Commentary Archives - Furney Times

December 1, 2019 Commentary

It’s the Most Hypocritical Time of the Year

By William J. Furney Almost everywhere I go on my travels, all I see are enormous people carrying enormous bags and dining on huge meals and downing waterfalls of drinks.

Spain Must Free Catalonian Independence Prisoners to Restore Order

By William J. Furney, in Barcelona It’s past midnight on Monday in the Catalonian capital Barcelona, where nine independence leaders were jailed by the Spanish Supreme Court earlier in the

October 6, 2019 Commentary

Saudi Arabia’s Arrogance Dries Up as Oil Runs Out

By William J. Furney Oil, it turns out, is not just a killer for the environment, unleashing pent-up carbons through its powering of transport and everything else we need to

October 5, 2019 Commentary / International Affairs

Courageous Greta Thunberg Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize

By William J. Furney Whether Greta Thunberg wins the Nobel Peace Prize next week for her environmental campaigning is irrelevant — because the Swedish organisation with its money from the

September 14, 2019 Commentary

WikiLeaks Is Dead, as Founder Assange Flounders in Jail

By William J. Furney Julian Assange‘s grand, world-changing plans have finally come crashing down and ended up on the scrapheap of internet publishing. The Australian former computer hacker with giant

September 7, 2019 Commentary / International Affairs

Boris’ Brexit Bull May Land Him Behind Bars

By William J. Furney To publicly admit you’re a supporter of the United Kingdom’s proposed departure from the mighty European Union is to usually invite scorn and ridicule: you’d be

August 3, 2019 Commentary

It’s Time for a Global Food Revolution

By William J. Furney What’s the essential, absolute best diet for people? No one seems to know. Is it meat? Just plants, maybe? Or nuts or fish or a combination

July 27, 2019 Commentary / International Affairs

Troubled Boy-King Boris and His Unlikely Quest for World Dominance

By William J. Furney Boris Johnson’s first appearance at the despatch box in parliament this week revealed a man with a fixation on other ebullient and equally flamboyant British statesmen,

July 20, 2019 Commentary

Half a Century Later, Is It Lunacy to Return to the Moon?

By William J. Furney Humans have not set foot on their nearest celestial satellite for half a century, and does anyone really care? Fifty years ago today, two American men

July 13, 2019 Commentary / International Affairs

Hong Kong’s Boss Is Tone Deaf, and No One Is Listening

By William J. Furney The sterile halls of power in Beijing will be filled with fiery alarm at the mass insolence in Hong Kong when the omnipotent Communist Party thought