The early days of the web were magical; how did a tool for infinite connection turn into one fostering endless division?

All things eventually decline; is the phenomenon of far right populism a symptom of this?

After my Swedish grandmother died in 1996, my family and I sorted through some of her belongings.  We found a few German-language books among her personal effects.  Hidden in their dusty pages was a hastily printed Deutsche Mark; I was struck by how crude and jagged the text was.  It was my grandmother’s souvenir from […]

Charles may very well be the last King of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.  The conditions which support monarchy no longer exist.

There has been a constant expectation that something would pop Trump’s balloon: backing Kevin McCarthy may be it. 

Perhaps it was inevitable that Reverend Warnock would win the Georgia runoff.  Reverend Warnock was by far the superior candidate.  Warnock did not discuss the relative merits of being a vampire or a werewolf on the campaign trail.  He had no stench of hypocrisy.  He did not have the backing of Donald Trump. Whoever persuaded […]

Current policies focus on helping the wealthy keep more of what they have. At what point is this pure folly?

For years I didn’t think of myself as being autistic; I merely thought I was odd…I’ve been on a journey of self discovery.

Picture the following scenario: a leader of Russia has been in situ for circa two decades.  He is credited with leveraging higher oil prices into increased living standards for his people.  This leader has clamped down, stamping out any green shoots of dissent.  Critics of the regime are forced to go abroad or languish in […]

The dark clouds obscured the twilight. Rain was falling steadily, large drops bounced off the hood of my olive green jacket. I accidentally cut my finger: it didn’t hurt, but it was one of those irritating lacerations that wouldn’t stop bleeding. I covered it with my thumb as I grasped my stack of leaflets tightly. […]