Letters

FGM and the need for Islamic scholars

July 25, 2024   ·   0 Comments

by GWYNNE DYER There was a small victory in The Gambia this week, when a proposed law to legalise female genital mutilation (FGM) was defeated ...

Red Corvette

by BRIAN LOCKHART There is a TV show called Border Security that follows customs and border agents as they clear visitors at airports, land crossings, ...

Iran’s rapidly eroding theocracy 

by GWYNNE DYER “I have heard that people’s zeal and interest is higher than in the first round [of Iran’s presidential election],” Supreme Leader Ayatollah ...

Shaken, not stirred

by BRIAN LOCKHART “I’ll have a martini, shaken, not stirred.” Yes, that’s the famous line from Bond, James Bond. Although I’m pretty sure even Bond ...

The west: Enormous changes at the last minute

by GWYNNE DYER By Friday (5 July), we will know the outcome of the British election. On Monday (8 July) we will know the result ...

Hired for the wrong reason

by BRIAN LOCKHART Sports injuries are pretty common. Anyone who enjoys playing tennis, slo-pitch, skiing, mountain biking, or even hiking the Bruce Trail, is taking ...

Assange: Free at last, but…

by GWYNNE DYER Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, is a free man at last after spending almost all of the past fourteen years in ...

You may be a millionaire

by BRIAN LOCKHART At one time, being a millionaire was a big deal. It meant you were wealthy and had more money than most people ...

Second chance for South Africa?

by GWYNNE DYER Cyril Ramaphosa is the president of South Africa again, but everything else is different. He got his job back in a vote ...

Macron’s strategy

by GWYNNE DYER Even before the final results were in from all of the 27 European Union countries that voted in the EU elections last ...

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