Elizabeth Brandt

Shannon Gormley: In their view, liberty is the freedom to threaten others. They want to do what they want to do, and they want to do it whenever they want to do it, however they want to do it.

Shannon Gormley: We hoped for the best and did not prepare for the worst. We have new hopes now. We hope to be saved—but what will we sacrifice to get there?

Shannon Gormley: Doesn’t the mail drive everyone, including its recipients, postal? If the mail stopped coming for just a little while, it wouldn’t be a tragedy. It would be a snow day.

Shannon Gormley: By now we know the costs borne by Hong Kong protesters include hammer blows to the head, bullets to the shoulder and pepper spray to the face

Shannon Gormley: Boris Johnson has broken from reality, and it began with the lie that Brexit would be easy

Shannon Gormley: Hong Kong authorities withdrew an extradition bill that spurred protests by the millions. But just wait for real change in a couple of short decades.