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February 2, 2021

Opinion: “The Death of Free Speech and the Beginnings of American Tyranny”

Former President Ronald Reagan said that freedom is never more than one generation from extinction. He also said that fascism would come to us from the Left.  And here we are.  If readers may think that somehow this time and this country is different or immune to that prediction, they …

February 2, 2021

Opinion: “China’s Human Rights Report Card for 2020”

The Human Rights Watch, in its 2021 iteration of annual publication ‘World Report’, began its observation on China as ‘the Chinese government’s authoritarianism was on full display in 2020’. According to the report, the human rights movement in China suffered through its ‘darkest period’ since the ‘1989 massacre which marked …

February 2, 2021

Opinion: “Twin Guardians of Civilizations”

The twin ideals of Democracy and Science have been century-long rallying cries for generations of Chinese intellectuals. The 1919 May 4th Movement called for the arrival of Mr. Democracy (德先生) and Mr. Science (赛先生) in China, then ravaged by tyranny, obscurantism and imperialism. Yet the dream of liberal democratic transformation of the …

February 2, 2021

Opinion: “Are We Immune to The Suffering of Children Now?”

All children need to be loved. But there’s one other vital thing they must receive, if they are to grow up healthy and happy. A sense of safety. Children need to believe that they are secure and protected: safe, in other words. They need order, predictability, the assurance that the …

January 28, 2021

Opinion: “George Floyd “Narrated His Death,” Says Attorney at International Inquiry”

George Floyd, who was publicly tortured and lynched by Minneapolis police officers on May 25, 2020, narrated his own death, legendary civil rights lawyer Benjamin Crump told the International Commission of Inquiry on Systemic Racist Police Violence Against People of African Descent in the United States at its January 25 hearing. “He narrated his …

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