China’s grave insult to the Catholic Church
The arrest of Cardinal Joseph Zen shows the Vatican must stop legitimizing the CCP
China
Friday
Wednesday
Hong Kong is now a police state
Soon to be run by a former policeman
Monday
Springtime for Cold War nostalgics
Weariness with, and wariness of, the Cold War was very real and ought to give us pause
What Ukraine means for Asia
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has scrambled Asia’s geopolitics
How to avoid World War Three
History can help presidents think about how to confront new challenges
Why we need robust free speech laws
Recent clampdowns in Russia and China show just how foolish the prevailing US mood is
Sunday
Will America follow China toward ‘Zero Covid’?
Philadelphia reinstates its mask mandate despite the threat being so low
Thursday
Hollywood won’t say gay in China
Free speech exists in the entertainment industry — but only within CCP limits
Thursday
China: one bully to rule them all
Beijing seeks not just regional but global dominance
Friday
Did China just take out an NBA player?
The case of Enes Kanter Freedom deserves at least as much attention as Colin Kaepernick
Tuesday
Don’t let Russia end the old world order
If we allow Putin to tear up that order, any pivot to China will be made more difficult
Thursday
The ultimate human futility of sports
Sports would not have survived Classical Greece and the Roman Empire
Monday
Andrew Sullivan searches for spirituality
The legendary journalist weighs in on Russia, IQ, immigration and his forthcoming book on Christianity
Thursday
Make China pay for its quiet support of Putin’s war
Xi is vulnerable to economic pressure
Tuesday
Enough with the 1970s comparisons
Breezy historical analogies might be exciting but that doesn’t make them accurate
Sunday
Russia’s war is a global cancer
Its conflict will continue to spread — and what then?
Wednesday
Putin understands America’s moral decay
He and Xi Jinping think we’re weak and dissolving from within. Could they be right?
The creeping authoritarianism of facial recognition
The same technology that Russia uses to keep its people in line has come to America
Tuesday
What does Ukraine really mean for Taiwan?
There has been no serious debate over whether Taiwan, a rapidly aging society, can defend itself
Friday
No, China isn’t about to invade Taiwan
The idea that Putin’s incursion into Ukraine sends Beijing a signal simply doesn’t hold up