22 Feb, 2023
China and Europe: Profits versus Principles
China and Europe: Profits versus Principles by Mel Gurtov 996 words With all the attention on US-China relations, Beijing’s on-again,...
22 Feb, 2023
23 Oct, 2022
Europe’s far-right lurch
The struggle to save democracy is proving even more difficult in Europe than here in the US. Virtually every European country is bedeviled by rising conflict between traditional political parties on one side and far-right, sometimes neo-fascist parties on the other.
12 Jul, 2022
Water, water, no longer everywhere
Drought and Scarcity "Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is only halfway descriptive of the planet’s current water situation.
22 Mar, 2020
The truth on COVID-19 is ugly and the lies are deadly
“On March 19th, the gutless depravity of failed leadership found a new poster-boy. Republican Senator Richard Burr was found…” Wim...
20 Mar, 2020
Creative empathy in a pandemic
“One thing about a pandemic: It’s inclusive. We cannot survive it, move beyond it, by protecting merely some people. We...