Singapore should serve as a model for how to fix racial disparities
In theory, the SCOTUS decision to strike down affirmative action in higher education should be considered as part of the…
Why tech billionaires love testosterone
Testosterone is having a moment. At once a molecular vector for toxic masculinity and a health-optimizing supplement for middle-aged tycoons…
The Trump talisman doesn’t work anymore
Glenn Youngkin’s victory over Terry McAuliffe is a loud wake-up call for the Democrats, who attempted to fuse the GOP…
Has Xi Jinping overplayed his hand?
The Chinese Communist party’s origin story, like so many of its official lines, appears to be an apocryphal tale. But…
John Cena’s car-crash Taiwan apology
In an unforgivably cringeworthy mea culpa delivered in surprisingly fluent Mandarin, John Cena has apologized to his fans in China. He had…
Joe Biden is letting India down
With 40 percent of the population vaccinated, a palpable sense of normalcy has returned to America. The young are now…
The media’s haste to cry race
The bodies of the victims hadn’t gone cold, the families had barely begun grieving, when the familiar cottage industry of…
The China election
Bill Clinton, in a speech heralding China’s entry into the World Trade Organization in 2000, remarked that ‘by joining the WTO,…
Farewell, dear Hong Kong
There was no way to know that the last trip I took to Hong Kong just a few years ago…
Don’t compare America’s riots to Hong Kong
As soon as the unrest began in Minneapolis, the inevitable comparisons with Hong Kong began. We saw throngs of masked…
Is Joe Biden really a sure thing?
How quickly the campaigns of Tom Steyer, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar — all billed as moderates — have assimilated…
Why the #NeverBernie efforts fell flat in South Carolina
Last night, as expected, Bernie Sanders’s status as the front-runner invited a pile-on of attacks from the other candidates for…
