious aftermath of World War II, it never occurred […]

Today, the Republican Party has taken up the banner of the Know Nothings. Founded in 1844, the […]

Is it finally over between Saudi Arabia and its top Lebanese Sunni client? It was a surprise […]

Russian Deputy Envoy to the United Nations Dmitry Polyanskiy made a powerful point on Twitter earlier this […]

Patriot Act 2.0 will be rolled out with a lot of mindless bleating about white supremacists and fighting fascism […]

US Social Media: Out of Control Censorship

Many commentators are dismissing the extraordinary events at the US Capitol as something much less serious than […]

Tech companies were once the primary tools of US “soft power” used to overthrow authoritarian regimes by […]

Trump was demonized before he was inaugurated. He was demonized because he was correctly perceived by the […]

Response to some questions from readers: “Eradicating Whiteness” — Why isn’t Ignatiev guilty of hate speech and […]

Is Thailand’s Article 112 Really “Archaic?”