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Choices have costs
Oped, Postbag, Published on 16/05/2025
» Re: "No German engines for submarines", (BP, May 15).
A gift and a prayer
Postbag, Published on 26/04/2025
» Re: "Huge crowds expected as Pope Francis lies in state", (World, April 25).
Prayer for the planet
Oped, Postbag, Published on 23/04/2025
» Re: "Pope Francis dead at 88", (BP, April 22).
How Italy managed to beat fascism after WWII
Oped, Mark Gilbert, Published on 22/01/2025
» Americans are alarmed by their country's stark political divisions. But they shouldn't despair. After WWII, Italy was even more politically polarised than today. Yet by the mid-1950s, it had succeeded, against the odds, in turning the page on its fascist past and constructing a contentious but functioning democracy.
Syria needs another miracle for peace to stay
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 18/12/2024
» They're still celebrating the miraculous fall of the Assad regime in Damascus, and the killing has stopped in Syria except for parts of the north, east and south. So what are the odds that the man whose fighters brought down the regime, Ahmed al-Sharaa, can bring peace, prosperity and even democracy to Syria?
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.
Will the Church finally rethink contraception?
Oped, Peter Singer, Published on 09/03/2023
» Could the Roman Catholic Church be ready to reconsider its prohibition of the use of contraception? The fact that prominent Catholic conservatives have felt the need to speak out against such a possibility gives some grounds for thinking that, within the Church itself, and under the protection of Pope Francis, a movement for change is underway.
Unchosen few
Oped, Postbag, Published on 28/07/2022
» Re: "Keeping democratic institutions weak," (Opinion, July 22).
Pic takes the cake
News, Published on 28/12/2021
» Re: "Uproar over cardinal's cake photo", (BP, Dec 25).