Category: Opinion
Lenin: What’s Left of the Revolutionary a Century after his Demise?
Mahir Ali in Dawn: AN intriguing triptych included in Iqbal’s second volume of verse, Baal-i-Jibreel,…
Do Political Ads Even Matter Anymore?
By Nick Corasaniti in The New York Times: In a presidential election year, no glowing…
The Motorcycle Diaries: Should We Love Che Guevara
Portrait of “the insurgent” as a young man in The Motorcycle Diaries by Paul Berman in…
Isn’t There More Than Enough Wealth to Go Around?
by Oliver Waters: In last month’s column I criticized the ‘degrowth’ movement, which essentially proposes…
Social Costs of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Healthcare Industry are Astounding
…and we’ve been ignoring them completely David Introcaso writes in The Hill: The social cost…
‘Clash of Empires’, ‘Clash of Civilizations’…and a Comment on ‘History’ Video
For Álvaro Enrigue, a novelist fascinated with historical detail, the first meeting of the Aztecs…
When War Loses Its Power, ‘We Must Have a New Concept of the State’
Jim Sleeper in Washington Monthly: Berkowitz’s must-read essay argues that the nature of war itself has changed…
Imran Khan Warns That Pakistan’s Election Could Be a Farce
Jan 4th 2024 in “The Economist”: His party is being unfairly muzzled, the former prime…
Red Sea Burning
As Houthis target commercial shipping relentlessly, the message to the US and Israel is clear…
Americans Are Not As Poor As They Think They Are
by Thomas R. Wells: Americans dominate global (social) media and one result of this is…
In a way, Bengal was Britain’s Gaza
Insurgency then and now: British India’s rebels and Israel’s Hamas Arpan Roy writes in Dawn:…