When lawfare becomes warfare
LAST WEEK, Brett Kavanaugh became an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, but the road to his confirmation was marred by accusations...
The return of plagues
THERE is an ongoing ebola epidemic in Congo, and it could potentially spread to neighboring Uganda and other African countries.
This outbreak has been ongoing...
Racist Asians and the Rainbow Coalition
IN THE Western world, there is a concept called the “rainbow coalition.” This concept is based on the notion that non-white people residing in...
The internet as a public forum
SO THE European Union (EU) recently implemented the new “Copyright Directive” that will force tech companies to stop the spread of copyrighted materials on...
Reverting back to the past
FORMER lead writer and chief editor of the Hong Kong Economic Journal, Yi-Zheng Lian recently wrote an article for the New York Times, entitled...
The purpose of Bangsamoro: Maintaining consensus
UNDERNEATH all of flowery words and ideals, it’s important to remember that one of the principal functions of a state is to impose, represent...
The end of the rainbow dream
A LITTLE over a week ago, US President Donald Trump tweeted about the farm murders and farm expropriations going in the diverse country of...
Free speech in the age of the internet
MOST PEOPLE who read this newspaper have probably never heard of Alex Jones. He’s a large, short tempered American gentleman who likes to talk...
Fragile legitimacy
WHEN journalists talk about the dangers of “fake news” and politicians talk about “meddling and corruption” it’s usually because they are trying to strengthen...
Fake news – whose news?
SO MARIA Ressa of Rappler fame sent out a newsletter titled “Governments lie and what we should do about it” about a week ago,...