'The principle that a pardon would uphold is that Taiwan has chosen self-determination and mercy over the interests of imperial powers, political calculation and retribution. Chen... should have his freedom restored.' Thank you Nick Haggerty and Richard Kagan

Anyway, I wrote about getting into classical music and why attending the Bach festival at Carnegie Hall was instrumental to me finally leaving Detroit plough.com/en/topics/cult…

I wrote about Adam Phillips, British psychoanalysis, and the benefits of “giving up” for The Baffler thebaffler.com/salvos/good-en…

commonwealmagazine.org/muddling-throu…

I'm looking forward to hearing Samuel Moyn 🔭 speak in Taipei next week!

Dear God. The booth where Tony Soprano met his end (yes) is being sold to the highest bidder. This is a crime. Sign the petition to get the owners to reconsider…

Sopranos fan? Opposed to the commodifying of a New Jersey culture site? Sign the petition to tell Holsten's to stop the sale of the Sopranos booth.

change.org/p/save-the-sop…

Now post-election: 'And there is no easy way to say this – #Taiwan needs to be on the right side of history on #LabourMigration . There is no scenario where these [monthly service] fees can be justified as a legitimate #MigrantWorker -borne cost under international standards...'

The Democratic Progressive Party’s candidate is more conservative than his predecessor, but the best hope for progressive forces this Saturday is still a DPP victory.

Read Brian Hioe 丘琦欣 on Taiwan's election:

dissentmagazine.org/online_article…

'The amateur is a distinctly American type, a figure of both humility and hubris; he leads a learned revolt against titles, credentials, and expertise.'

Sam Adler-Bell considers the exemplary amateurism of George Scialabba:
commonwealmagazine.org/george-scialab…

⬇️Dictionary of Recruitment Terms in #Taiwan - language primer to remove ENG-CHI misunderstanding as impediments to #ResponsibleRecruitment . 期望這份摘要能夠克服因語言所產生的誤解, 促進台灣邁向負責任招聘制度.

Thanks to many, esp today Intl #MigrantsDay
➡️issuu.com/workbetter/doc…

Looking forward to this LSE IDEAS event where ⿻ Audrey Tang 唐鳳 from Ministry of Digital Affairs 數位發展部 🇹🇼 will be joined by Tristen Naylor from Cambridge University to discuss policymaking in the digital age.

Taking place today at 10am UK (6pm TW) - sign up here: bit.ly/PITDA

I got to write about one of my favorite writers, George Scialabba, for Commonweal Magazine commonwealmagazine.org/george-scialab…

Really happy to have had the opportunity to interview Stellina Chen about her upcoming book and her background as a political cartoonist!

Omg-I just died: George Scialabba positively reviewed my book democracyjournal.org/magazine/70/da…

During our Righteous Gemstones episode (out tomorrow!) I cited the interview that Fran Lebowitz did with Commonweal a few years back I was a part of, which meant I re-read it while working on the ep's show notes...below are her amazing closing answers commonwealmagazine.org/speaking-new-y…

New Know Your Enemy! First, Matthew Sitman and I (at last) discuss the lawsuit against us... then, a lengthy discussion of three (bad) SCOTUS rulings from June — and how the conservative legal movement engineered each of them. …ow-your-enemy-1682b684.simplecast.com/episodes/the-s…

New: One group that worked to sabotage Biden's student debt relief at the Supreme Court was founded by Obama alums and funded by Reid Hoffman, the Biden megadonor. It's not the first (or second, or third) time Hoffman money has gone to a Biden saboteur. slate.com/news-and-polit…

In my latest for The Diplomat, wrote about the KMT embracing the notion of reviving the CSSTA, as well as proposing to scrap the Tsai administration's draft extension, and Hou endorsing the 1992 Consensus for the first time

thediplomat.com/2023/07/cross-…

Truly appalling. Among the many vile things Abrams has done over the years, one that sticks out to me is his public defense of Roberto D’Aubuisson, the man who ordered the assassination of St. Oscar Romero, despite cables from the US embassy in El Salvador already linking him.