By Paul Krugman* – The New York Times Peter Thiel, Facebook investor and Donald Trump supporter, is by all accounts a terrible person. He did, however, come up with one classic line about the disappointments of modern technology: “We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140…
By Mairav Zonszein* – The Nation Whether he consciously puts Israel’s interests first or whether he believes they are identical to US interests doesn’t really matter—the outcome is the same In an ominous coincidence of timing, John Bolton assumed his role as national-security…
By Adam Davidson* – The New Yorker On May 1, 2003, the day President George W. Bush landed on the U.S.S.
GEORGE PERENDIA – Wall Street International Magazine In his recent, excellent analysis, Roberto Savio has probably rightly brought to our attention the quickly growing issue of the social costs of robotisation (see Robots, unemployment … and immigrants). Nevertheless, however…
Daniel Nolan and Shaun Walker in Budapest – The Guardian Employees of state TV network describe how channels pumped out pro-government messaging ahead of Victor Orbán’s election victory this week A leading editor at Hungary’s state television network punched the air in…
Editorial Syria’s civil war has seen seven years of numbing brutality. A single attack will not affect its outcome Given recent history, it would take an extraordinary event and set of circumstances to arise for military intervention by Britain in the Middle East to be…
By Justin Gillis* -The New York Times From the day he walked into Congress as the nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt has been trying to foist a colossal lie on the American public. “Science tells us that the climate is changing, and human activity…
Boaventura de Sousa Santos* The Lula da Silva case blatantly shows that something is rotten in the Brazilian judicial system. It brings to the fore procedures and practices that are incompatible with the basic principles and guarantees of democracy and the rule of law, in a way…
Opinion, Fintan O’Toole* – The Guardian In the wake of the Brexit vote, the treaty’s recognition that identity is complex and changeable seems all the more vital Twenty years ago, when the Good Friday agreement was signed, there were many emotions in the air: hope, relief, a…
By Roberto Savio* Rome, Apr (Other News) – It is now clearly evident that w e are in a period of transition, even though we remain uncertain as to its outcome. The political, economic and social system that has accompanied us since the end of the Second World War is no longer…
