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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

September 8, 2018 Commentary / International Affairs

Egypt’s Mass Death Sentencing a Further Stain on a Once-Great Nation

By William J. Furney It’s a peculiarity that Donald Trump’s government has recently announced it’s cutting almost all United States aid funding to Pakistan and a United Nations relief agency

September 1, 2018 Commentary

Computer-Controlled Cars Will Not Drive Us Around the Bend

By William J. Furney Many people of driving age seem to react with horror at the thought of their vehicular autonomy being snatched away from them as the prospect of

August 27, 2018 Commentary

For the Embattled Catholic Church, Sorry Is the Hardest Word

By William J. Furney Priests of the Roman Catholic church have caused misery, torment and destruction all over the world, leading to lives upturned, ruined and lost. These “men of

August 19, 2018 Commentary

The Diet Delusion

By William J. Furney If you’re on a plane and your tray-table won’t come down because it’s perched at a perilous angle on your enormous gut, wouldn’t it be a