Commentary Archives - Furney Times

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

January 4, 2020 Commentary

Big Triumph for Ethical Veganism as Destructive Carnivores Increasingly Derided

By William J. Furney A judge in England has ruled that veganism is “important” and deserving of respect, and that he was “satisfied overwhelmingly that ethical veganism does constitute a

December 22, 2019 Commentary

Trump’s Exclusive New Club

By William J. Furney It doesn’t matter that Donald John Trump will most likely survive attempts to topple him, after the Senate votes to acquit the contentious American leader in

December 15, 2019 Commentary

Boris Bulldozes His Way to Concrete Brexit Power

By William J. Furney Boris Johnson’s “extraordinary” success, to use his own post-victory description of his election gamble, is testament to the power of the simple slogan — trotting the

December 8, 2019 Commentary / International Affairs

North Korea’s Kim Clambers Up on His High Horse

By William J. Furney North Korea, the most isolated country in the world, has leaders who are big on bombastic image but critically short on vital substance. The attention-hungry totalitarian

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.