April 2021
The Contested Rock: Gibraltar after Brexit
When the UK decided to leave the EU in 2016, its opponents predicted all sorts of calamities the country would…
China’s Bare Branches
The Chinese government is growing increasingly aggressive. Currently, the Chinese Communist Party has close to 400 internment camps with one…
Young Fogeys Redeemed
One of the dominant acronyms in the teeming morass of contemporary internet lingo is LARPing—or “Live Action Role Playing.” Originally…
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021)
A brief round-up of some of the tributes published in recent days … How Prince Philip Saved the…
Shattered Reflections on Hemingway
By some surfing accident on YouTube, I stumbled on a short black-and-white video of a Cuban journalist conducting a Spanish-language…