Tharaphi Than Northern Illinois University Dr. Tharaphi Than is an Associate Professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Northern Illinois University. Her first book, Women in Modern Burma, covers the political and social history of women in Burma/Myanmar. The current conflict in Myanmar raised new international
Dr Sheree Trotter Israel Institute of New Zealand I recently wrote an op-ed for the New Zealand Herald on President Biden’s recent visit to Israel. Biden boasted of his long history with Israel, having met every Prime Minister since Golda Meir. High on Israel’s agenda for Biden’
Australian human rights campaigner Drew Pavlou has endured the wrath of the Chinese Communist Party for years, from his own university turning on him, to being arrested for holding a blank sign outside the Chinese consulate in Brisbane. But the CCP’s vengeful persecution reached a peak this week. Pavlou
What’s the connection between a bodgy mural in Shoreditch, a gruesome murder in Sweden, and allegations of widespread sexual shenanigans between middle-aged “progressive” women in Europe and Middle-Eastern young men? Strap yourselves in, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride. First, the mural. An artist known for
CJ Hopkins consentfactory.org I know, you’re probably sick and tired of hearing about the Rise of the New Normal Reich. You want it to be over. So do I. It isn’t over … not by a long shot. It might seem like it’s over where you are.
Paul Hunter University of East Anglia Paul Hunter’s research interests are the epidemiology of emerging infectious disease, especially that linked to environmental factors. Most interest in spread of infection by drinking water, but also recreational water contact and food. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the current monkeypox
The Panda “WHO” review has just been published and is a very well-researched and well-laid-out review of the WHO’s response to Sars-Cov-2, or Covid-19. This is a must-read for anyone interested in public health. This review empowers you with key information to
Donn Dears cfact.org Donn is an engineer and retired senior executive of the General Electric Company who spent his career in the power sector. He led organizations that provided engineering services for GE’s large electrical apparatus and spearheaded the establishment of GE subsidiary companies around the world. The
Remember when the media were working themselves into a lather about the so-called “Pink Tide” of socialism in South America in the 1990s and 2000s? From writing open letters of fawning adoration to Hugo Chavez, the legacy media have gone awfully quiet about all that. They’ve stopped jabbering
Chelsea Follett Malcolm Cochran fee.org Chelsea Follet works at the Cato Institute as a Researcher and Managing Editor of HumanProgress.org. Malcolm Cochran is a research associate at HumanProgress.org Last week, a group of Sri Lankan protestors took a refreshing dip in President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s pool. It
As William S. Burroughs once said, beware of whores who say they don’t want money. The hell they don’t. What they mean is that they want more money; much more, these are the most expensive whores what can be got. Burroughs added, above all, avoid confirmed criminals. Xi
Neil DeVotta Wake Forest University Neil DeVotta is a Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest University. His research interests include South Asian security and politics, ethnicity and nationalism, ethnic conflict resolution, and democratic transition and consolidation. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa formally resigned on July 15, 2022,
Long before The Babylon Bee, or even The Onion, there was Viz. Viz started in the 80s, a “dead-tree” British comic that satirized old-school UK kids’ comics like The Beano. As well as comic strips, it also featured satirical news items that were often right up there with
Guy Hatchard hatchardreport.com Dr Guy Hatchard is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his PhD in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. Information Opinion They decided to study
Information Opinion It is bad enough that the environmentalists talk non stop about the climate crisis without having them introduce policies to essentially destroy the rural sector. But that is what seems to be happening. And this time they’ve gone too far. The rural sector can tolerate the rhetoric
What’s going on, over at Stuff? Are the work experience kids on holidays and the grown-ups back in charge? How else to explain something like this slipping through? We’re following in Sri Lanka’s footsteps. Boy, are Cressida, Titania and Duncan (They/Them) going to be mad
