No matter how far removed their views may be from our own, every time violence silences a voice, it causes deep damage to our democracies. The killing of Charlie Kirk undermines the “right to be heard” of every voice and every word, which are fundamental principles of democratic order. A theological reading of the relationship […]
Revisiting Ancient China’s World Knowledge (talk delivered at the Hong Kong Book Fair in July) By the late 16th century, before Europeans arrived in China via sea routes, how much did ancient Chinese people know about the world? How did they imagine and understand the world they inhabited? This is not merely a question of […]
It’s a US capitalist revolution, but its voice, geared towards domestic politics, is backfiring internationally, undermining the president and the country. What is fairer? The rock show of the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, brandishing a chainsaw and promising to cut civil servants’ jobs (i.e., take wealth from the poor and give it […]
Western countries should stop focusing on ending migration. The real problem is being careless about migrants’ integration. It is a priority to prevent Gaza-like insurrections in the West. The ongoing pro-Palestinian protests in Western countries are an important signal that something went very wrong with the relationship between some Muslim immigrants and their host countries. […]
