Change

Looking back at those days When something different could have been done No, should have been done Or could have been said No, should have been said We demand change But how foolish of us to think That everything else would have happened as it did And when it did We cannot alter yesterday In …

CGTN: The Ukraine crisis: The West’s provocative culpability

In my latest editorial for CGTN, I wonder what the current crisis in Ukraine might look like if only Western leaders had heeded an important piece of advice. No man is perfect, but good luck finding someone who understands geopolitics better than Henry Kissinger. The man celebrated most especially in the U.S. and China for …

Spine

Imagine having no spine No toughness No grit How relieved I am To not be you

Perch

Sitting high on a perch Safe, content and comfortable But knowing This cannot last Seasons change People come and go Soon there will be another Sitting high on a perch

Youth

Youth is wasted on the young The saying, of course you know Never more true these words When to war, they are told to go All youth, we do send? Please, do not be so daf' Those with means and money Theirs stay home, and laugh Fight for flag and country Honor, on you we …

Order

Dutiful soldiers Line up to fight To protect an order For which they have no say

CGTN: U.S. senator swings, misses in criticism of China

In my latest editorial for CGTN, I explore why one U.S. senator needs to rethink his let's-sanction-China strategy. Returning to Rubio, we must acknowledge that in attempting to validate his bona fides as an anti-Communist, he is ignoring reality. Any sanctions the U.S. would issue against China would be met with a response by the …

Courage

The boy looks up at the man He sees it, feels it He cannot spell the word He doesn't even know what it means But he hopes when he becomes a man He will show it at the right time Like the man is right now When it matters most Courage

Knowledge

Knowledge shared Dispensed from a thimble From he who is obviously smarter than the mere peons And ants Both of which he crushes under foot