“Hereby it is manifest,” Thomas Hobbes wrote in 1651’s Leviathan, “that during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in tha...
“Hereby it is manifest,” Thomas Hobbes wrote in 1651’s Levia...
Opening a column with statistics and dates may not be the best way to get your attention, but these three statistics and single date are important, so please ta...
Opening a column with statistics and dates may not be the be...
As Russia's war in Ukraine drags into its eighth month, the European Union scrambles for energy to heat its homes and power its industry in the coming winter, t...
As Russia's war in Ukraine drags into its eighth month, the ...
“The decisions we have taken in Madrid,” North Atlantic Treaty Organisation secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said as a summit of the alliance’s members closed...
“The decisions we have taken in Madrid,” North Atlantic Trea...
As I write this, BBC reports that British foreign secretary Liz Truss is “urgently” investigating reports of a chemical weapons attack in the Ukrainian city of ...
As I write this, BBC reports that British foreign secretary ...
After weeks of unsuccessfully attempting to either bully Russia’s Vladimir Putin into submission or bait him into war, United States president Joe Biden may fin...
After weeks of unsuccessfully attempting to either bully Rus...
Facebook, USA Today reports, “is asking some US users whether they may have been exposed to extremist content, or if they are worried that someone they know mig...
Facebook, USA Today reports, “is asking some US users whethe...
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. Citin...
On May 23, a fighter jet intercepted Ryanair Flight 4978 as ...
On May 8, my wife and I pulled into a local gas station and filled the family car’s tank. It wasn't intended as a smart move, nor did it result from a premoniti...
On May 8, my wife and I pulled into a local gas station and ...
In February 2020, United States president Donald Trump announced a peace deal with the Taliban, giving American forces 15 months to get out of Afghanistan. Near...
In February 2020, United States president Donald Trump annou...
On March 29, the Libertarian Party of Kentucky issued a tweet that aroused considerable controversy — not least among partisan Libertarians themselves:
"Are...
On March 29, the Libertarian Party of Kentucky issued a twee...
Sooner or later, absent some kind of mass-extinction event, humankind will establish itself there: on the Moon. On Mars. Among the asteroids. Someday, even on p...
Sooner or later, absent some kind of mass-extinction event, ...
Donald Trump signed an executive order in June providing for sanctions against persons who “have directly engaged in any effort by the [International Criminal C...
Donald Trump signed an executive order in June providing for...
May 3 was World Press Freedom Day. The annual observance usually focuses on the World Press Freedom Index published each year by Reporters Without Borders. Brea...
May 3 was World Press Freedom Day. The annual observance usu...
The continuing saga of journalist and transparency activist Julian Assange took a dangerous turn yesterday. Ecuador’s president, Lenin Moreno, revoked his asylu...
The continuing saga of journalist and transparency activist ...
According to CNN Business, “Facebook, YouTube and Twitter struggle to deal with New Zealand shooting video”.
“Deal with” is code for “censor on demand by govern...
According to CNN Business, “Facebook, YouTube and Twitter st...
Cryptocurrencies had a rough ride in 2018. As of January 7, 2018, the total market capitalisation of all cryptocurrencies tracked by CoinMarketCap.com came to m...
Cryptocurrencies had a rough ride in 2018. As of January 7, ...
America’s New Red Scare escalated in mid-October as the United States Department of Justice demanded that the US division of television network RT, formerly kno...
America’s New Red Scare escalated in mid-October as the Unit...
In a September 21 post, Mark Zuckerberg shared nine steps that the site he started is taking “to protect election integrity and make sure that Facebook is a for...
In a September 21 post, Mark Zuckerberg shared nine steps th...
As I write this, Hurricane Harvey hovers off the Gulf Coast, menacing Louisiana and possibly ramping up for another go at Texas. Much of Houston, the fourth lar...
As I write this, Hurricane Harvey hovers off the Gulf Coast,...
“It is the sense of Congress,” according to the annual Intelligence Authorisation Act now working its way through the United States Senate, “that WikiLeaks and ...
“It is the sense of Congress,” according to the annual Intel...
On May 27, Barack Obama became the first sitting United States president to visit Hiroshima, the site of history’s first atomic attack on August 6, 1945. The Ja...
On May 27, Barack Obama became the first sitting United Stat...
