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My wife and I watched A Foggy Tale  on Netflix last night, and I became my usual blubbery self, of course. I don't want to give away any...

Chat with Claude: What time is it right now in Boston, MA? 12:31 AM It's currently Wednesday, May 27, 2026. Unfortunately I don't ha...

Just noticed that a footnote in my " Formosa Delayed " article (I'm already regretting the title) has the wrong date for Basti...

I'm now scrambling to put my course materials in alternative locations because of a cyberattack on Canvas that has shut it down across ...

I'm going to have to sit with this for a bit to work out my thoughts about what's being suggested here:   The suggestion to create a...

The spring semester is over here--and just in time, as a hay fever-driven lethargy has overtaken me, making it hard for me to concentrate on...

Yesterday, I attended the "Taiwan Studies+ 2.0" international symposium at Harvard. I found all of the presentations really fascin...

A couple of updates about the George Kerr biography: We have a publisher! (I'm not going to reveal the details yet, though. I'm not ...

Julien Oeuillet, who moderates the "Taiwan vs. the World" program on Radio Taiwan International, interviewed me for an episode ab...

I'm so far behind in posting this that the Formosa Files folks have already posted two new podcasts since my interview! But in case you...

Spring break is almost over for me, and if I had one, my to-do list would still be full. I didn't clean my study. I didn't finish th...

I'm working on an application for a Humanities Center fellowship right now--here's their blurb about it: 2026-2027 Theme: Revolution...