Svetovni dan poezije

V četrtek, 21. marca, je bil svetovni dan poezije. Pesniki, stari in novi, so tega dne ponekod v zameno za prebrano pesem dobili brezplačno kavo....

Veter, ki prinaša norost

V zadnjem času sem se počutil prevaranega. Takšne signale mi je pošiljalo telo. Prevarala ga je zima, ki se ni pojavila v naših življenjih....

For Netanyahu and His Ilk, Hatred Is Essential

Jewish nationalism would be incomplete without hatred of Arabs

Naredite mi nacionalko (spet) javno!

Nacionalka bo spet opravilno sposobna. Dobila je novo direktorico Natalijo Gorščak, dobila je zeleno luč za finančni načrt in TV-stroji se...

Delo in služba

Amaterji, si mislim v smehu, ko poslušam, do kdaj naj bi po novih predlogih delali. Redno zaposleni, seveda. Ob tem je nujni del debate tudi...

Kakšen je bil konec soške fronte

V zadnji številki Objektiva me je pretresel poziv gospoda Marka Ciglerja k rešitvi največjega slovenskega vojaškega vadišča Poček, edinega...

Anxiety over moving house may feel acute, but it'll go away

There once was a male black rhinoceros, named Rai, that developed a "phobia" to urban living. Human voices, raised in merriment, terrified him....

It won’t be an egg that kills you

NEW YORK - When the news broke recently that a new study has nutritionists again claiming eggs are unhealthy, I considered whether I needed to...

How Relations are Unfolding between China and North Korea in Early 2019

In another article, details were given of the North Korean leader’s visit to Vietnam, which mentioned that Kim Jong-un’s special train passed...

Was the Christchurch shooter part of a white-supremacist network taking cues from al-Qaeda and Islamic State?

In the wake of the New Zealand mosque attacks, links have emerged between the shooter and a Ukrainian ultra-nationalist, white supremacist...

Trump and the War to Save “the War”

Lo and behold, a great threat looms over the Middle East. There is nothing worse for the US and its select allies, Britain, France, Israel, Saudi...

Today, I'm a New Zealander

As Jacinda Ardern walked up to the microphone, the weight of the world seemed to fall squarely on her shoulders. "Asalamu alaikum!" New Zealand's...

China’s bids to improve food safety and welfare for its people are just empty words – until the leadership has skin in the game

Food safety in China can be a highly emotive and incendiary issue because of the country’s appalling record over the past decade, including a...

Urgent action needed to halt suicides due to school bullying

Distressing cases of suicide due to bullying underscore the need for schools and other organizations to step up their commitment to tackling this...

Salto mortale

V dobrih starih časih je bil evroskepticizem stvar osnovne miselne higiene vsakega poštenega Evropejca. Dvom o smiselnosti in nujnosti obstoja...

Why Trump's legal woes go beyond the Mueller report

The closure of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 U.S. election does not mark the end of legal worries...

Iran is Expanding its Regional Influence in a Big Way

Last few weeks have seen the Iranian diplomats and top officials engaging in a lot of diplomatic activity in the Middle East, particularly in Iraq...

Benny Gantz Is Either Cowardly or Immoral

Gantz has the image of a brave and principled man, an officer and a gentleman. But if he knows what should be done about the occupation and doesn't...

Gantz Refuses to Be an Alternative

Kahol Lavan chairman Benny Gantz was interviewed on the three main television networks on Wednesday. His answers to most questions were...

Will the New Zealand gun law changes prevent future mass shootings?

AS she foreshadowed in the aftermath of the Christchurch massacre last Friday, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has just announced a ban...

New Turkey-Iran-Qatar axis is rising in Middle East, and it has Saudi Arabia furious

The aftermath of over eight years of war in Syria has changed the regional dynamics in a way almost certainly never envisioned by the United States...

To build back the left, equality is the first block

Commentary. Equality does not mean generalized misery, but rather a rich life for all: it is not a flattening of all distinctions, but a reasonable...

Social Democracy Revealed to America

After spending most of my adult life in various Eastern and Western European countries, I returned to the US just before the turn of the...

The ICC and NGOs: Modern Day Manifestations of "The White Man's Burden"

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is not international nor a legitimate court, but is most certainly criminal. It is an institutionalized tool...

Thailand's March 24 vote will not matter

The people of northeast Thailand have learned to be resilient. More than a century ago, local power was lost to Bangkok which viewed their...

Welcome to hell: The Peruvian mining city of La Rinconada

La Rinconada, which lies at over 5km above sea level, is the highest settlement in the world; a gold mining town, a concentration of misery, a...

Netanyahu Is Sinking

The submarine affair underscores what we've known all along – we can no longer turn a bind eye to the prime minister's stinginess and greed

A case against a moratorium on germline gene editing

SHOULD researchers put the brakes on genetically engineering babies? Leading scientists and ethicists recently called for a moratorium on clinical...

Purim Lets Women Live Out Repressed Fantasies. Justice Minister Shaked Followed Suit

Some girls fantasize about being a call girl, others about being justice minister in a fascist regime

Beijing's credibility deficit

Big Tech Is Watching – and Being Watched

CAMBRIDGE – The maturation of the digital revolution has defined the first two decades of the twenty-first century. The central economic disasters...

What can we expect from Thailand's March 24 vote?

The people of northeast Thailand have learned to be resilient. More than a century ago, local power was lost to Bangkok which viewed their...

Israel’s courts are under attack from the right-wing

This week, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled to ban Michael Ben Ari – the leader of the extreme-right-wing Otzma Yehudit party – from running in...

No rights will be lost as long as the resistance is behind them

Aren’t those who race towards normalisation and into the arms of Israel ashamed of themselves when they see a young man, still at the beginning of...

Ichiro fans filled with sorrow over star's retirement announcement

During my reporting stint in the United States years ago, I chased Ichiro Suzuki, who had just started playing his first season with the Seattle...

Active debate needed to raise low turnout rate in local elections

Official campaigning has kicked off for Japan’s quadrennial unified local elections. The official campaign period started March 21 for...

Brexit and the Speaker’s Tale

OXFORD – The Speaker of Britain’s House of Commons, John Bercow, is all over the news in the United Kingdom at the moment. And, as the Brexit...

Israel’s US Lobby rocked by hate-filled tweets

One of the most influential donors to the powerful AIPAC pro-Israel lobby group will not be speaking at its annual conference this weekend after...

Germany's relentless campaign to silence pro-Palestinian voices

Against the backdrop of Israeli efforts to falsely equate Zionism with Judaism and dismiss any criticism of the Israeli state as anti-Semitic,...

What’s Next for Kazakhstan?

ASTANA – On March 19, the only president that independent Kazakhstan has ever known, Nursultan Nazarbayev, announced his resignation after almost...

White nationalism is a terrorist threat, but not like radical Islam

WASHINGTON - In the aftermath of last week’s massacre of 50 Muslims at a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, it has become common to equate...

In defense of freedom

By Donald Kirk President Moon Jae-in almost accidentally stepped into a battle that did not have to happen with journalists for foreign news...

After New Zealand, non-Muslims should show support

Following last week's attacks, German Muslims are worried that their places of worship might be targeted, too. DW's Christoph Strack writes that...

Volebná kampaň: žiadne sväté vojny!

Dôležité bude, ako sa so záležitosťou vyrovná jej tábor. Pretože tak, ako je zrejmé, že ide o reálny problém, zrejmé je i to, že...

How to stem 'subscription creep'

From Netflix, Spotify and Amazon Prime to Blue Apron, Birchbox and beer of the month, your debit or credit card statements are likely littered with...

Grenfell Tower and Christchurch, 2 prime ministers, one leader

I had not heard of New Zealand’s 38-year-old prime minster Jacinda Ardern until the recent mosque massacres in Christchurch in which over 50...