Politics and its Discontents

Say what you will about Piers Morgan, but the following interview is hard-hitting and apt. I can't imagine North American journalists g...

In my previous post I discussed how media shape the narratives by which we interpret the world. I used as its example the near-hysteria surr...

  “Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. ” ...

No matter where you stand on the Israeli war against Gazans, undeniable is the fact that many, many innocent lives are being lost. One repor...

  It is hardly a revelation to say that words have power. They can delight, inform, edify, inspire and destroy. Unfortunately, it is the the...

One of the pleasures of my retired life is going out for long walks with former colleagues. Having taught at the same school, we have known ...

As the war between Israel and Gaza rages on, it is almost too painful to watch the devastation that the former is inflicting on the latter. ...

  The Israeli-Gaza war is heart-breaking, so much so that I find I cannot look at imagery of the dead on both sides. The Hamas attack on Isr...

I have thus far refrained from writing anything about the atrocities taking place in The Middle East. I have nothing constructive to add to ...