William J. Furney, Author at Furney Times

June 13, 2021 Commentary

A Chinese ‘Dystopia’ The UN Ignores

By William J. Furney The Chinese authorities have created a dystopian hellscape on a staggering scale in Xinjiang. Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other Muslim minorities face crimes against humanity and other

June 6, 2021 Travel

Is Air Travel About to Experience a Revolutionary Boom?

By William J. Furney It’s all about speed and today’s crop of jetliners just don’t measure up. So says new US aviation firm Boom Supersonic. The Denver-based company’s mission is

May 23, 2021 Health & Fitness

The Joy of Running

By William J. Furney I became famous in and around my village in Ireland in recent years for running along its scenic country roads; people stopped me in shops and

May 16, 2021 Commentary

Introduce Beefy Meat Tax to Prevent Another Pandemic

By William J. Furney The pandemic we’re still embroiled in, more than a year on, is this century’s “Chernobyl moment”, says a report into the global health catastrophe published this

May 2, 2021 Interview

Stella Anna Sonnenbaum: Society Is Shifting Away from Heteronormativity

By William J. Furney The past year has been tumultuous in every aspect of our lives — including between the sheets. Faced with long and dreary lockdown hours together when

April 25, 2021 Commentary

Earth Needs Our Attention for a Year or Decade, Not an Hour or Day

By William J. Furney We had an hour, in March and then, this week, a day. To save an imperiled planet that so far is our only home in the

April 18, 2021 Commentary

For Gun-Weary Americans, Time for Constitutional Change

By William J. Furney The supposedly most powerful nation on the planet cannot stop its people from being killed en masse by rifles, pistols, assault rifles, submachine guns and a

April 11, 2021 Commentary / Technology

Melding Man and Machine: Why Typing with Your Brain Could Be the Next Big Thing

By William J. Furney Using fingers and thumbs to bash out messages on our phones may soon seem archaic and even, one day, primitive, if spaceman Elon Musk gets his

April 4, 2021 Commentary

Preparing for the Next Pandemic but Not Prepared to Ditch Meat

By William J. Furney Almost everyone agrees it’s a case of when, not if, another catastrophic pandemic will erupt, killing millions more and bringing the world to a shuddering halt

March 28, 2021 Commentary

World Must Hold Myanmar Junta Accountable for Crimes Against Humanity

By William J. Furney Where is Aung San Suu Kyi, and does anyone care? The thousands taking to the streets of Myanmar, risking their lives and losing them — including