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What can we learn from the politics on display in the United States at present, particularly with the likes of Mitch McConnell, the Senate Minority Leader, flip-flopping over an inquiry for seeming political reasons?
OK, before anyone says I am a De...
DATE: Jun 02, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
“The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them.”
—Turkish Proverb
It is very rare that I would write a follow-up t...
DATE: Jun 01, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball
Naomi Osaka, winner of four grand-slam tennis tournaments, has declared her independence and in doing so is exhibiting interdependence – a refined empathy for others.
Osaka took a stand to preserve healthy boundaries when she declared that for the 2...
DATE: Jun 01, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Glenn Fubler
Vaxism
I think we are witnessing a blue eyes, brown eyes experiment that no one could have predicted.
The Oprah Show was not one of my favourites, but there were two episodes that are etched in my memory. The “you get a car” happy episode wh...
DATE: May 31, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Malcolm Raynor
Good journalism committed to the highest standards of keeping truth as the ultimate guidepost to gather and present facts has never been more complex than it is today.
We live in an era that embraces a highly sophisticated arena of communication devi...
DATE: May 29, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
Last week the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, seemingly out of nowhere, announced that vaccinated individuals in the United States no longer need to wear a mask indoors or outdoors in most settings.
Just like that.
The briefing actually ...
DATE: May 29, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Gemma Harris
For several years the Palestinian-Israeli situation had escaped the main news. I was suspicious of the Abraham Accord signed off on during the Trump presidency; it appeared one-sided. There are, and have been, many actions and actors in the decades-o...
DATE: May 27, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
Inflation. We all know it when we see it. Prices rise, gas stations have lines. Graphs point upward. Eyebrows lift. Eyeballs roll. From Mary Tyler Moore gently tossing a package of meat into her shopping cart in the opening credits of her 1970s sitco...
DATE: May 27, 2021
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On May 23, a fighter jet intercepted Ryanair Flight 4978 as it was about to exit Belarussian airspace en route from Athens, Greece, to Vilnius, Lithuania. Citing a supposed bomb threat — apparently contrived by regime agents on board the flight — Bel...
DATE: May 26, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Thomas L. Knapp
Joe Biden, the President of the United States, recently attacked Bermuda in his first speech at the joint session of Congress on April 28, 2021. He is now added to the long list of American presidents who have criticised our island for sheltering US ...
DATE: May 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball
