Commentary Archives - Furney Times

April 11, 2019 Commentary

No Saving Grace for Assange the Messiah

By William J. Furney In the end, after seven long and isolated years holed up in a tiny embassy of a South American nation in central London, Julian Assange emerged

April 6, 2019 Commentary / International Affairs

Stoning in the 21st Century

By William J. Furney Of all the forms of capital punishment, stoning is surely the most brutal and howlingly grotesque, and picturing in your mind how the long, bloody and

March 10, 2019 Commentary

Would Jesus Forgive the Catholic Church’s Sins?

By William J. Furney Can the ongoing abuses rocking the Catholic Church get any worse, is the centuries-old institution rotten and therefore toxic — and is there really any path

March 3, 2019 Commentary

Bad Sportsmanship Allowing Transwomen to Compete in Female Games

By William J. Furney When a man becomes a woman, does she lose her undeniable physical prowess? Will she suddenly not be so tall or broad or have so much

February 20, 2019 Commentary / Reportage

The Great French Mutiny: Public Revulsion at the Radical ‘Gilets Jaunes’

By Michel Guilmault As I walked through my French town of Chambery one Saturday afternoon in late January to take part in a demonstration for an action on climate change,

February 16, 2019 Commentary

Let’s Talk About Toxic Femininity

By William J. Furney Western society has it in for men; there’s little doubt about it, and much of the seething vitriol is driven by male-hating female executives at media

February 2, 2019 Commentary / International Affairs

A Great Turkey Disconnect

By William J. Furney You have to turn on laptops and tablets as you go through the twin layers of security at Istanbul’s jaded and soon-to-be redundant Ataturk Airport, to

January 19, 2019 Commentary / International Affairs

Britain’s Brexit Crisis: Let The People Decide (Again)

By William J. Furney Surely one of the overarching ironies in the long-running and sorry saga that is Brexit is that the prime minister who is attempting to deliver the

October 13, 2018 Commentary / International Affairs

Saudi Journalist ‘Murder’ Would Be Indelible Stain on ‘Modernising’ Kingdom

By William J. Furney The alleged murder of a Saudi journalist at a Turkish consulate is, if proven, one of the more shocking events of modern times, and would show

September 21, 2018 Commentary

What on Earth Has Happened to Aung San Suu Kyi?

By William J. Furney Power does strange things to people. It’s like a potent elixir and one more powerful than any hallucinatory drug, because it seems as though once you