I think if I were a bona fide Christian I would be supporting the execution of non-believers and apostates. These people are leading others to damnation. It is the only decent thing to do! But no, liberalism and softness have drained people of their necessary firmness. I suspect Salafist Muslims fear that this too will… Continue reading New Year Ravings
I left this comment at Project Syndicate in response to some more of Jeffrey Sachs’ usual silliness: Arabs want and need a democratic revolution. They have had enough of the stagnant and oppressive swamp. The rest of the world, particularly the US and its allies should do what they can to assist. In some cases… Continue reading Jeffrey Sachs awful as usual
In green circles there are a number of concepts that get thrown around to confirm the idea that we need to cut back our consumption. These are carrying capacity, ecological and carbon footprint and ecological boundaries. The planet is said to have a given carrying capacity. For any given population there is a certain limit… Continue reading Dubious green concepts
Spiked has a piece on how the “green machine” doesn’t want Africa and other poor places to industrialize. They want something called “sustainable development”. The hypocrisy of people in the rich countries is amazing. According to the Spiked article: Coal is the cheapest form of energy, but it is denied to all those who can… Continue reading Coal hypocrisy
A couple of recent articles by Jeffrey D. Sachs on the Middle East caught my eye He makes the point that the west has to allow Islamists to participate in government. I agree and I think there is an increasing acceptance of that. He claims that the US was complicit in the the toppling of… Continue reading Jeffrey Sachs on the Middle East
Newsweek has an article called “America’s Abortion Wars (and How to End Them)” that got me thinking. The situation in the US is rather disturbing as some states roll back women’s rights and access to an abortion. The article mentions that 90 per cent of abortions in the US occur in the first 12 weeks… Continue reading US abortion wars
India is continuing to build coal power plants and open new coal mines. According one report India is expected to see a 2.5 to 3 fold increase in coal use by 2030. [The Guardian] A significant increase in solar power is expected but on a smaller scale. India is ideal for solar power. For example, a solar panel… Continue reading India set to greatly expand coal use
We have had quite a bit of progress on the democratic front in recent decades although there are still some very big and serious challenges. Let us look first at the progress. Latin America is no longer run by military dictators and they are becoming the exception in sub-Saharan Africa. Then of course there is… Continue reading The battle for democracy
Donald Trump bases his call for a ban on Muslims on the fact that many Muslims hate America, that lots of them support violence against Americans and that half of Muslims in America believe that they should have the right to be governed according to Sharia law which authorizes all sort of atrocities. (Trump’s press… Continue reading Trump and the Muslims
One of my new projects is to throw light on the Trotskyist trend that was founded by Tony Cliff back in the 1950s. In the UK the main group is the Socialist Workers Party and in Australia, Socialist Alternative. They are the most visible “radical left” groups in those two countries and presents a form of… Continue reading Nutty sect
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