The IBB Story. A fascinating piece of history, well documented, properly researched, and great editing with maybe, minor oversights, (this is me trying to be civil until I finish the entire material). I have read the first 100 pages which I will be analyzing for our readers in this article. Over the next 4 weeks,…
Hamas Ready to Talk? On that day of great infamy, October 7th, 2023, the world woke up to the shocking news that Hamas had attacked Israel unprovoked, killing 1,200 people, and taking over 200 hostages. The world held its breath. How would Israel respond? Hamas had made an existential mistake. Israel is not quite what…
Assad Falls in Syria. Who’s Next? Since the Arab Spring that started about 2010, there’s been somewhat of a political reshaping of the landscape in North Africa, and the Middle East at large. Hold the internet responsible. Everyone can now read about what’s going on elsewhere without the government jamming BBC signals or expelling foreign…
A Loaded Week. After weeks of the Gazarization, (a new word which means, destruction, pulverization, grinding down to dust without let or hindrance, or any shred of human sympathy), of Lebanon, thankfully, peace may yet reign as Israel and Hezbollah finally agreed to a ceasefire a week ago. As people returned to their homes in…
It’s MAGA Time. On Wednesday last week, Donald J. Trump, Biden’s predecessor returned to the White House as successor to Biden on a courtesy visit that he refused to extend to Biden in 2021. It all seemed like only yesterday that ‘January 6th’ happened. Time must really be an illusion. Maybe there really is no…
The Week That Was. If there’s anything the US election has taught us, it would be this: It is always the economy, stupid. The Biden economy looks good on paper, but the people are not feeling it in their pockets. In many ways, the American election mirrored the Edo election of September 21st in the…
Just as some people never learn a lesson from history, countries led by people like that easily fall into the trap of mediocrity. Take a country like Iran for example—here’s a country with unparalleled social, political and cultural history that could easily be a leader in the region, and a partner for progress with leading…
If one were to come up with one word to describe last week, I would say—-Anxious. There were so many things big enough, understood or misunderstood enough or even fearful enough for anyone reading the unfolding events to have palpitations. Bibi, the ultimate irredentist hawk had been holding meetings about how to respond to the…
Twelve years ago, in 2012, Europe, that continent notorious for wars through the centuries, so much so that one time, they were at war for 30 straight years, and at another time, for 80 years straight, received a Nobel Peace Prize for managing to avoid a major conflict for over 50 straight years. At the…
In the last few weeks, floods and landslides triggered by Typhoon Yagi have ravaged Viet Nam, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos, affecting nearly 6 million children and compromising their access to clean water, education, healthcare, food, and shelter—pushing already marginalized communities deeper into crisis. In the same period, tornadoes, hurricanes, and unprecedented rain storms have…
