Madman of Chu

Politics can not be conducted in ignorance of the history and culture of other nations.

Friday, July 25, 2025

The Epstein Case and the Trumpocalypse

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  Just how much of a threat to democracy is Donald Trump? This question has been hanging over American politics since he first descended h...
Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Facing Scylla and Charybdis in Iran

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I genuinely don't envy Trump the choice that he faces in Iran. Bibi has very skillfully maneuvered him into a corner. I wish both Israel...
Monday, April 07, 2025

Riddle Me This

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  "Liberation Day" has revealed how ill equipped all of our institutions are to deal with the second Trump administration. So many...
Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Reading the Signal

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 The news broken yesterday by Jeffrey Goldberg , editor of  The Atlantic , that he had received top secret war plans and intelligence operat...
Friday, February 21, 2025

An Open Letter to Senator Corey Booker (D, NJ), Senator Andy Kim (D, NJ), and Representative Chris Smith (R, NJ 04)

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  Dear Senator Booker, Senator Kim, and Representative Smith,            I write to you as your constituent to express my outrage at the...
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Sunday, December 29, 2024

O Tempora, O Mores

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  I have been reading SPQR by Mary Beard in recent days, and in its light I can see that we live in very Ciceronian times. On January 20 ...
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After living in mainland China and Taiwan for four years and in Japan for one year I returned to the U.S. and earned a doctoral degree in Chinese history, which I teach at a college in New York. "Madman of Chu" reflects my belief that the study of the history and culture of other nations is indispensible to the conduct of modern politics. "Marriage Equality Amendment" is devoted to amending the U.S. Constitution to protect the right of same-sex couples to marry.
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