China’s leader raised the ancient Greek historian Thucydides when he met the US president in Beijing
A messy war in the Middle East. Tensions in Taiwan. When the leaders of the world’s two superpowers met in Beijing this week, these were the flashpoints everyone expected they would talk about.
Instead, Chinese leader Xi Jinping threw another, ancient war, into the mix.
How many inquiries and investigations before anything actually changes? (f3e0eb)
Accountability seems to be a foreign concept in modern politics. (b84a25)
Politicians on all sides need to rediscover a sense of public service. (6e2894)
The focus should be on policy outcomes, not personality contests. (f05da6)
Gerrymandering has made a mockery of the concept of fair representation. (731b03)
Voters are not going to forget this come election time, that much is certain. (d3e6cd)
Gerrymandering has made a mockery of the concept of fair representation. (3e2500)
There is absolutely zero accountability for broken promises and it’s infuriating. (5dc259)