Those of us concerned about the imminent climate crisis are justifiably gravely concerned about the prospect of Donald Trump returning to the White House. Such an eventuality would almost certainly be the last nail in the climate coffin and set humanity on an irreversible path to a massive die-off. It is for this reason that…
Category: US politics
Trump Appeals to the Worst In Us
On August 14, 2023, former U.S. President Donald Trump was indicted on criminal charges in the state of Georgia along with 18 others for conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election. This state indictment — the fourth indictment facing the ex-President — charges Trump with 13 felonies including creating and filing…
Is Biden a War Criminal for Supplying Clusterbombs to Ukraine?
On July 6th 2023, we learned about what may be the worst development yet in the Russian-Ukrainian war. News reports confirmed that the United States is set to provide yet another very significant arms delivery to Ukraine, valued at up to $800 million. This announcement, although negative in and of itself as it will surely…
Cuban solidarity is an example to the world
Last Monday, on a beautiful summer evening my partner Penny and I had the great honour of hosting Cuban Embassy officials David Aldama Pando, Third Secretary, and Areadna Quitana Castañeda, Press Attaché, as guests in our home. It was two hours of informative, intellectually stimulating discussion about a wide range of topics. The main topic…
The real reason Cubans are taking to the streets
For the seventh day in a row, thousands of Cubans have taken to their streets to demonstrate. The Western media was very quick to frame their actions as demonstrations against socialism. These media portrayals could not be further from the truth. For example, on July 14 the New York Times published an opinion piece by…
Call me a climate change optimist
In the last week I have become cautiously optimistic that the world may have turned the corner on global warming. On May 18, 2021 the International Energy Agency (IEA), long considered close to the fossil fuel industry, made an announcement that would have been unheard of until recently. They called on all energy companies and…
Bring back Carter’s brilliant proposal for Israel/Palestine
Israel is not the Middle East’s only theocracy. It is arguably also not the Middle East’s only apartheid state. It is, however, the Middle East’s only nuclear-armed country. Not only is it the only nuclear-armed nation in the Middle East, but its military is by far larger and more powerful than that of all other…