Myanmar: The Saint who lost her way

November 5, 2020 · 0 Comments

by GWYNNE DYER Almost completely obscured by the blanket global coverage of the US election, they are having one in Myanmar (Burma) too. The outcome ...

Plastics

by BRIAN LOCKHART The Federal Government is working on a plan to eliminate some single use plastic items as early as next year. The list ...

The unfrozen Arctic

by GWYNNE DYER It’s the last week of October, and the main nursery of new Arctic Ocean sea ice has not yet started to refreeze. ...

Guilty pleasures

by BRIAN LOCKHART “We’ve only just begun, to live, White lace and promises, A kiss for luck and we’re on our way,” Those are the ...

Herd immunity

Written by GWYNNE DYER After eight full months of the global pandemic, the pressure to keep the economies open and let the chips (or rather, ...

Absolute truth

Written by BRIAN LOCKHART “The truth will set you free.” The meaning of that phrase goes a lot deeper when you really give it some ...

Bolivia – a free and fair election

Written by GWYNNE DYER The quotation is usually given as “Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely”, but Lord Acton’s original remark went on to say: ...

On the horizon

Written by BRIAN LOCKHART “And that’s the way it is.” If you’re old enough to remember that catchphrase, you’re old enough to remember when Walter ...

Germany at 30

by GWYNNE DYER I have just spent two weeks driving around Germany interviewing people (mostly climate scientists, since you ask), and I have come to ...