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MC
Apr 1, 201710 min read
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
It turns out that the Republic is alive and well. The first quarter of 2017 has brought a pleasant surprise: in vivid contrast to...
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Mark Chin
Mar 6, 20177 min read
Too Close to the Sun
For a moment, he soared. On rhetorical wings crafted from feathers provided by daughter Ivanka and Chief Strategist Steve Bannon,...
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Mark Chin
Feb 17, 20176 min read
The Trump Storm
“To be on the wire is life; the rest is waiting,” intones the fictional Joe Gideon in Bob Fosse’s underrated film ‘All That Jazz.” It’s a...
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Mark Chin
Feb 8, 20176 min read
The Blitzkrieg Presidency
“Blitzkrieg” first exploded into the global lexicon in 1939/40 as Nazi Germany’s forces stormed across western Europe with all the...
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Mark Chin
Jan 30, 20178 min read
Riding the Wave
November 8th, 2016 has come and gone. So has January 20th, 2017. It is worth recognizing that the sun rose and fell as usual those days,...
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Mark Chin
Jan 18, 201712 min read
Trump: It's Going to be Huge!
It’s always dangerous, not to mention presumptuous, to try and armchair analyze someone whom one has never met or known personally, much...
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Mark Chin
Jan 12, 20179 min read
The Eagle & the Bear: Trump Vs. China
Donald Trump’s election as America’s forty-fifth President, has met with little tangible comment from China’s leaders. Well, little...
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Mark Chin
Dec 3, 201612 min read
Duel of the Fates: Republicans vs Democrats
The Republic has fallen. Donald Trump, regarded by many progressives as the Dark Lord incarnate, has stormed the White House. His legions...
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Mark Chin
Nov 20, 20168 min read
Man of Mystery: Donald Trump in Power
The view from Donald Trump’s vast penthouse in the New York tower that bears his surname must be awe-inspiring. Every morning he gets to...
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Mark Chin
Nov 9, 20167 min read
The World He Makes: Donald Trump Triumphant
Winston Churchill (may have) said it best: “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.” The 2016 presidential...
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Mark Chin
Nov 8, 20167 min read
Apocalypse Not: U.S. Election Eve
At long last, it seems, the 2016 presidential election cycle is coming to its natural end. Rivers of words, forests of newsprint, and...
Mark Chin
Oct 26, 20164 min read
Hillary Clinton: the Janus-faced Candidate
Victory is within sight. Hillary Clinton can almost smell the finish line. Buoyed by polls showing a popular vote margin of anywhere from...
Mark Chin
Oct 23, 20164 min read
Donald Trump: A Shakespearean Ending
There is a very King Lear-like quality to Donald Trump’s presidential enterprise, and it centres around the character and personality of...
Mark Chin
Oct 21, 20167 min read
Wake Me Up for the Apocalypse: The Third U.S. Presidential Debate (Oct. 20th, 2016)
"Well, I think her history is far from being over. I'd like to answer that question in another 15 years from now. I think she is going to...
Mark Chin
Oct 5, 20165 min read
The Real Republican Candidate: the US Vice Presidential Debate (Oct. 4th, 2016)
One of the most important qualities Americans look for in a President is temperament, an intangible ability to project confidence,...
Mark Chin
Sep 27, 20165 min read
Senior Citizens Mud Wrestling: the First US Presidential Debate (Sept 26th, 2016)
I hate the presidential choice the American electoral process has produced. Choosing between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is like...
Mark Chin
Sep 23, 20166 min read
I Choose Sanity
The most memorable line in Stephen Spielberg’s biopic ‘Abraham Lincoln’ comes when Daniel Day-Lewis thunders that he is President of the...
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