Letters

The unfrozen Arctic

October 29, 2020   ·   0 Comments

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 ...

On the horizon

by BRIAN LOCKHART It was July 1, 1916 – the first day of the Battle of the Somme. The morning started with several thousand artillery ...

China, climate and blame

by GWYNNE DYER China took a major stride forward on climate on Tuesday. President Xi Jinping, addressing the annual meeting of the United Nations General ...

A big red barn

by BRIAN LOCKHART I have always heard that farmers painted their barns red because they are large buildings and red was always the most inexpensive ...

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