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Thu, August 11, 2022 | 23:59

Global shortages demand global solutions

Food shortages are beginning to cast a shadow over the world. One long-term factor is the warming of our planet, which has slowly destroyed agricultural land. But the proximate cause of greatest concern is the war in Ukraine and Russian President Vladimir Putin's Black Sea blockade, which is preventing Ukrainian grain and fertilizers from leaving the port of Odessa.

2022-06-09 16:18

Soccer is the future

When my ESL classes' topic of conversation was the Qatar World Cup 2022, I liked telling my students that British football used to be called “soccer,” by the creators of “the beautiful game,” and that Americans never stopped using “soccer” even though the rest of the world, including the Brits, switched to “football.”

2022-06-09 16:10

It's inflation, stupid

When the draft Supreme Court opinion overturning the constitutional right to an abortion was leaked to the media last month, it tore through Washington, D.C., with the force of a category five hurricane.

2022-06-09 16:05

New European thinking on Ukraine

Exactly on the same day that marked the completion of 100 days of the invasion of Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron, in unequivocal words, warned against “humiliating” Russia and urged fellow Western nations to keep the doors open to diplomatic engagement with Moscow.

2022-06-08 16:55

Confidence building is not enough: Time to talk about disarmament

It has been nearly a quarter century since India and Pakistan tested nuclear weapons. After conducting the tests in May 1998, the focus in both states has been on growing and diversifying their nuclear and missile inventories. Military spending has increased in both states despite the poor socio economic indicators. In the U.N.'s human development index, India and Pakistan st...

2022-06-08 16:45

Getting serious about European defense

Russia's war in Ukraine has forced the European Union to address longstanding strategic challenges. The most immediate task is to end Europe's dependence on Russian energy imports, and this process is now underway, with a gradual oil embargo that will reach 90 percent by the end of the year.

2022-06-07 16:41

Queen's Jubilee revives gloomy Britain

It was a time to celebrate! The 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's accession to the throne in 1952 makes her the longest-serving monarch in British history. Thus, the grandly named Platinum Jubilee has not only dazzled the country with its royal pomp and circumstance, but it has also importantly invigorated it with its joyous celebrations of unity across the land.

2022-06-07 16:26

Biden's Taiwan comments reveal US strategic dilemma in East Asia

Last month, U.S. President Joe Biden visited East Asia, holding a series of summits with the leaders of South Korea, Japan and the member states of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad). The summits addressed multiple agendas, one of which was approaches toward China. Is the U.S. alliance in the Indo-Pacific committed only to defending the existing regional order? Or doe...

2022-06-07 16:21

Betting on third-year charm

I recently filed my taxes for last year. As a small business, once all my taxes are filed is when I really get to figure out how much I really made after expenses. It's a time when all those big numbers get stripped down to show exactly how much I brought home.

2022-06-07 16:16

'The Handmaid's Tale'

Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel, "The Handmaid's Tale," explores a near-future America (renamed after the biblical nation-state, Gilead) where women are sexually enslaved to be breeding machines (handmaids) for military and political elites. In this Christo-fascist regime, sexual minorities, adherents of other religions and political dissidents are sent to toxic labor/conce...

2022-06-06 17:00

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