If Trump loses the election, the first week of August will be blamed
Aug 06, 2016 07:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
It turns out theres a line that even Donald Trump cant cross with impunity. In the course of the most bizarre 14 months in modern American political history, Trump has mocked a disabled reporter, insinuated that Mexican...
US Election Series: Awful talks vs. awful actions
Aug 05, 2016 08:03 am UTC| Commentary
This years theme of the election in the United States can best be described by the above phase. Its bad mouthed Donald (Republican nominee Donald Trump) vs. bad/criminally/foolish actioner Hillary (Democratic Presidential...
US Election Series: Recent feud takes toll on Trump’s poll numbers
Aug 05, 2016 06:47 am UTC| Commentary Politics
Democratic Presidential nominee Donald Trump had clearly emerged as victor when the Republican convention ended in Cleveland; his polls were rocketing higher. But, he seems to have lost that edge over his recent feud with...
Weiner's erotic mediation: Bill Clinton's sex vs Anthony Weiner's sexting
Aug 04, 2016 10:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Weiner (2016) was one of the more popular documentaries that screened at this years Sydney Film Festival. I managed to catch it last week. Directed by Elyse Steinberg and Josh Kriegman, the film documents the New York...
US Election Series: Trump secures bumper donations despite controversies
Aug 04, 2016 05:56 am UTC| Commentary
The Presidential campaign of Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee generated $64 million in donations in July despite Trumps attack on the party establishment and controversies. A major feud opened up after...
US Election Series: Cracks within Republican Party widen
Aug 03, 2016 06:39 am UTC| Commentary
After most of his prominent Republican colleagues including House Speaker Paul Ryan delivered a rebuke to this years Presidential nominee Donald Trump with regard to his recent feud with the parents of Muslim-American U.S....
Radicals in the Democratic Party, from Upton Sinclair to Bernie Sanders
Aug 03, 2016 06:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
As we watch Bernie Sanders supporters struggling to come to terms with the nomination of Hillary Clinton, it makes sense to ask why leftists are involved in the Democratic Party in the first place. It started in...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects