Have you illegally invaded another country and waged war? Do you stand convicted of war crimes? Is there an outstanding warrant for your arrest? Or are you just an entrepreneur looking for development opportunities in a post-genocide landscape?
“Venezuela’s struggle is Israel’s struggle…” Guess who said that? It sounds like something Netanyahu would say. But no, it wasn’t him. While Western media and political response to the US action in Venezuela has been mixed, one thing has
The killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis by ICE agents could be a turning
The protests in Tehran have been somewhat overshadowed by what the US just did in
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So, no one really needs a recap of what transpired in Caracas on the third day of the new year. Essentially, US
On September 1st 1918, Damascus fell. Or was liberated – depending on your perspective. It fell to the Arab Revolt, carried out
A friend of mine reached out to me on Christmas Eve, in dire need. I’ve known her primarily through her online blogging
So, a few things I’m lumping together here. But all around the theme of Christmastime. In truth it has all become a
So, a quick follow on from the post on the Bondi beach terror attack. The previous post was more focused on the
I’ve been pondering this for some time; and have tried to somewhat lay out the subject as best as I can here in this article. This is something of a thought-experiment; trying to track the various strands of consequences from a single event, but moreover, trying to understand why that
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So. The crucifixion. And the resurrection. A story, a myth, or an ideal or a foundation-stone of faith, that has exerted an almost unparalleled power over generations, societies, and millions and millions of people for almost two-thousand years. Did it happen? No one knows. No one will ever know. Even
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The plight of blogger Raif Badawi in Saudi Arabia has garnered international attention, particularly in the context of the freedom of expression. Badawi is facing a 10-year jail sentence (and I can hardly believe I’m having to say this in the 21st century, but 1,000 lashes in public) for the
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Right now, some over-excitable people are fretting or evangelizing about
As a few days ago marked the fifth anniversary of
The case of escaped prisoner Daniel Abed Khalife, who has
Ben Shapiro unironically called it ‘a religious event’. I don’t
Jerusalem is regarded as an international city, under a world
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In case you missed it, there was just another little
With the classic Monty Python line-up being talked about a
Leaving Neverland is a very difficult thing to react to.
It’s hard for people sometimes to explain why someone mattered
I laid out in the previous article what the main
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As a little kid, one of my very first musical
In 1994, James Dean Bradfield raised eyebrows by wearing an
“You mean like a funeral?” the producer of Nirvana’s MTV
While Glastonbury has been getting headlines recently, it’s worth saying
This summer is the 20th year since the release of