California Dreaming

California Dreaming If fame determines status in Los Angeles, power is the social currency in Washington

Have We Finally Reached Peak Pride?

Have We Finally Reached Peak Pride? Gay pride has been very much on my mind lately

Who Burned Down the Sculpture of Xi Jinping at a California Park?

Who Burned Down the Sculpture of Xi Jinping at a California Park? Federal prosecutors say Weiming Chen’s ‘CCP Virus’ was destroyed by men working for China.

London Diary

London Diary An eventful week in the British capital

John McCain’s Soft Spot for “Brave Little Nations”

John McCain’s Soft Spot for “Brave Little Nations” To really understand the impact John McCain had on the world, visit a country like Georgia

The Castros’ New Friend

The Castros’ New Friend A dispatch from Havana after the lifting of the American embargo

I Smuggled Posters for ‘The Interview’ Into North Korea

I Smuggled Posters for ‘The Interview’ Into North Korea Broadcasting freedom into North Korea, via hot air balloons, along the DMZ

Berlin, 25 Years Later

Berlin, 25 Years Later A dispatch from Berlin on the 25th anniversary of the wall’s fall