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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

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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

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July 4, 2021 Commentary

After Costly Afghanistan Misadventure, More Disaster Looms

By William J. Furney After two decades in war-ravaged Afghanistan, the United States has had enough and, under orders from President Biden, packed up and left this week, surely hoping

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June 13, 2021 Commentary

A Chinese ‘Dystopia’ The UN Ignores

By William J. Furney The Chinese authorities have created a dystopian hellscape on a staggering scale in Xinjiang. Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other Muslim minorities face crimes against humanity and other

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May 16, 2021 Commentary

Introduce Beefy Meat Tax to Prevent Another Pandemic

By William J. Furney The pandemic we’re still embroiled in, more than a year on, is this century’s “Chernobyl moment”, says a report into the global health catastrophe published this

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April 25, 2021 Commentary

Earth Needs Our Attention for a Year or Decade, Not an Hour or Day

By William J. Furney We had an hour, in March and then, this week, a day. To save an imperiled planet that so far is our only home in the

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April 18, 2021 Commentary

For Gun-Weary Americans, Time for Constitutional Change

By William J. Furney The supposedly most powerful nation on the planet cannot stop its people from being killed en masse by rifles, pistols, assault rifles, submachine guns and a

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April 11, 2021 Commentary / Technology

Melding Man and Machine: Why Typing with Your Brain Could Be the Next Big Thing

By William J. Furney Using fingers and thumbs to bash out messages on our phones may soon seem archaic and even, one day, primitive, if spaceman Elon Musk gets his

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April 4, 2021 Commentary

Preparing for the Next Pandemic but Not Prepared to Ditch Meat

By William J. Furney Almost everyone agrees it’s a case of when, not if, another catastrophic pandemic will erupt, killing millions more and bringing the world to a shuddering halt

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March 28, 2021 Commentary

World Must Hold Myanmar Junta Accountable for Crimes Against Humanity

By William J. Furney Where is Aung San Suu Kyi, and does anyone care? The thousands taking to the streets of Myanmar, risking their lives and losing them — including

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