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

23 Mar 2022
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…
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Spine

22 Mar 2022
Imagine having no spine No toughness No grit How relieved I am To not be you
Poetry

Perch

20 Mar 2022
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
Poetry

Youth

20 Mar 2022
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?…
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Order

20 Mar 2022
Dutiful soldiers Line up to fight To protect an order For which they have no say
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CGTN: U.S. senator swings, misses in criticism of China

20 Mar 2022
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…
Poetry

Courage

19 Mar 2022
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…
Poetry

Knowledge

18 Mar 2022
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
Poetry

Climb

18 Mar 2022
You climb ever higher One step in front of the other Yet all around People do not see you They see a slithering snake

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