Ukraine war and a case of Mother May I?
“This obviously does not happen because of a thrown butt,” said British Defense Minister Ben Wallace. But the…
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Nancy Pelosi’s last hurrah in Taiwan
Nancy Pelosi’s brief visit to Taiwan last week caused great if somewhat confected anger in Beijing, but the…
James Lovelock was Darwin’s heir
Jim Lovelock was a late bloomer. His first book, ‘Gaia: a New Look at Life on Earth’, was…
Monkeypox is a reminder to be prepared
Monkeypox is very unpleasant and it spreads very fast, but it’s not a real killer: 16,000 cases in…
Iran nuclear situation at the end of the road
About six weeks ago Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), warned that the…
Sri Lanka: a band of incompetent brothers
“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked (in Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel ‘The Sun Also Rises’). “Two ways,”…
Cuban Missile Crisis Redivivus: Russian Rockets in Nicaragua
It was a piece of news so obscure and implausible that I missed it when it first surfaced…
In Israel, it’s all about Bibi
There was a rare moment of grace in Israeli politics last week, as Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and…
How did South African’s Ramaphosa get so rich?
Once upon a time (about four years ago) Cyril Ramaphosa was seen as South Africa’s last, best hope.…
Latin America: the pink tide is rising
“Corruption isn’t fought with slogans on TikTok,” complained veteran Colombian presidential candidate Gustavo Petro. But social media can…