dynasty

With the prospect of another Bush/Clinton presidential contest looming as ominously as Donald Trump's hairpiece, the word "dynasty" seems to be frothing off of many a pundit's keyboard. "Clinton, Bush struggle to shed dynasty labels," a Washington Post headline declared.

The city I saw last night is not the city I live in and love.

By normal measures of imperial China, Empress Wu Zetian did a pretty solid job. So why has she been impugned in history?