America, your democracy is a joke
The Republican Party hates democracy. They have put up every hurdle they can to prevent Democrats winning control of Congress – despite this, the opposition party made big gains in the mid-term elections this week.
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Little Letterhole: We’ll miss the United States when it’s gone
DONALD Trump was full of praise for his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinistö this week. ‘I enjoyed being with you aContinue Reading
YouTube has an idiot problem
YouTube is no stranger to scandal. Vlogger Logan Paul’s tasteless visit to Aokigahara exposes a platform in dire need of moderation.
The populist wave strikes Latin America
Latin America has always been a haven for populist politics. In 2018, corruption and economic stagnation might see two elected as president in the region’s largest economies, Mexico and Brazil.
Little Letterhole: Romney’s return
IT WILL TAKE a gargantuan effort for the Democratic Party to wrest the Senate away from the Republicans this November.Continue Reading
2017 in retrospect: Donald’s year
In retrospect, 2017 hasn’t produced a lot of good news, from Trump to the sexual harassment revalations. But don’t despair: there are signs the tide is beginning to turn.
Little Letterhole: What’s a World Cup without Italy?
WHAT’S A WORLD CUP without Italy? Anyone following the draw today, will have been dismayed to see the four-time worldContinue Reading
Heritage of hate: How the Confederacy created Charlottesville
American white supremacists take their cues from a far older influence than the Nazis: the Confederate States of America, a nation dedicated to upholding and extending slavery.
The prime minister who lost America
Lord North is sometimes called Britain’s worst ever prime minister. But does the man who lost the American colonies deserve this title, or was he a hapless victim of circumstance?
Closed ports and Christians: Japan’s era of isolation
Distrust of a religious minority, limited interest in international trade, a desire to protect a national identity: this is early modern Japan, a feudal backwater that had cut itself off from the world.
