With podcasts, Trump and Harris play to changing US media landscape
On Friday, former president Donald Trump sat down for what could be one of the most consequential interviews of this US election cycle: not with the New York Times or…
The AI dilemma
When we think of AI dangers, we often imagine dystopian scenarios like The Matrix or Terminator, where rogue machines rebel. But the real threat may lie not in physical destruction,…
Loaded questions
MINE was one of the innumerable jaws that dropped watching that CBS interview of Ta-Nehisi Coates promoting his book, The Message a few weeks ago. It happened when anchor Tony…
TikTok wars
LONG before Pakistan’s latest hybrid regime imposed its unannounced ban on the social media site X, TikTok was shut down four times between 2020-21. YouTube was also temporarily banned by…
Old assumptions, new reality
LAST week, the military leadership got together for discussions and brainstorming in what is called the ‘formation commanders conference’. The series of meetings ended in a press release. We were told by…
A changing world
LAST week, the military leadership got together for discussions and brainstorming in what is called the ‘formation commanders conference’. The series of meetings ended in a press release. We were told by…
Modi won’t go down sans a fight
MOST neutral observers are sanguine that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is winning a third term. Let’s put it this way, it isn’t a foregone conclusion that Mr Modi is losing…
PTI and the art of the possible
BY the time you read these lines Pakistan will have a new president in the person of Asif Ali Zardari, cementing further the status quo resulting from the disputed Feb 8 election result.…
Forever in fervour
ONE of my favourite lessons in the classroom is on the use of descriptors and adjectives, and to demonstrate, I teach how national holidays like Aug 14 are reported. Since…
Sporting futures
PAKISTAN is a one-sport nation, and has been for the better part of five decades. Given its sheer population, underachievement across all other sports is extremely stark. Hockey languishes outside…
