Discussing Liberally Salt Lake City

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Traditionally, each month’s “Reference Materials” section includes, inter alia, book reviews from –

The New York Times
The Wall Street Journal
The Washington Post

It appears that The New York Times and The Washington Post have shirked their duty.

HOWEVER, in addition to the WSJ book review, this section contains a very interesting 4/14/2023 article entitled “Protecting the Porcupine: Why Taiwan Matters” (yes, if you Google for simply “Why Taiwan Matters” there are zillions of items that surface!!!).

“Protecting the Porcupine: Why Taiwan Matters” was published by Harvard University’s Epicenter which proclaims itself to be “an online source that provides original commentary and analysis on issues that transcend borders.”

The authors of “Protecting the Porcupine: Why Taiwan Matters” were --

Kenneth Fann -- a Fellow at Harvard University’s Weatherhead Scholars Program in Harvard’s Arts and Sciences Department and a Colonel in the United States Air Force. His research interests include the Chinese Communist Party instruments of National Power; political, economic, and social infrastructure; information; and physical geography and time.

Charles Bursi -- a Research Fellow with the International Security Program at Harvard University Kennedy School of Government’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Air Force. His research project concerns re-thinking US Defense readiness.