Author: Larry Livermore

Like most people I know, I was less than thrilled when it became evident that Joe Biden was going to

“Is Trumpism a mental illness?” asked my friend Stefano Morello in an anguished Facebook post. I half seriously, half flippantly

It was a rainy, warm spring day in Hong Kong, and I was whiling away the afternoon with a Punjabi

It’s been quiet, too quiet around here. There are reasons, there always are, but nonetheless I feel bad about having

Students of Chinese history will be familiar with the mandate of heaven (天命 – tiānmìng), but the concept can be

Quite a few friends, especially those primed for a midlife crisis but for whom a red convertible or summer in

The title is a bit clickbaity, I’ll admit, maybe even misleading. The word “hippie” has been so broadly used and