Articles by Hal Swindall

About Hal Swindall

A California native, Hal Swindall earned an MA in English from Claremont Graduate University and a PhD in comparative literature from UC Riverside, majoring in English and minoring in French and Italian. Since then, he has wandered East Asia as an itinerant English professor, mainly teaching writing and literature. Presently, he works as an English teacher trainer in the Faculty of Education at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Hal's interests besides translating, editing and literature include classical music and badminton, as well as East Asian temples.

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The Republican Party, Sick Man of American Democracy

February 21, 2021 Hal Swindall 0

Published in Le Monde (France) on 15 February 2021 by Le Monde [link to original] Translated from French by Hal Swindall. Edited by Gillian Palmer. […]

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Biden Wants Extensive Immigration Reform

February 11, 2021 Hal Swindall 0

Published in La Croix (France) on 3 February 2021 by Gilles Biassette [link to original] Translated from French by Hal Swindall. Edited by Elizabeth Cosgriff. […]

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Storming the Capitol: ‘No Democracy Is Protected from Such Outbursts’

January 15, 2021 Hal Swindall 0

Published in La Libre (Belgium) on 7 January 2021 by Bosco d’Otreppe [link to original] Translated from French by Hal Swindall. Edited by Michelle Bisson. […]

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Amazon and Its Resellers: Nonconsensual Relations

January 5, 2021 Hal Swindall 0

Published in L’Echo (Belgium) on 23 December 2020 by Charles Cuvelliez, Jean-Jacques Quisquater [link to original] Translated from French by Hal Swindall. Edited by Elizabeth […]

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America Is Crying

December 13, 2020 Hal Swindall 0

Published in L’Actualite (Canada) on 2 December 2020 by Marie-France Bazzo [link to original] Translated from French by Hal Swindall. Edited by Elizabeth Cosgriff. Posted […]

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Keeping the Loyalty and the Freedom in Franco-American Relations

November 18, 2020 Hal Swindall 0

Published in La Croix (France) on 8 November 2020 by Guillaume Goubert [link to original] Translated from French by Hal Swindall. Edited by Patricia Simoni. […]

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From Trump to Biden: a Move from Unilateralism to Multilateralism

November 3, 2020 Hal Swindall 0

Published in La Libre (Belgium) on 28 October 2020 by Bernard Adam [link to original] Translated from French by Hal Swindall. Edited by Laurence Bouvard. […]

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Would it Be Futile to Tax the Web Giants? Yes, But …

October 20, 2020 Hal Swindall 0

Published in La Libre (Belgium) on 14 October 2020 by Olivier D’Hossche [link to original] Translated from French by Hal Swindall. Edited by Laurence Bouvard. […]

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The End of the Trump Illusion

October 15, 2020 Hal Swindall 0

Published in 24 Heures (Switzerland) on 2 October 2020 by Jean-Cosme Delaloye [link to original] Translated from French by Hal Swindall. Edited by […]

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Donald Trump: Trial by Fire

September 28, 2020 Hal Swindall 0

Published in La Croix (France) on 13 September 2020 by Guillaume Goubert [link to original] Translated from French by Hal Swindall. Edited by Elizabeth Cosgriff. […]

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