I was sitting at a picnic table in central Da'an trying to enjoy the balmy weather and a mediocre latte earlier today when I was approac...

國破山河在 I have a hankering to learn the oud.  I don't know if it has to be an oud exactly. I'd be perfectly happy with a saz or a kanu...

I know this painting at New York's Whitney Museum has a name, but I prefer to call it "Speaker Han" (the photo is mine).  As a...

I don't have time to make this pretty, so let's talk about what's happening at the Legislative Yuan right now.  After adjourning...

Lawmaker and activist Puma Shen gets pushed off a rostrum head-first by KMT opponents First, I just want to acknowledge that I haven't b...