A Political Refugee From The Global Village

I want to know about what went on in Eastern Aleppo in the last 4 years and why the rebels didn't surrender sooner. I hope we shall kno...

I have been very busy and am terribly behind with the blog. I have not written my crystalline insights on the Romanian election result nor ...

Click here for an interesting article in The independent by Patrick Cockburn who says Though Putin is much demonised in the West, the e...

Before the Castro tributes, the last time left-wingers were so funny was when Marchais, Yasser Arafat and the others welcomed the Moscow co...

It's strange that Americans owe their country's existence to colonialism but are so prejudiced against it. Other people's colon...

European Commission - Statement Statement by President Juncker on the passing away of Fidel Castro Brussels, 26 November 2016 Fide...

The purpose of a nation, like any other club, or like any house or dwelling, is to exclude people. This is its raison d'être. Discuss. ...

Reality is not always probable, or likely. Jorge Luis Borges   It's true Trump's win has sparked an increase in racist rheto...

"Reality is not always probable, or likely." - Jorge Luis Borges I was more or less neutral  before the result but influenc...

Reality is not always probable, or likely. Jorge Luis Borges   It's true Trump's win has sparked an increase in racist rhet...

Here is a very interesting Indian view of Donald Trump's victory. Under a Trump presidency, expect a profound rearrangement of the...

A lot of the craziness comes from cultural/ethnic issues—rural White Americans who feel they are losing their country, and they are right....

Social media on Trump Ann Coulter ‏@AnnCoulter 14 Nov 2015 They can wait if they like until next November for the actual balloting, but ...

Ironically, Trump seems like he will be a rather Latin American leader. A populist in the Morales mould.

I am tired after only three hours' sleep last night but instead of blogging give you this from a very interesting article by Scott McCo...

NC called for Trump. It does look like he will win. What a revolutionary year 2016 is like 1989 and 1789. Trump is a demagogue and ...

An article in Xinhua, the state-controlled Chinese news agency said that the US election shows  the twisted mentality of an empire moving...

A lot of Americans who like Donald Trump assume that British people who voted for Brexit also want Mr. Trump to win. In fact this is not so...

What happened to the decent Democratic party of Carter and Bill Clinton? Economics happened to it and demographics, I suppose. They gave u...