How a simple catchphrase sums up the president’s theory of executive power. By A.O. Scott “Call Me Ishmaelle,” by Xiaolu Guo, audaciously revises Herman Melville’s American classic. By William Giraldi ...

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January 13, 2026 • A historian of modern China, Jung Chang turns the lens back on herself in her newest book to understand how she sees the world and why she writes about China today.