Photograph Source: U.S. Embassy Jerusalem – CC BY 2.0 Question: What member of Trump’s cabinet has four major posts, but only one job? Answer: Marco Rubio Marco Rubio is the uber-mensch of the Trump administration. He is the secretary of state, the acting national...
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Photo by Jim Frenette The clean energy transition that the Biden administration touted as the focus of its industrial policy required large amounts of mineral inputs. Batteries for electric vehicles depend on lithium, solar panels contain gallium and molybdenum, and...
Image by Sebastian Herrera. The pro-government alliance achieved a sweeping victory in Venezuela’s May 25 elections, while a fractured opposition suffered losses. Western media distorted the results – spinning low turnout claims, ignoring the role of illegal US...
Photograph Source: U.S. Department of State – Public Domain The world of Donald Trump, Elon Musk and similar believers in transactional reality has created a moral vacuum. There is an urgent need to find some moral authority to re-establish a balance. To that end,...
Image by Linda Murphy. Ireland’s political class loves to parade its progressive credentials, recognising a Palestinian state, condemning “illegal occupations,” and delivering soaring declarations about human rights, but look beyond the speeches and into the trade...
Image by Vlad Tchompalov. “But truth’s a menace. Science is a public danger.” (Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, 1932). Huxley’s “World State” promotes stability and social harmony over scientific progress. According to the dystopian World State, science is a threat...
Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Nero, 66-67 CE. Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain. The view from 4,000 miles When I first visited Europe in 1974 and for years after, news reports from the U.S. were typically slow to arrive. There were no smart phones or...
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting. – Milan Kundera In an age where culture is the primary battlefield, authoritarianism thrives on ignorance, historical amnesia and the brutal aesthetics of...
Photo by Glen Carrie Alright, as it turns out, the golden toilet was just a myth. Donald Trump doesn’t have one. But not to fret. President Trump’s private Boeing 757 jet (not the even more lavish one he may shortly be gifted by Qatar) reportedly has gold-plated seat...
A Palestinian mother mourns her child. Photo: Gaza Notifications. The problem with writing about Gaza is that words can’t explain what’s happening in Gaza. Neither can images, even the most gut-wrenching and heartbreaking. Because what needs to be explained is the...