One of the more unusual things that’s been happening in the (increasingly ignored) world of Coronavirus recently is that the massive surge in cases in the United States has not, as yet, been accompanied by a surge in deaths from the virus. This has prompted some people – in and outside of science – to […]
Japan is in an interesting geostrategic position. It has a constitution that states that the “Japanese people forever renounce war” but it lies in a neighbourhood in which war is unlikely to be able to be renounced. Across the Sea of Japan lies North Korea which has been known to kidnap Japanese chefs from time […]
From Down Under comes another shockwave for environmental campaigners, already concerned at the abdication of an Extinction Rebellion leader in favour of nuclear power last week. A former leading green campaigner, Michael Shellenberger, previously one of Time magazine’s ‘Heroes of the Environment’ says he “cried wolf” on climate change, and wants to apologise for how […]
Identity and culture are being slowly and silently attacked in what Mongols prefer to call Southern Mongolia. The world needs to pay attention. Classes in Mongolian language in areas of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region were suspended because of the COVID-19 epidemic. Now students are being told that they will never resume, and that in the […]
Which racial group is most likely to be killed by police in the United States? It’s not African-Americans, it’s Native Americans. Native Americans are less than one percent of the nation’s population but make up about two percent of police killings. Some of them have been dramatic. The Great Falls Tribune, a newspaper in Billings, Montana, […]
A recent media item reported on a €20 million investment in social housing through the iCare charity which says that it will potentially cover the costs of building 165 homes. The money was sourced from 52 Chinese business people who are seeking to obtain Irish visas through the Immigrant Investor Programme. The programme allows non […]
Last Friday 26th June marked the 75th anniversary of the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, the document which established that organisation. To grasp the significance and character of the Charter, it is necessary to look at some of its key provisions, to discover the principles it lays down and the future of […]
Harry Potter author, JK Rowling, says she has received more than 3,000 emails of support, after she defended the right of women to assert that biological sex matters, despite a manufactured backlash that is still being hyped by media reporting and a social media attack campaign. Rowling spoke out again on Twitter at the weekend, […]
The first round of Poland’s presidential election on Sunday indicated that Andrzej Duda who has the support of the governing Law and Justice Party (PiS) is set for a comfortable victory in the second round on July 12. That is despite the hopes of pro EU parties in the other member states, and indeed a […]
White ladies: I hope you’re ready to repent for ever having ever worn fake-tan, for it is surely a subtle micro-aggression to appropriate that which is not yours (dark skin).
A strange contagion of self abasement and penitence has taken hold of the West. American politics and its jargon has invaded the consciousness of the world, even though we don’t share their political history or narratives. To use the terminology of the left, we have been psychologically colonised by American identity politics. Identity politics in […]
Norway is a country that appears to have fared well during the Covid-19 pandemic thus far. However, the country has another worrying problem it must also face: the population is aging fast, meaning tough economic times still lie ahead. Norway is a country that appears to have fared well during the Covid-19 pandemic thus […]