A certain distemper has descended upon our times. What passes for discourse seems diminished, dominated by shrill voices from either...

If there was a list compiled of the world’s current most important thinkers and visionaries then surely US President Donald Trump’s name...

There was a palpable sense, as one observed John McCain shuffle through the well of the US Senate chamber in Capitol Hill, that the...

To many people, certainly those who identify themselves as “progressive” in the pro-welfare state, LGBT-rights, Roe vs Wade, race/gender...

We often take diversity for granted., especially in racially polyglot nations like Canada, the US, or Singapore. In fact, the scope of...

Abiy Ahmed. An exotic foreign city? A World Cup soccer player? A frozen dessert? Those unfamiliar with current events could be forgiven...

Another year. Another Fourth of July. Just one of many the man has seen. He’s older -- seen more, experienced more. His once thick brush...

It’s a batting average no one involved should be proud of. For the past generation, sitting American presidents have tried confrontation,...

The most significant difference between the ‘Star Wars’ anthology films and the so-called ‘saga episodes’ is that the stories aren’t...

At a time when neighbouring Singapore has embarked on an exercise in search of its next leader from the current crop of “4G” ministers,...

As the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency recedes into history we are confronted with an objective reality that is larger than the...

There is nothing essentially out of place about seeing a stocky, broad-shouldered, vertically-challenged man sitting in what is...

The recent stunning revelation this that CIA Director (and the likely next Secretary of State) Mike Pompeo met with North Korea’s leader...

Everyone pause and take a deep breath. Donald Trump is right -- the United States is not in a trade war with China. Yet. As the rhetoric...

In what must be the worse kept secret in recent political memory the 14th Malaysian general election has been officially called for May...

The greatness of the United States lies in the interwoven tapestry of its history, found in everything from the ad hoc debates that...

Let it be said that never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to one man’s brilliance with words. All his life...

“What we leave behind is not as important as how we've lived.” - Jean-luc Picard Heroes die, we know that. They are, after all, only...

Be still the palpitating hearts of those who see in the above title an analogy to Watergate (though that may yet come from Robert...

There is a certain predictable rhythm to China’s history which, in some ways, is as immutable as the slab-like cliffs which line the...