happenings in our world
Donald, United States of America president elect, congratulations. You have proved the pundits, the analysts and the pollsters wrong. You are going to be the leader of the world – forget the aspirations of Russia. No doubt however much you detest Obama and his policies you have to learn from …
Man’s inhumanity to man! In the Middle East, the cauldron of hate from Biblical times, we are daily being shown that man’s capacity for wickedness, brutality is limitless. A whole nation called Syria is being razed to the ground and humanity is helpless to intervene. The final act of the …
The Pope comes first because he is bigger than Italy or any country in the world, except China and perhaps India, as the leader of about one and a quarter billion Roman Catholics and indeed the leader of all the about two and a quarter billion Christians. He is the …
A few days ago a young man named Ali Sonboly took a gun into a shopping mall and shot nine Germans and wounded many others. The whole nation was in uproar, in turmoil. Another terror attack was in progress! For over seven hours a great part of the historic town …
The first shots were fired in 1948 when Israel was created and the Arabs took up arms. They lost but refused to recognise the existence of Israel. Many subsequent wars have been fought but the result has each time been a stronger Israel. But the Arabs refuse to get the …
This word has been in the dictionary all the while but recently has been given a new meaning, a new emphasis to denote something nearly as dangerous as the bomb! But the atomic bomb was used only once by the Americans on Hiroshima and killed about 140,000 people. Can you …
`PRAY FOR ME!’That was what Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran, said to the Pope, the leader of the Catholics, the largest Christian family, said to have about a billion and a quarter members. On the face of it one would say, `Thank God!’ May be it indicates a silver lining …
WAR WITHOUT END Pope Francis described the dastardly ISIS attack on Paris as piecemeal Third World War. But he did not name the parties involved in the war. If he is further pressed he may say it is a war between good and evil and allow other lesser mortals to …
When I was last in the United States of America I walked into a Barnes and Noble store looking for a simple book to teach me internet publishing. I was shocked to see several books specifically written for dummies and older citizens. At first I was embarrassed. As I move …
The Capital Punishment Debate `Dudley Wayne Kyzer, I sentence you to ten thousand years in prison without parole. During the period of your incarceration you will not be allowed to die. Even if you die, there are enough brilliant scientists from America, China and Japan to resuscitate you. You are …
