Beijing is trying to split the baby between simultaneously liberalizing the economy and maintaining economic stability, but those two factors are increasingly mutually exclusive.
The fact that societies are becoming increasingly multi-ethnic, multicultural, and multi-religious is good. Diversity is a strength, not a weakness.
When I was growing up reading history books as a young student, it seemed all wars had a winner. Yet in today's wars, it is increasingly clear that no one wins. Everyone loses.
Increasingly, staying in the middle class - let alone aspiring to become middle class - is becoming a game of chance.
As the Republican Party has moved farther and farther to the right, I have found myself increasingly at odds with the Republican philosophy and more in line with the philosophy of the Democratic Party.
We live in an increasingly sophisticated world that makes it difficult to make simple comments on stuff. There are too many people on both sides of the border who are taking advantage of circumstances and the situation.
The country remains dependent on oil. But as we are now learning, oil is becoming increasingly scarce.
All kinds of celebrities, political ones as well, are increasingly being targeted. In this country, with all the countless guns.
Consumers are increasingly programming their own entertainment and content experiences.
It's our job as Liberal Democrats to be an effective opposition - and an increasingly tough one as well.
