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December 19, 2021 Commentary

Coronavirus Two Years On: Prepare for Another Two

Almost two years after the pandemic started, we’re back to where we started — and may be worse off than ever.

December 5, 2021 Commentary

All I Want for Christmas Is a Loaded Gun

Americans’ love of guns is not likely to change, but at least in the latest mass shooting, the parents of one alleged killer are being held to account.

November 28, 2021 Commentary

Sea Change Needed in Europe’s Migrant Crisis

Tempers are flaring on both sides of the English Channel, as migrants continue to die in the treacherous waters. Will anything change?

October 31, 2021 Commentary

COP On: After 25 Climate Change Conferences, the World Is Worse Off

By William J. Furney With the leader of the world’s most polluting country snubbing the climate change conference now under way in Scotland, as it helps to fast-destroy our planet

October 24, 2021 Commentary

It’s the Multiverse We Want Answers To, Not a Metaverse

By William J. Furney If we do end up destroying our planet — next month’s climate talking-shop in Scotland is hardly likely to arrest the devastating change under way, as

September 26, 2021 Commentary

Grow Up! Chides Boris, as World Faces Climate Apocalypse

By William J. Furney His reference to a frog puppet may not exactly have been ribbiting, but Boris Johnson surely sent many people hopping mad with his lecture at the

August 8, 2021 Commentary

As 20th Anniversary of 9/11 Nears, the US Government Has Questions to Answer

By William J. Furney In just over a month, the families of the almost 3,000 people who perished in airplane attacks in the United States will commemorate the Al Qaeda

July 25, 2021 Commentary

What’s Bugging China?

By William J. Furney It’s the most difficult challenge of our time, and there’s one question every country on the planet wants an answer to — except one, unless it

July 18, 2021 Commentary

Cuba’s Reawakening: ¡Viva La (Nueva) Revolución!

By William J. Furney With Fidel gone and Raúl in retirement, there’s no longer a Castro cult of personality to keep the people of Cuba warm at night on their

July 11, 2021 Commentary

A Summer of Hope, and a Winter of Despair

By William J. Furney So far it’s mostly been a typical washout of a summer in England, which should surprise no one living there, but still it does. A few