Preaching rebirth and home; practicing death abroad
April 14, 2015 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
England's Easter was the culmination of recent events which have brought the would-be great and good to their knees - and knee deep in hypocrisy
National Unity
April 12, 2015 12:06 am Leave your thoughts
My first reaction after the election was: "Oh, no! Not a National Unity Government, please!
English Heritage – with the UK’s general election ever closer, whose culture are we ‘celebrating’?
April 9, 2015 8:09 pm Leave your thoughts
I fear the outcome of the general election; I fear the deals made by politicians desperate to stay in power, deals that will further harm the disadvantaged poor
A poem for The Great Shimomura
April 9, 2015 3:54 pm Leave your thoughts
There once was a man who had a plan to double the income of Japan
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Bomb?
April 7, 2015 9:06 pm Leave your thoughts My father once taught me how to withstand blackmail: imagine that the awful threat of the blackmailer has already come about. Then you can tell him: Go to hell
How America Became an Oligarchy
April 7, 2015 8:29 pm Leave your thoughts
According to a new study from Princeton University, American democracy no longer exists
Fateful Steps That Led to the Crisis in Ukraine (Part 2)
April 4, 2015 9:58 pm Leave your thoughts
The borders of the Ukraine today are very different than they were before WWII
An Iranian model of altruism, volunteerism, philanthropy and scholarship in the Diaspora
April 1, 2015 11:37 pm Leave your thoughts
The devotion of one's intellectual and material resources to the betterment of human society has been emphasized in Persian literature, culture and religions since the earliest times
The Israeli Salvation Front
March 28, 2015 8:45 pm Leave your thoughts The 2015 election was a giant step towards the self-destruction of Israel. An Israel Salvation Front is needed now.
The plausible normalisation of U.S.-Iran Diplomatic Relations: Who are the losers and winners?
March 26, 2015 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
The gains to all sides from a nuclear resolution and the strategically inevitable normalisation of relations between the U.S. and Iran will far outweigh the collective perceived losses