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Gifted James Lovelock was Darwin's heir
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 02/08/2022
» Jim Lovelock was a late bloomer. His first book, Gaia: a New Look at Life on Earth, was published in 1979 when he was already 60 years old. By the time he died last Thursday, on his 103rd birthday, he had written ten more books on Gaia, the hypothesis that has evolved into the key academic discipline of Earth System Science.
Donald Trump's last stand for 'apartheid America'
News, Jeffrey D Sachs, Published on 29/10/2020
» The ferocity of the 2020 presidential election in the United States is not about Donald Trump per se, but about what he represents: the racist structures of power that have persisted in America for centuries, though sometimes in mutated form. The long history of America's state-sponsored racism will draw to an end in the coming generation, which is why Mr Trump is so strikingly reactionary in his attempts to prolong it. Yet the damage that Mr Trump's brand of white nationalism could still cause to the US and the world if he wins a second term makes the election easily the most important in modern American history.
A warning from Poland on Trump
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 17/07/2020
» Few people outside of Poland care about the outcome of last Sunday's presidential election there, but maybe they should. Andrzej Duda is practically a Polish clone of Donald Trump, who will also be seeking re-election less than four months from now -- and Mr Duda squeaked out a victory.
Army spend the real problem
News, Postbag, Published on 03/05/2020
» Re: "B5,000 cheats media hungry, official claims", (BP, May 2).
Flimsy masks no good
News, Postbag, Published on 08/02/2020
» Regarding the virus outbreak and face masks, I'm not an expert in this field and I would be happy to be corrected on my understanding as follows:
If incentives persist, so will slavery
News, Ricardo Hausmann, Published on 04/09/2018
» Have you ever wondered why business schools do not teach the proper way to whip a worker to obtain maximum effort without damaging the asset? Had business schools existed before the American Civil War, one can conceive of at least a lecture on the subject. Instead, business schools teach about corporate culture and values, on the assumption that maximum effort can be obtained from workers if they identify with the firm's mission and goals.
Suu Kyi must act on UN's genocide charge
News, Larry Jagan, Published on 29/08/2018
» The UN's independent human rights investigators have issued the toughest verdict yet on the crisis in Myanmar's war-torn western region of Rakhine State. The investigators' report does not mince words and is scathing in its conclusions, and is going to have major ramifications, both within the country, and within the international community.
No justifying coup
News, Postbag, Published on 23/05/2018
» Re: "Peace, but poor miss out", (BP, May 21).