“The U.S. was looking for the enemy near Pearl Harbor — but it was looking in the wrong direction”, The Washington Post
By Michael E. Ruane, Retropolis, December 7, 2018
U.S. planes were told to avoid war, while the enemy armada was… Continue reading
Issue of the Week: Human Rights, War, Population, Hunger, Disease, Economic Opportunity, Environment
The Great Unravelling, BBC World Service, 2018
The End Of Civilization As We Knew It, Part Twelve.
In… Continue reading
“Why Does Alex Acosta Stiil Have a Job?”, The New York Times
By Michelle Goldberg, Opinion Columnist, Dec.3, 2018
The cabinet official’s connection to a shady deal for an alleged child molester.… Continue reading
“The Guardian view on Brexit: the beginning of the end”, The Guardian
Editorial, London, 4 December 2018
Theresa May’s plan to leave the European Union is off to a disastrous start. How… Continue reading
“Khashoggi murder: Saudi crown prince crazy, says US senator”, BBC News
London, 5 December 2018
US senators say they are more certain than ever after a private CIA briefing that the… Continue reading
“Queer Catholics Condemn Pope’s Claim That Being Gay Has Become ‘Fashionable’”, Huffington Post
By Carol Kuruvilla, Queer Voices, 12/04/18
Pope Francis claimed in an interview that homosexuality has become a “fashionable” lifestyle in… Continue reading
“Activists on controversial Foreshore site ‘resisting property power'”, Cape Times
Francesca Villette, Cape Town, 5 December, 2018
Cape Town – Social housing activists have erected shacks at Site B along… Continue reading
““The Patrician President and the Reporterette: A Screwball Story”, The New York Times
By Maureen Dowd, Opinion Columnist, Dec. 3, 2018
My faithful correspondent, Poppy Bush, scribbling and typing notes through decades of… Continue reading
“Curtains for the Clintons”, The New York Times
By Maureen Dowd, Opinion Columnist, Sunday Review, Dec. 2, 2018
TORONTO — The snow is falling lightly.
My thoughts are… Continue reading