American conservatives recently hosted their flagship conference in Hungary, a country that experts call an autocracy. Its leader, Viktor Orbán, provides a potential model of what a Trump after Trump might look like. EXCERPTS from the article By Andrew Marantz in the New Yorker: Hungary has a population comparable to Michigan’s and a G.D.P. closeContinue reading “Does Hungary Offer a Glimpse of America’s Authoritarian Future?”
Monthly Archives: June 2022
What’s the Harm if… (Video)
What’s the harm if we in common interest give the U.S. air space rights, etc. to Afghanistan? اگر ہم مشترکہ مفاد میں افغانستان کو امریکی فضائی حدود کے حقوق دے دیں تو کیا حرج ہے؟ Are we looking at making U.S. the policeman of the region? کیا ہم امریکہ کو خطے کا پولیس مین بنانےContinue reading “What’s the Harm if… (Video)”
Sharing Minds Can Change the World
By Elena Seungeun Lee and Julie Hyunsung Lee: Parasite, a Korean black comedy film directed by Bong Joon-ho, shows the story of a poor family who infiltrated the household of an affluent family by getting employment by pretending to be highly qualified persons. Their lifestyles, everything from household work to the children’s educational opportunities, areContinue reading “Sharing Minds Can Change the World”
An Uncomfortable Video Share
KEY TALKING POINTS: Ye sare ventilators Amrika ki wajha se lage huwe hain; Beggars can’t be choosers; Corruption honay do; Taraqqi hoti rahe gi; KEY observations:Since when have we been on “America’s ventilators”?Corruption has not allegedly played a majorly impeding role in the country’s economic progress. Then why are we on ventilators and therefore can’tContinue reading “An Uncomfortable Video Share”
The Left Goes to War with Itself
By John F. Harris at Politico: The Democratic Party’s internal divisions usually are cast as disputes between centrists and the left. The intense focus on this dynamic, however, tends to obscure a growing and possibly more consequential argument within progressive ranks. The fight is becoming bitter. On one side are people who believe in whatContinue reading “The Left Goes to War with Itself”
Migrants Keep One Billion People Alive, Send Home a Staggering $689 Billion
By Baher Kamal: Over 270 million migrant workers are now a major life-saving source for up to one billion people starving in the world’s poorest communities, as well as a vital lifeline for the economy of their countries of origin. Migrant workers’ remittances amount to over 689 billion US dollars a year, which is overContinue reading “Migrants Keep One Billion People Alive, Send Home a Staggering $689 Billion”
Nuclear-Armed Powers Squander $156,000 Every Minute on Their ‘MAD’ Policy
By Baher Kamal at IPS: They call it MAD: Mutual Assured Destruction. It is about the nuclear-armed powers’ doctrine of military strategy and national security policy. And they spent on their MAD policy more than 156,000 US dollars, every single minute, in just one year–2021. According to their MAD doctrine a full-scale use of nuclearContinue reading “Nuclear-Armed Powers Squander $156,000 Every Minute on Their ‘MAD’ Policy”
Let’s Sit and Talk: Episode Aug 2020 (Video)
WE have to lower our standards and expectations, including the bar we often use to judge others, events, happenings, etc. ہمیں اپنے معیار اور توقعات کو کم کرنا ہوگا، بشمول وہ بار جسے ہم اکثر دوسروں، واقعات وغیرہ کا فیصلہ کرنے کے لیے استعمال کرتے ہیں۔ Irshad Salim, Karachi
China, West and the Islamic World
China, West and the Islamic World: The World in 2050, Romance of Three Civilizations is a book authored by Syed Hasan Javed, an extensively traveled former Pakistani diplomat, scholar and linguist. An uptick on his book’s sale on Amazon indicates interest in the author’s crisp, candid observations and predictions amid rapidly emerging geopolitical situation. “SyedContinue reading “China, West and the Islamic World”