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
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Category: Commentary
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
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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
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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
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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
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The Muslim Veil Has No Place in Europe
By William J. Furney When in Rome, do as the Romans do. And when all over Europe, do as born-and-bred Europeans do, which is most certainly not to parade around
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Dabbling in the Dark Arts: Why the Occult Remains a Fascinating Medium
By William J. Furney Many people are fascinated by the occult, and all too terrified too, and for most that’s about it: a bit of a play-around at Halloween and
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High Noon for Wild West Social Media as Europe Draws Pistols
By William J. Furney Europe has had its fill of swashbuckling, cavalier social media firms who are undermining — even “destroying” — democracy in the very place it was born.
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Britain’s Long, Hot, Torturous Summer
By William J. Furney The British people are not happy. Perched on the northwestern edge of the great continent of Europe from which the civilised world, and democracy, sprung, they
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Young and Worried: Teenage Anxiety Is On the Rise (And What to Do About It)
By William J. Furney It may seem as though there’s never been a better time to be a teenager. Constantly connected with all their pals and all the world’s information
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