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The Persistence of Hope: Vincent Van Gogh
“And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.” --1 Corinthians 13:13 As Don McLean sang in 1971,...
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Jun 12, 20176 min read


The British Election: Eat Your Hat
A long time ago in an era far far away men wore hats. And today, if formal headgear were still in fashion, there would be many a pundit...
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Jun 9, 20174 min read


Madam President
Socio-political, economic, academic and media elites love to throw the word “disruption” around with such abandon one would think they...
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Jun 7, 20178 min read


An Innocent Abroad: Trump's Trip
Little matters more to Donald Trump, the living brand-turned-American president, than pomp and imagery. Trump staffed his government (at...
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Jun 1, 20178 min read


The British Election: A Choice Not An Echo
By the very nature of their status, opposition parties everywhere have a delicate balancing act to perform: how to convey the impression...
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May 27, 20179 min read


Trump Besieged
President Donald Trump faces a significant challenge over the next few months to hang on to office and survive the gravest of charges...
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May 25, 20177 min read


Renaissance Man: Steve Jobs
As of this writing Apple has briefly attained an estimated market valuation of $800 billion USD, easily making it the most valuable...
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May 18, 20176 min read


Method in His Madness: Trump & China Part Two
Most presidents of the United States search for a catchphrase that best encapsulates their vision for the nation: JFK called his “The New...
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May 9, 20175 min read


Method in His Madness: The Trump Foreign Policy
Most presidents of the United States search for a catchphrase that best encapsulates their vision for the nation: JFK called his “The New...
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May 5, 20175 min read


The Persistence of Hope: Jack Layton
When we think of charismatic, visionary Canadian politicians the surname Trudeau usually comes to mind, whether prefaced with a “Pierre”,...
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May 1, 20179 min read


Retro Review: the Age of the Dragon
'Dragon Age: Inquisition' (DAI) is a fantasy game. That word -- fantasy -- suggests to us that this game has dragons, elves, and magic,...
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Apr 24, 201710 min read


The Persistent Hope of Honor
Honor In the soul? Where is it? Where does honor reside? A man can touch the stars But his soul is a mystery? Why? Maybe because...
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Apr 11, 20172 min read


Faith and Hope
Most of our efforts go badly. The model airplane does not fly, the new home is not quite what we thought it would be, the marriage is...
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Apr 4, 201712 min read


Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
It turns out that the Republic is alive and well. The first quarter of 2017 has brought a pleasant surprise: in vivid contrast to...
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Apr 1, 201710 min read


The Fault in Our Stars: Retro Review of 'The Theory of Everything.'
What is it about film awards and biopics about damaged geniuses? Movies like ‘A Beautiful Mind,’ ‘Shine,’ ‘My Left Foot’ ‘Amadeus,’ and...
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Mar 26, 20176 min read


Red Sun Rising
Based on external appearances alone, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seems like an amiable sort, the kind (to paraphrase Margaret...
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Mar 19, 201712 min read


The BIG Question: An Editorial
“All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world -- but we don't. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so...
MC
Mar 10, 201713 min read


Too Close to the Sun
For a moment, he soared. On rhetorical wings crafted from feathers provided by daughter Ivanka and Chief Strategist Steve Bannon,...
Mark Chin
Mar 6, 20177 min read


What's Left Behind: Obama's Foreign Policy Legacy to Trump
Impressed by Donald Trump’s announcement of his first foreign-policy acts as president: building the Mexico Wall, the No-Muslims Wall,...
Mark Chin
Feb 25, 201710 min read


The Trump Storm
“To be on the wire is life; the rest is waiting,” intones the fictional Joe Gideon in Bob Fosse’s underrated film ‘All That Jazz.” It’s a...
Mark Chin
Feb 17, 20176 min read
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