+ Janšizem in demagogija

Biti demagog v parlamentarni demokraciji, da o drugih oblikah vladavine niti ne govorimo, je veliko lažje, saj je mogoče izkoriščati vse ovinke...

In Hong Kong’s national security law era, echoes of Northern Ireland’s Troubles

Over the months of Hong Kong’s current crisis, one particular statement from the government in Beijing intrigued me: the repeated assertion that...

Genocide denial concerns us all

Protecting the truth from deniers and serving justice for the victims of the Srebrenica genocide is our best bet to prevent genocides from...

+ Realnost prejšnjega režima: Konsociacija – narava politične ureditve Jugoslavije

V političnem diskurzu na Slovenskem (in drugih državah naslednicah Jugoslavije) ni redko slišati zanikrne govorice o Jugoslaviji, predvsem o...

+ Aleskinderandiveltsindglajh

Bilo je v sedemdesetih, ko se je enkrat letno pripeljal iz Bavarske, da preživi nekaj dni med nami, socialističnimi domorodci; potem pa se zapelje...

Why ‘big-boned’ policy measure has come to lose its meaning

The government’s annual “Basic Policies for Economic and Fiscal Management and Reform,” known as “honebuto hoshin” (big-boned policy...

Velik korak za diplomacijo

Danes, 11. julija, bodo v Potočarih obeležili 25. obletnico smrti osem tisoč tristo dvainsedemdeset Bošnjakov, ki so jih med 11. in 22. julijem...

Pošast koronakomunizma blodi po Evropi

Na svetu ni naključij. Še manj v politiki. Najmanj pa v našem političnem prostoru. Najprej smo se smejali in zgražali nad poslancem Marijanom...

Kratka zgodovina neumnosti

Pred štirimi meseci je ves svet govoril o neki novi skrivnostni bolezni s Kitajske, ki je v nekaj tednih pol Evrope zaprla v karanteno. Bolezen je...

Sovraštvo do gledališča

V svoji zgodovini je imelo gledališče bistveno več sovražnikov kot prijateljev, več nasprotnikov kot podpornikov. Med prvimi je zahteval...

Why US and China are both stalked by concerns about the Cultural Revolution

Back in May 1966, Mao Zedong unleashed the Cultural Revolution to reassert his authority and exhort the masses to purge “bourgeois and...

‘All who don’t kowtow to BLM must be destroyed’ – this new Inquisition wants to dismantle the America we know

Recently, in a conversation with a lady friend at my apartment, we began to discuss political bits and to have a bit of playful debate. During the...

And the Nobel Prize for medicine goes to... Bill de Blasio, who has discovered Covid-19 spreads everywhere except at BLM protests

Bill de Blasio has decided that summer is cancelled for New Yorkers… unless they’re campaigning for BLM. The New York City mayor has announced...

Turning Hagia Sophia into a mosque will harm Christian-Muslim trust, hit tourism & turn West against Erdogan

Turkey’s decision to convert the famed Hagia Sophia – the nation’s most-visited tourist site – into a mosque has brought Islamist ideology to...

‘Please pass the guilt’: SJW grifters running woke dinner scam on wealthy whites are amplifying the racism they claim to fight

Former Democratic congressional candidate Saira Rao and her 2018 campaign staffer Regina DiAngelo have found their niche extorting thousands of...

Why are Northern Ireland’s reckless Orange Walks endangering the lives of thousands of people in a pandemic?

Sane people are gently easing their way out of lockdown. They’re wondering in what scenarios it’s ok to remove masks in public, and pondering...

As a conservative, I pity woke liberals who allow political differences to ruin their appreciation of art. Why be so fragile?

I’m that most unfashionable of things, a conservative. In terms of being considered cool, that puts me somewhere between Crocs and Donny Osmond in...

Peter Beinart’s Great Change

'Desperation science' slows hunt for coronavirus drugs

Desperate to solve the deadly conundrum of COVID-19, the world is clamoring for fast answers and solutions from a research system not built for...

Matsutake latest to join the list of disappearing delicacies

Let's think autumn to forget the heat for now. In his essay titled "Mimitabu no Aki" (Autumn earlobe), author Tetsuo Miura (1931-2010) recalls...

Significant but Insufficient

Liberal media alarmed US propaganda arm Voice of America may ‘become propaganda’ (the wrong kind) under Trump nominee CEO

Ever since Michael Pack was confirmed by the Senate in early June to lead the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), there has been a steady drumbeat...

Haaretz Cartoon

Europeans see no quick fix to U.S. ties

If Donald Trump loses in November, it's no secret that most European policymakers will be happy to see his back. But as they envision the...

Starvation vs. Prostitution

Interview with Suad Amiry, whose new book is out in Italy

Interview. ‘When I travel to Europe, they tell me about two narratives of the conflict, one Israeli and one Palestinian. This is frustrating,...

Indonesia and Philippines are smart to make nuclear power plans

Fossil fuels are terrible for environment and renewables are not always available

Go woke and creatively broke: BAFTA & Oscar inclusivity initiatives will stifle freedom of expression

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts released new guidelines for game developers seeking to apply to the 2021 Game Awards. The so...

'Battery alliance'

Expectations rise for EV biz partnership among Korean giants The industrial alliance between Hyundai Motor and the nation's three battery makers is...

Death of Seoul mayor

It is time to find ways of ending tragic choice Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon was found dead in the Mount Bugak area near his official residence more...

Five things to know about a possible snap election

Pyeongtaek, South Korea – Following the Tokyo gubernatorial election, rumors continue to swirl in the media about the possibility of a snap Diet...

'Seven Up'

By Hyon O'Brien Every Thursday, I try to get up around 5 a.m. I participate by Zoom in the morning worship of Miami Joonim Church at 6 o'clock. Then...

Investing in African logistics

By Aubrey Hruby and Aubrey Rugo WASHINGTON, D.C. ― As the COVID-19 crisis has escalated, stay-at-home orders have led to a surge in online...

With no baseball, look back at Nixon's all-stars

By Joe Guzzardi During a normal Major League Baseball season, by mid-July fans would be anticipating the annual All-Star Game. But in 2020,...

Za Igorom Grexom

Igor Grexa ako diplomat Slovensko do sveta sústavne začleňoval, či už ako česko-slovenský a neskôr slovenský konzul v Paríži, ako...

The Case for COVID-19 Antibody Therapies

BRUSSELS/GENEVA – As many countries progressively relax their COVID-19 containment measures, preventing a renewed spread of the coronavirus from...

US has real chance to bring manufacturing home from China

New cost calculus and COVID-19 offer opening if investment in competitiveness raised

Hitrejše okrevanje s pomočjo integriranih javnih financ

Program hitrejšega gospodarskega okrevanja po prvi fazi koronakrize bo v Sloveniji, poleg potrebnega znatnega povečanja javnih financ, zahteval še...

Brez komarjev?

Prav v takih razmerah se izkaže, kako trdna so nekatera naša prepričanja, principi. Menim, da narave ne poznamo dovolj, da bi lahko rekli, da so...

COVID-19 pandemic threatens Africa’s gains in reproductive healthcare

Africa's population is the fastest-growing in the world. Yet sexual and reproductive health and rights are being neglected amid the pandemic with...

The necessity of awe

When a scientific paradigm breaks down, scientists need to make a leap into the unknown. These are moments of revolution, as identified by Thomas...