Leadership — intellect or wisdom?
Intelligence matters for leadership. Its presence is seen as a guarantee for good leadership to prevail. The premise of this thought relies on the hair splitting of intelligence into social, practical…
Martyr’s memorial
NOT long after Malcolm X was assassinated 60 years ago this week, the radical satirical singer-songwriter Phil Ochs summed up the indifferent response among self-proclaimed American liberals: “I cried when…
My lips may be sealed, but the heart shall beat
Lips and heart are organs of the same body but, sometimes, the distance between them becomes immeasurable. Instead of the lips echoing the beats of the heart, they become mute…
COP talks struggle in a year of climate stress and global bickering
This year’s UN climate summit is struggling to focus minds on the health of the planet, with turbulent geopolitics, a confrontational host and the reelection of US climate skeptic Donald…
Our rights wronged
DEAD men do not write autobiographies. Someone in time will breathe life into their past. The first 12 Roman caesars — starting with Julius Caesar — had the historian Suetonius.…
Right, wrong & left
LAST Sunday, the state election in Thuringia for the first time propelled an extreme right-wing party to pole position anywhere in Germany since the end of the Nazi era 90…
Shaping the nation
“We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.” — Winston Churchill WORDS have a remarkable power to shape the course of nations. From…
The rule of law
LIFE in developed countries pivots around the rule of law. Every citizen is subjected to the same laws, and no one is above the law. However, despite full consensus on…
Israel’s new war
“Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. LIVING under the worst kind of repression for more than half a…
Can we fight Zionism, not Jews?
ANYONE who is familiar with the history of Spain under Muslim rule before the 1492 Catholic pushback — and there’s an excellent body of work on the theme by Tariq…
