This month, the government of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson joined an ignominious collective in announcing a refugee deal with…
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In 1900, Representative George Henry White of North Carolina, the sole Black law maker in Congress at the time, dared…
The impression given was that of a temple burgled by blaspheming reprobates. But Australian politicians were having none of it. …
In a good number of Western states, the ruling classes, former and current, have lost their heads. Bugbear and boogieman…
Julian Assange, even as he is being judicially and procedurally tormented, has braved every legal hoop in his effort to…
In a country expert in killing off mammal species at a rate exceeding that of others (to be fair, there…
US President Theodore Roosevelt never had much time for peace, seeing its returns as distinctly less than those of war. …
Though we have certainly improved in leaps and bounds in the last decade or two, I don’t believe too many…
Life is essentially about continuity. We continue to live through our children and they will continue to live through theirs.…
“You kill me, I kill you back” my wife would retort in quite a commendable effort at mimicking a Chinese…
It might not be quite within the bounds of good taste to compare military calculations of a bridge too far…
January 10, 2022 will be remembered as one of the odder days in the annals of sport. For one, it…
The recognized and respected Centre for Creative Leadership in the US, which provides services for more than 2,000 organizations, over…
Any agreement between governments led by the UK’s Boris Johnson and Australia’s Scott Morrison must be treated with a healthy…
As Nigeria`s annus horibiliscrunches to anuneventful end, the country is gradually shifting into a celebratory gear at that time of…
Forget any notions of juicy carrots; the stick approach of savage punishment is in vogue with the Greek government in…
Among the motivations behind establishing a university is a desire to leave old ones. Old in tooth, depraved, decayed, the…
Never leave matters of maturity to the Peter Panners of Silicon Valley. At their most benign, they are easily dismissed…
Refugee crises are often manufactured by governments. They can be done at the source: war, famine, rapacious institutions. They can…
In a modest effort to disrupt the global spyware market, the United States announced last week that four entities had…
On January 7, 2015, the staff of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo found themselves facing a form of cancel…
The merits are hard to stomach for partisans long jaundiced by presumption and dislike, but the cheer at the deplatforming…
It was startling and even shocking. Away from the thrust and cut of domestic politics, not to mention noisy…
The faux Damascene converts have been doing the rounds in the Murdoch empire of late, stirring interest in matters green…
Anniversaries can provide occasions for reflection and deep consideration. Past errors and misjudgements can be considered soberly; historical distance…
Refugees and asylum seekers provide rich pickings for demagogues and political opportunists. The Australian approach politicises their plight by…
The question does not bear asking, but in a global economy greased by what has been termed disposable people, the…
Do not for a minute think that this is a kind, heart-felt thing in the aftermath of Kabul’s fall. True,…
The historical vectors are moving with conviction and purpose; the weak and lacking in conviction are in retreat and the…
Australia’s Channel 7 team was all about ignoring history as its selected commentators went into describing, poorly, the closing ceremony…