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Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Political Metaphor - and being wise after the event

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I was thinking about writing a piece about Taiwan’s (big) recall and the political, social and constitutional machinations surrounding it.  ...

Taiwan’s recall vote for closer ties with China is clear to all the world

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The results of the Big Recall last weekend sends a strong message to the rest of the world that the island’s people are happy to see closer ...
Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Politics of the Kindergaten

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Unless you have been living under a rock for the past few of years, it is hard not to notice that the quality of some of our Members of Parl...

Financial Markets - Never try to catch a falling knife

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A large chunk of my over 40-year journalistic career was spent covering economics and financial markets. It was my job to talk to those in t...

Freedom of Speech - well, not all the time

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“The world turns and the world changes, but one thing does not change. In all of my years, one thing does not change, however you disguise i...

Today's political leaders - When the satire becomes real

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The deterioration of the quality of the world’s politicians has been happening for a while now but 2025 might become the year political sati...
Sunday, November 3, 2024

Trust Trump - Think again

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Over the past few years I’ve met some lovely folks in Taiwan who were enthusiastic Donald Trump supporters based mainly on the fact that he ...
Thursday, September 5, 2024

Oh what a tangled web we weave

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(中文版在下方） “Oh what a tangled web we weave/When first we practise to deceive” is a line from a poem by early nineteenth century Scottish autho...