Politics

Boris Johnson's Brexit deal is the best yet for the UK - but it's still a bad deal. Politicians on all sides are heading towards the biggest EU showdown of...

Borscht has been a popular soup across Europe for centuries, but now it's also a political weapon, and, if nationalism make sense in the context of what we eat, it's...

US President Donald Trump's decision to pull US troops out of Syria is drawing fire from Democrats, media and some in his own party as well. He doesn't seem to...

Serial killer Samuel Little could have been stopped decades ago. But his victims were mostly black, women of color and/or sex workers, not “senators or fancy journalists.” The system allowed...

Mainstream US media has been the biggest cheerleader for Washington's chaos production in Syria for years, but now, as Donald Trump pulls troops out of the northeast, they're suddenly outraged....

The US' so-called “maximum pressure” campaign targeting Tehran is certainly having a lasting effect on the people of Iran and its economy, but it may not be having its intended...

Whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party government wins or loses in the Canadian federal election later in October, it is clear that the honeymoon is over for voters. By...

Trans people have lost the plot. Every day, an increasing amount of absurdity floods in as they do more harm than good. They scream for acceptance without realizing that the...

When supporters of Catalan leaders jailed for organizing a democratic vote advance on Barcelona airport, media make a fuss over ‘separatists' causing chaos. When the same tactic's used in Hong...

The timing is not merely coincidental. The shambolic policymaking of the Trump administration has thrown the Middle East into further chaos, while countries are increasingly viewing Russia as a source...

Appearances can be deceiving. Nowhere does this old adage ring truer than in Ecuador, which is emerging from the rubble created during an 11-day uprising. The protests that rocked the...

At first I thought my friend was joking when he told me that Carlsberg, the beer maker, is planning to develop paper beer bottles made from what it calls ‘sustainably-sourced...

An absolutely fascinating phenomenon accompanying the Turkish invasion of Syria has been watching the reaction of western journalists who once shilled for ‘moderate rebels' now falling into the trap of...

Mainstream media are outraged over a meme video depicting President Donald Trump shooting his critics – but they absolutely loved the movie it was based on, and think nothing of...

Catalan separatist leader Oriol Junqueras is jailed for 13 years. The UK is still waiting for Brexit in 2019. The EU has ignored countless referendums. The connection? Governments think they...

Asia's No.1 and No.2 powers have longstanding conflicts of interest, but are seeking common ground through “strategic communication” between their leaders. The goal – stability – is pursued with a...

The British Film Institute has declared that TV productions must meet strict diversity requirements to be considered for its prestigious Bafta awards - but forcing "tolerance" breeds resentment and strangles...

As a panel of Democrats fell over each other to pander for the rainbow vote at CNN's LGBTQ town hall, conservatives raged at the inclusion of transgender children, but not...

We're coming up shortly to the mid-point in the presidential term of France's Emmanuel Macron. How should we assess his time in office? Has it been an epic fail, or...

The Nobel Prize in Literature this year went to Peter Handke, a playwright with unquestionable literary achievements. He happened to have political opinions at odds with the Western establishment, however,...

The Catholic Church is urging its members to recognize “ecological sins” and is trying to reinvent itself as “a church with an Amazonian and indigenous face,” with a set of...

Designers in Brooklyn have pumped holy water into Nike sneakers, called them ‘Jesus Shoes', and, oh my God (sorry!), people are actually stumping up $3,000 for a pair. If Hans...

The “newspaper of record” New York Times arguably holds the record for peddling anti-Russia scare stories. This week the NY Times delivered yet another classic spook tale dressed as serious...

If Commons Speaker John Bercow and the EU bypass the British government to force a Brexit extension, it will be a constitutional outrage: an unacceptable interference with British democracy. While...

Any objective historian would concede that the British government has a centuries-long list of atrocities that it must one day apologize for. To this day, the British Empire has struggled...

The thought police has come to UK universities. As an academic I was horrified to find they are forcing new students to take ‘consent classes'. Gone are the days when...

Social media can be a powerful weapon for truth in the right hands. Unfortunately, Twitter and Facebook have done their best to keep it out of those hands - and...

Adobe is to cut Venezuela off because of US sanctions, showing how vulnerable countries in the ‘line of fire' are, due to their dependence on American computer software products. We...

In these virulent days of in-your-face wokeness, America is at risk of some individuals identifying with victims as a means of gaining unfair advantage over an opponent. The hypocrisy is...

Changing one's gender is either a profound decision to live the way one truly is, or an expression of mental illness, depending on who you ask. Why then has it...

Members of the US Congress have threatened to kick Turkey out of NATO if it sent troops into northern Syria against Washington's Kurdish allies. What would be the consequences of...

The Washington establishment is now threatening sanctions against NATO ally Turkey if it moves against the US-allied Kurdish militias in Syria, once again showing that coercion is the only arrow...

Deepfakes are keeping people from all walks of life up at night – just one photo can place anyone in a compromising situation. How can we judge reality in a...

Being half an Irishman myself I feel entitled to refer to the probably apocryphal answer given by an Irishman asked by a lost, weary, traveler for directions to Dublin. “Oh,...

US President Donald Trump's decision to pull out US troops from northern Syria has been met with bipartisan outrage, calling it a “betrayal” of the Kurds. Wait till the regime-changers...

The Dutch government is rejecting their country's rich history and cultural values by making one name official. This liberal political correctness again overriding what citizens want. In the United States...

Two-time losers Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney are rumored to be mulling presidential runs in 2020, despite repeated and resounding rejections from the voting public. Why won't they go away,...

I know a protest when I see one. Walking around in London today it is evident that the tens of thousands of adults playing at being children are not so...

If it ain't broke, don't fix it! Forcing unisex toilets on primary schools is misguided, unethical, and dangerous to children's welfare. We don't know why Deansfield Primary School decided to...

Justin Trudeau rode to power four years ago on a wave of progressive enthusiasm. With an Obama-like ‘hope and change-y' vibe, plenty of social media savvy and an almost cult-like...