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Who is next for the United States?
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 12/01/2026
» The Crazy Gang are high on the "brilliant success" of their Venezuela caper and looking for new targets. Like Alexander the Great, US President Donald Trump weeps because there are no more worlds to conquer. But wait! Actually, there are still lots of places to conquer.
Tariff chaos could halt 80 years of economic progress
Oped, Anne O. Krueger, Published on 26/04/2025
» International trade and exploration have captivated the human imagination for millennia. From Alexander the Great to Marco Polo, from the Silk Road to the East India Company, history is filled with examples of commerce redrawing the map of the known world. But for much of history, trade was shaped more by power than by fairness.
Beyond handouts
Oped, Postbag, Published on 12/10/2024
» Re: "Plan won't end poverty", (BP, Sept 30).
Perfect storm confronts UN assembly meet
Oped, John J Metzler, Published on 28/09/2024
» Powerful thunderclaps from the Middle East, Ukraine and Sudan rumbled as a dire greeting to the opening UN General Assembly session in New York. Winds from ongoing but unresolved humanitarian crises the world over from Sudan to Syria and Somalia swirled. And a nervous atmosphere of widening conflicts, some still yet to happen, settled over assembled delegates.
PM's dream of a Grand Prix in Thailand is futile
Oped, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 21/06/2024
» Bad news. Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is pitching to bring a Formula One race to Thailand.
Lose the gun scheme
Oped, Postbag, Published on 07/10/2023
» Re: "Stamping out gun crime", (Editorial, Oct 5).
Let's stay respectful
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/10/2023
» Re: "Senators condemn chef's act", (BP, Oct 2).
Clock is ticking for Armenians in Karabakh
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 12/09/2023
» The Armenians are a people of great antiquity -- the first Armenian kingdom was in the 8th century BC -- but they grew up in a tough neighbourhood, and they have been in retreat for a very long time.
Give America a debt brake fast
Oped, R James Breiding, Published on 01/06/2023
» Since 1960, the United States has raised its debt ceiling 78 times -- soon to be 79, if Congress approves the latest last-minute deal. On a wall in Manhattan, not far from Times Square, a billboard-size display has kept a running tally of the national debt amount.