On Democratic Resilience: Shut Out of the WHA, Taiwan Approves Gay Marriage
Why Taiwan’s Approval of Gay Marriage Matters.
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Did W.B. Yeats Predict the Rise of Donald Trump?
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After attending an academic exchange program sponsored by the Chinese government for 36 of the world’s leading young sinologists, Mark McConaghy reports back on what he learned.
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By Mark McConaghy
On how we are processing the terrible events of last week, even as we remain caught in our web of digital existence.
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By Mark McConaghy At a time of acute crisis in the life of the Catholic Church, what are five things that it could do to make itself into a revitalized, socially progressive, and powerfully empathetic institution for the 21st century? 1. A Comparative Perspective In the mid 18th century, the power of the Manchu Qing […]
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The 14th Floor 