Opinion: Two key questions hang over Taiwan's election
Whether the election hinges on pocketbook or cross-strait issues will go a long way to determining who ends up winning, writes Lanhee J. Chen.
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Whether the election hinges on pocketbook or cross-strait issues will go a long way to determining who ends up winning, writes Lanhee J. Chen.
Who won, who lost and what we learned at the fourth GOP presidential debate, according to a panel of analysts across the political spectrum.
Tuesday night’s elections produced some disappointing outcomes for Republicans who were hoping that they might be able to win unified control of government in Virginia and the governor’s office in Kentucky, writes Lanhee J. Chen, but the electorate in 2023 will likely look different from the electorate that decides what happens in 2024.
“A mind that is anxious about the future and unhappy before misfortune even arrives is a disaster,” wrote the Stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca. For those unable to take Seneca’s advice to stop worrying, there’s plenty to fret about in our time, from immediate concerns to the existential threats.
“A mind that is anxious about the future and unhappy before misfortune even arrives is a disaster,” wrote the Stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca. For those unable to take Seneca’s advice to stop worrying, there’s plenty to fret about in our time, from immediate concerns to the existential threats.