Long-termism

September 22, 2022 · 0 Comments

by GWYNNE DYER Which would be worse: a global nuclear war with all buttons pressed, or real, self-conscious artificial intelligence that goes rogue? You know, ...

An era has ended

by BRIAN LOCKHART A crowd outside of Buckingham Palace broke into a rendition of God Save the King when the former Prince Charles, now King ...

Sunset on the second Elizabethan Age

by BROCK WEIR Memories are funny things. Depending on how old you are, time can play tricks on you. You might remember things a little ...

Human trafficking

by BRIAN LOCKHART This crime has many different names. It’s called human trafficking, human smuggling, child trafficking and a host of other different names depending ...

Defending Whistle-Blowers (and Donald Trump)

by GWYNNE DYER I never thought I’d be writing a column in defence of Donald Trump, but a journalist has to go where the evidence ...

Words matter

by BRIAN LOCKHART Imagine going in for a consultation with your doctor, dentist, lawyer, accountant, realtor, or even a government agency. You sit down in ...

Might Russia use its ‘tactical’ nukes

by GWYNNE DYER On 25 August the president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, announced that the country’s combat aircraft have been ‘upgraded’ by the Russians to ...

James Lovelock: Darwin’s heir

by GWYNNE DYER Jim Lovelock was a late bloomer. His first book, ‘Gaia: a New Look at Life on Earth’, was published in 1979, when ...

We’re number one!

by BRIAN LOCKHART The list of the world’s happiest countries has finally been announced for 2022. Of course we’ve all been waiting for this prestigious ...