Commentary Archives - Furney Times

May 16, 2020 Commentary

Living Over the Edge, in Tumultuous Times

By William J. Furney On Wednesday afternoon this week as I was shopping in a supermarket in Gran Canaria, my basket filling up with quinoa, avocado oil and avocados, spelt

April 25, 2020 Commentary

Europe’s Unhealthy Lockdowns

By William J. Furney Donald Trump may be suggesting people inject themselves with disinfectant, and also somehow shine a UV light inside their bodies, to kill the coronavirus, but here

April 18, 2020 Commentary

Awaiting the Next Pandemic

By Wiliam J. Furney Just when you thought the United Nation’s health organisation that’s supposed to help protect the health of the world couldn’t get any worse in their obsequience

April 11, 2020 Commentary / Interview

Time to Calm Down

By William J. Furney Suddenly, “super-busy” people (or people who like to tell us they are) everywhere have little or nothing to do, and they can’t cope, with the lack

April 4, 2020 Commentary

World War 3, Against an Unseen Enemy

By William J. Furney The United Nations, which was set up after World War 2, to bring about peace in the world, says we are in World War 3. As

March 28, 2020 Commentary

The Inconvenient Coronavirus Truth

By William J. Furney No one wants to hear it, but all the global health crises in recent years have been due to zoonotic diseases — pathogens that have jumped

March 21, 2020 Commentary

Alone in an Existential Coronavirus World

By William J. Furney Britain asked its people this week to stop going out to eat and drink, as the coronavirus death toll in the Brexit nation of four countries

March 14, 2020 Commentary / International Affairs

World Must Demand China Shutter Deadly Wet Markets

By William J. Furney With over 5,500 people dead and nearly 148,000 cases of infection (including yours truly, and it was relentless and brutal) worldwide so far, and rapidly climbing,

February 15, 2020 Commentary

China’s Viral Awakening

By William J. Furney The Chinese regime has lied and suppressed information about the new coronavirus on such a scale that the mandarins in the halls of power in Beijing

January 11, 2020 Commentary

Britain’s Toxic Monarchy

By William J. Furney The United Kingdom has become so undesirable that even the royals are bailing. Forget Brexit — all eyes are now firmly on Megxit. The four-nation country