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The utility of neutrality, now in steep decline
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 02/03/2024
» Neutrality used to be a European thing, but it is now in steep decline. If it were an animal, we'd have to declare it an endangered species.
Playing football won't turn boys into manly men
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 12/02/2021
» It seemed innocent enough at the start: just a surge in the number of boys coming to school with notes from doctors saying they were excused from playing contact sports. But pretty soon high schools all over China were having trouble finding enough willing young men to make up a football team.
What if Trump triumphs again?
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 11/09/2020
» 'To lose one parent... may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness," wrote Oscar Wilde in his play The Importance of Being Earnest in 1895.
The real refugee problem is only just beginning
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 16/07/2019
» Every once in a while a photograph of a migrant's tragic death (usually that of a child) catches the public's imagination.
The Brexit cult is proving dangerous for Britain
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 06/07/2019
» Oscar Wilde described fox-hunting as "the unspeakable in pursuit of the inedible". Brexit may be similarly defined as the unhinged in pursuit of the infeasible.
EU's survival at risk if Italy decides to exit
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 23/05/2018
» From the European Union's (EU) point of view Brexit, the impending departure of the United Kingdom, is a pity but not a disaster. Britain never joined the euro, the common currency used by most EU members, and the English were always the awkward squad in the EU's march towards an "ever closer union". Whereas the defection of Italy could threaten the EU's survival.