Yearly Archives: 2019

Hitler, despite suffering from chronic flatulence, was a vegetarian and in pretty good health at the time he orchestrated the slaughter of millions of innocent people. Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu…

The Ottoman army besieging Vienna (1529), Hüner-nāme, Topkapi-Serail-Museum, Hazine . Wikicommons/ Nakkaş Osman. Some rights reserved.2015 was the year that anti-Muslim sentiment officially moved from the margins to the mainstream…

Food is more often than not at the center of Julia Jacquette’s paintings. Her canvases are full of cakes, candy bars, pies, and cookies, all lovingly plated to represent the…

Brittany Somerset/Demotix. All rights reserved.Cognitive dissonance is defined as a state of contradiction or inconsistency between one's beliefs and actions. Recently, this term has aptly described the state of Egypt's…

Police in Paris. Demotix/Elyxandro Cegarra. All rights reserved.After the Paris attacks, what are the logical and tragic consequences of war with no geographical limits? Arun Kundnani has studied terrorism and…

Flickr/Michael Loadenthal. Some rights reserved.Recent incidents in Israel and Palestine are clear indications of the demise of the Oslo Accords. A new strategy to halt potential upcoming violence and the…

In an interview with Face the Nation host John Dickerson broadcast Monday, Trump made a woefully unprofessional move—even for Trump. While chatting at the Oval Office, Dickerson asked the president about a…

Queen Victoria statue, Kolkata. Wikicommons/ Michael Janich. Some rights reserved.The British Empire was in the dock but the defence attorney went missing. Economic historian and Empire apologist Niall Ferguson failed…

The year 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the home microwave oven. The ovens were first sold for home use by Amana corporation in 1967, but they had actually been…

Mauricio Macri sworn-in. Magalí Iglesias/Flickr. Some rights reserved.Winds of change are blowing in Argentina. December 10 saw the government of President Mauricio Macri take the baton from Cristina Fernández de…