Something about going to the Chinese grocery store put me at ease as a kid. Walking into the harshly lit store, with no-frills Chinese-language displays, and aisle upon aisle of fermented fish...
Good morning, gentle readers! This week we're exploring a range of stories from the tale of a teenage whaler who found himself in the midst of international controversy to the problems with...
Campaigners for Dignity in Dying, formerly the Voluntary Euthanasia Society, have this week gone to the High Court to support a legal challenge brought by Noel Conway, who wishes to have...
Kate Steinle was murdered in 2015 by a felon and undocumented immigrant who had been deported from the United States five times. Her murder was tragic, but not tied to larger patterns, as...
When I moved back to Hong Kong, I was taken aback by how many people asked, “What is it like to live in China?” Well-meaning friends and acquaintances would send me articles about life in...
Last week I attended an Alt-Right rally hoping that I might be able to understand the white-supremacist movement and the people who subscribe to it. I went in open-minded with few expectations...
Happy Monday, gentle readers! We're in an essay-reading mood and we have a few we particularly enjoyed...along with a deep dive into the lead crisis, the myth of the 'French girl,' and an...
The Church of England has made moves to be more accepting and inclusive of the LGBT+ community, last weekend voting to welcome transgender members and condemn gay ‘conversion therapy’. The...
With conservative and authoritarian waves across Europe ebbing and flowing, Hungary is once again getting its fair — or, to some, unfair — share of media exposure. Behaving somewhat like the...
Some people say that it is not for government to regulate when it comes to technology and the internet. We disagree. This statement was not a line in a George Orwell novel, nor was it made by...
