The Rule of the Mainlander
When the newly elected Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou is sworn in today Alejandro Wang will…More
Tagged: International Affairs
Down to Earth Astrology's Guide to the US Democratic Race
Saturn has just gone out of retrograde – and that means pennies are dropping and…More
Coming up Blue
If China did not have enough on its hands at the moment, one of its…More
Why Obama Won
10. Great Team. Obama assembled a great team that could work together. He stayed away…More
Al-Nakba is not the Holocaust
Today is a day that I and other Palestinians write about on an annual basis.…More
If You are Not Muslim in Iraq, You are Trash
"Mandaeans just don’t have anything left," said Layth as he lit another cigarette off the…More
And You Thought NSW Had Problems
In the Intercontinental Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia, the city’s Governor, Fauzi Bowo, throws the floor…More
Israel at 60: Where Did We Go Wrong?
Long seen as a nation under eternal siege, and a nation that managed to make…More
The Jehovah's of Islam
It was my mother’s worst nightmare. Like all South Asian mums, mine was obsessed with…More
Bad News, Gordon Brown
The fool has unseated the mighty. Despite the scandals, hard right politics and his reputation…More