Hot Warheads, a Cold Freeze and Hot Oceans
It doesn't take much to imagine the following scenario: 'Cross my heart, I swear it's a low-yield,' as a Trident is launched! One wonders...
WEF In Davos And Oxfam Issues Report: Is It Time To Tax The Super-Rich?
The World Economic Forum met this week (January 22-25) for its 48th annual meeting since its inception. It costs $60,000 (or Swiss Francs) to...
Ground Wars and Star Wars: Trump in Hog Heaven?
Four weeks and counting the shutdown continues except the Trump-Congress tit-for-tat is fast approaching kindergarten level.
The Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is third...
Compromise and Democracy, Trump’s Border Wall and Why Immigrants
Compromise is the essence of democracy for a good reason.  it is the glue holding it together. It is how a country can unite...
On Refugees… And Myanmar: It’s Not Just The Rohingya
... And my life's cold winter that knew no spring; Of my mind so weary and sick and wild, Â Of my heart too sad...
Has Bait And Switch Become A Trump Signature?
People voted for Donald Trump under the assumption, Mexico would be paying for your border wall. They why should the people pay now in...
Could India Have Remained an Undivided Country?
It would be a silly question indeed to ask why December 25th is celebrated. On the other hand, one could ask why it is...
COP24, Developing Countries and a Bit of Good News for Solar Energy and Carbon Capture
Humans are an interesting species ... instead of seeing eye-to-eye, they see eye-to-nose. They focus on the present and themselves, particularly where their comfort...
War, Anniversaries and Lessons Never Learned
On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and the U.S. entered the Second World War. A war of horrors, it normalized the intensive,...
Two World Conferences- What Can We Expect?
President Trump's abrupt cancellation of bilateral talks with Mr. Putin at the G-20 meeting in Argentina -- following the seizure of Ukrainian ships by...