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I generally leave the psychohistory to Hari Seldon, but just this once I feel sufficiently motivated to venture into the field. The immediate spur for this departure is the spectacle – half-fascination, half-disgust – of Boris Johnson, Britain’s part-time prime minister, gradually foundering in a sea of his own

The Olympics are the poster child for waste and corruption. That the Winter Games are currently playing out in China just makes matters worse. The International Olympic Committee, abetted by politicians and profiteers in countries seeking to host the Games, has been a hotbed of graft, over-budget spectacles and

After a week of intense discussions about ‘security’ between Russia and the NATO countries, this is the week when the Western allies will send their written replies to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Various pundits, some of whom have actually been to Russia, warn us that there will be ‘War in Europe’ if

The right enemy can make or break election chances The right enemy can be a major asset in politics, as Chilean voters have just demonstrated once again. All the opinion polls had the two presidential candidates neck and neck before Sunday’s election, but a few days before the vote it came out that the father of

The geopolitical question of the moment is: how important is it to humour Russian leader Vladimir Putin? The answer is: not very. Throw him a fish or two, because he’s running a bluff and you don’t want to humiliate him, but there’s no need to placate him with major concessions. This question has become urgent

Commercially available quadcopter drones carrying small amounts of explosives are “the most concerning tactical development since the rise of the improvised explosive device in Iraq,” U.S. Marine Gen. Kenneth McKenzie Jr., senior U.S. commander for the Middle East, said last February. But now drones are political

The number of people infected with COVID-19 in Waterloo Region is on a downward trend in the past week – there were 119 active cases at midweek, down slightly from 128 seven days earlier. There were just six people hospitalized with the disease. Meanwhile, vaccination rates edge upward, with just some 500 more jabs

Catastrophic scenarios of ecological and social collapse are part of the climate change narrative. However it plays out – and we’re all along for the ride, some of us longer than others – it won’t be painless. Those advocating measures to mitigate climate change today paint a pay-me-now-or-pay-me-later

OK, it’s still summertime and a great time to be cooking outside on a hot grill. Everybody loves a good BBQ chicken, but this time we’re going to go Greek style instead of traditional North American BBQ. It’s a simple concept to marinate the chicken, which will give it great flavour (not spicy, but

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