While Carney may be a step up from our disastrous prime minister, he will inherit a group of ministers with a history of incompetence. The Liberal ship is ablaze. The task to restore Canada to good health will be a gargantuan one. There will be two...
, but one of the most recognisable, the maasai’s reputation worldwide belies its size, no small part thanks to their stunning attire: brilliant red cloth, extraordinarily intricate beadwork and – for young men – long, ochre-dyed hair. the beadwork in particular contains much meaning, a ...
The real meaning is, “you now have permission to freak out.”At two degrees, the melting of ice sheets will pass a tipping point of collapse, flooding dozens of the world’s major cities. Four hundred million more people will suffer from water scarcity, and even in the northern latitudes...
25, 2023. / Getty Images A Nativity scene at the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem, in the West Bank, shows baby Jesus wrapped in a keffiyeh and surrounded by rubble to show solidarity with the people of Gaza, on Dec. 24, 2023. / Getty Images The Latin Patriarch of ...
Today I made another sign for my front yard:ARMS EMBARGO NOW. I’ve been meaning to do so for months and finally summoned the energy today. TheCEASEFIREsign has been in the yard for over a year now. There are layers of packing tape holding the vinyl letters in place and today I added...
as it became clear from the numbers in Georgia that there was not going to be a Harris blow-out, which some had dared to dream of following the bombshell Selzer poll in Iowa (which has to be one of the biggest duds in polling history), and became increasingly grim as the numbers from...
The Founders didn’t. The Constitution, and Bill of Rights explicitly, are designed to block majority vote rule. Dictators have come to power by democratic election all over today’s world (Putin and *many* more) and all through history. (Adolf won the most votes, fair and square. What ...
The pair in question are the owners of Heath Ceramics and the venue will sit alongside their factory and shop in San Francisco’s Mission District, meaning it might well be the best in the entire Asia-Pacific region. The shelves are to be stocked with the finest titles by May. Bright ...
Today I see very little indeed of that awareness remaining. The great mass of the Indian middle class has beendistracted from such reflection by the baubles of “development”(‘vikas’ in Hindi) which has become an end in itself, and which is given any meaning that suits the Indian agents...
of the world’s remaining oil reserves of some 260 billion barrels — second largest after Venezuela, pumps out 10.2 million barrels every day amounting to 3.7 billion barrels extracted annually. Meaning, these keffiyeh-sporting monarchs can expect to live high on the hog for as little as ...