University of Hong Kong Professor Frank Dikötter has completed his trilogy of Mao’s rule. The prior book in the series, BBC Samuel Johnson award-winning Mao’s… Read More »Frank Dikötter, The Cultural Revolution, A People’s History, 1962–1976
Trump is a pathetic human being. But plenty of pathetic human beings have achieved their goals as national leaders. Trump will in all likelihood be… Read More »Experience Matters
Tom Friedman just wrote a column comparing Trump’s wink wink on Hillary and the 2nd Amendment to what happened with Rabin. What he writes is… Read More »Arms Race
Ted Cruz was as cold blooded as the Zodiac Killer taking the stage tonight. After another awkward nod to Lebron, he addressed the nominee only… Read More »Ted Cruz is a Bad, Bad Man
The politics At rallies generally the warmup speeches throw some red meat to the crowd. Bernie’s were some of the harshest I’ve ever heard, particularly… Read More »Bernie in Washington Square Park
Trump’s rise is the most disturbing development I’ve lived through in American politics. Very few events have caused me to rethink so many fundamental assumptions… Read More »I’m scared
This weekend I headed up to my ancestral heartland of Hanover, New Hampshire, to chill with Evan Coates, knock on some doors for Hillary, and… Read More »Trump, Jeb, and Hillary