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I have never forgotten a political cartoon that appeared in the midst of the Watergate impeachment investigation. It caricatured the strange relationship evangelical Christians had with then-President Richard […]

Chairman Mao tried to sell the Marxist-Leninist thought to solve the ethnic problem in his multi-ethnic country (PRC). Not only did the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) fail but Mao’s social engineering proved to be […]

In the time of the world wide web,  where consumers become habituate with various free internet proving services, the news itself becomes the victim of circumstance as few people would prefer to pay for news […]

Sinicization is defined as bringing people who are not of Chinese descent under the influence of Chinese culture. Truly speaking, it is a process where societies that are traditionally non-Chinese are put under […]

In the midst of simmering global tensions in this year’s 74th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting in New York staged many of the adversaries including Donald Trump, Hassan Rouhani, Narendra Modi, Recep […]

I don’t know which metaphor to use to describe the current crisis in our politics because so many come to mind. Are we at a tipping point? The edge of a cliff? Or sitting on a volcano waiting for it to explode? […]

Along with being where all blood goes, the heart is an enduring metaphor. As Bernie Sanders recovers from a heart attack, now might be a good time to consider some literal and symbolic meanings.

Bernie […]

It would be a grave mistake to assume that the continuing political deadlock in Israel – with neither incumbent prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his main rival Benny Gantz seemingly able to cobble together a […]

All of a sudden, MoveOn wants to help “national security” whistleblowers.

Well, some of them, anyway.

After many years of carefully refusing to launch a single campaign in support of brave whistleblowers who […]

Hong Kong, the pearl of the East, yet lives in such a turmoil. The ongoing political crisis and massive protests have drawn a large amount of international concern and attention. There are multiple explanations of […]

The 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) opened the past week amid simmering tension in the Middle East over recent attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities, which Saudi Arabia and the United […]

Much to the consternation of Western liberals, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take the first crack at assembling a new government. Their concern is both misplaced […]

Much to the disappointment of South Africa’s trade unions and human rights organizations, the Competition Tribunal (CT) has ignored their objections by handing over a dairy company to an entity from apartheid […]

When Joe Biden told an audience that Mike Pence “is a decent guy,” Pence had already been vice president for more than two years. After the comment drew fierce criticism, Biden responded that he’d said it “in a f […]

The annual gathering of global leaders at the United Nations has yet again lit up New York’s elite hotels and busy thoroughfares.

Though the 74th session of the UN General Assembly is underway in the midst of […]

As expected, the outcome of Israel’s second national election was as murky as the first round in April. During the next few weeks, Israeli leaders will be engaged in negotiations in an effort to form a government. […]

For most Israelis, the general election on Tuesday was about one thing and one thing only. Not the economy, nor the occupation, nor even corruption scandals. It was about Benjamin Netanyahu. Should he head yet […]

Chad is the fifth largest nation on the African continent with an estimated land area of 1.28million square kilometers. It is also one of the poorest countries in the world. The President of Chad is Idris Derby […]

Israel enters a prolonged and complex process of coalition-building following the failure of Likud’s Bibi Netanyahu or Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party’s to gain, yet again, an outright majority in the latest […]

Joe Biden’s recent efforts to deny his record of support for invading Iraq are marvels of evasion, with falsehoods that have been refuted by one well-documented appraisal after another after another. This month, […]