Commentary Archives - Furney Times

January 9, 2022 Commentary

Don’t Look Up: Asteroids Are Heading Towards Earth

The film Don’t Look Up is not fake news because existential treats to our planet exist in the form of life-threatening asteroids.

December 26, 2021 Commentary

The Greatest Gift

The launch of the James Webb Space Telescope on Christmas Day represents a collective gift for troubled mankind.

December 19, 2021 Commentary

Coronavirus Two Years On: Prepare for Another Two

Almost two years after the pandemic started, we’re back to where we started — and may be worse off than ever.

December 5, 2021 Commentary

All I Want for Christmas Is a Loaded Gun

Americans’ love of guns is not likely to change, but at least in the latest mass shooting, the parents of one alleged killer are being held to account.

November 28, 2021 Commentary

Sea Change Needed in Europe’s Migrant Crisis

Tempers are flaring on both sides of the English Channel, as migrants continue to die in the treacherous waters. Will anything change?

November 10, 2021 Commentary

Sex on the Beach Might Be Fun for People – but It’s Bad for Dunes and Wildlife

New research finds that public sex in the Canary Islands is leading to significant degradation of the Dunes of Maspalomas.

October 31, 2021 Commentary

COP On: After 25 Climate Change Conferences, the World Is Worse Off

By William J. Furney With the leader of the world’s most polluting country snubbing the climate change conference now under way in Scotland, as it helps to fast-destroy our planet

October 24, 2021 Commentary

It’s the Multiverse We Want Answers To, Not a Metaverse

By William J. Furney If we do end up destroying our planet — next month’s climate talking-shop in Scotland is hardly likely to arrest the devastating change under way, as

September 26, 2021 Commentary

Grow Up! Chides Boris, as World Faces Climate Apocalypse

By William J. Furney His reference to a frog puppet may not exactly have been ribbiting, but Boris Johnson surely sent many people hopping mad with his lecture at the

August 8, 2021 Commentary

As 20th Anniversary of 9/11 Nears, the US Government Has Questions to Answer

By William J. Furney In just over a month, the families of the almost 3,000 people who perished in airplane attacks in the United States will commemorate the Al Qaeda