4 TALES THAT PROVE OUR BRAINS ARE SWITCHED OFF AND IN OUR POCKETS
SUDDENLY REALIZED THAT when I wash food by holding it under the horrible yellow water that comes out of my tap I am really just adding an extra dose of carcinogens. Funny how we do things without...
View ArticleOut of China – Scariest Superbug of All hits US
A superbug discovered last November originating in Southern China threatens to overwhelm modern medicine within a few decades causing bacterial infection to become – once again, the leading cause of...
View ArticleBrain optional, scientists say, and I have to agree
ME: You slept 14 hours! TEENAGE DAUGHTER: I’m up, I’m up, see? * Moves from bedroom doorway to sofa and lies down* *** I’m telling you, this kid has life SORTED. Conscious awareness is over-rated. No,...
View ArticleGlobalisation: Is BREXIT the Tipping Point?
The decision when it came was a shock. Surprisingly, to people all over the world, not just to the British and Europeans directly affected. Reactions, depending upon where you stood, ranged from anger...
View ArticleCuba braces itself for a second US invasion
The poor in Cuba are very, very poor, but it does not feel like a country blighted by poverty – not, for example, like India, where I live. People have suffered a repressive political regime with a...
View ArticleExtra Virgin or Greasy Harlot?
The olive has been with us for some 8,000 years. Its oil has been a treasured culinary companion around the Mediterranean basin for most of that time. In the past 40 years olive oil’s appeal has gone...
View ArticleAsia in 2016: India
Landmark economic reforms introduced in India last year contrasted sharply with rising extremism, suggesting that the rapidly growing country is still battling old demons of religious divisiveness,...
View ArticleAsia in 2016: Thailand
Thailand, under military rule since 2014, made little progress towards democracy during 2016. In August, a clear majority of voters – more than 60 percent supported a military-backed draft constitution...
View ArticleThoughts about persuasive speech
INTERVIEWER: “And exactly how much leadership experience do you have?” ME: “Does being admin of a Whatsapp list count? Because I had 20 names on one before I accidentally deleted it.” He wasn’t...
View ArticleEconomic Outlook 2017: Japan
Fueled by fiscal stimulus measures and a depreciating yen following the U.S. presidential election, the Japanese economy is expected to grow moderately in 2017, albeit with downside pressure persisting...
View ArticleEconomic Outlook 2017: Korea
South Korea kicked off the new year under a political cloud with President Park Geung-hye suspended from office after her December 2016 impeachment over alleged corruption and influence peddling. The...
View ArticleHow Carrie Lam Beggars Belief
She may be Beijing’s openly preferred candidate for Chief Executive of Hong Kong, but lifetime bureaucrat Carrie Lam has a lot to learn about politics. Indeed she seems to have a lot to learn about how...
View ArticleEconomic Outlook 2017: Hong Kong
Slow economic growth, rising wages and prices, political instability, lower property values, confrontation between the United States and China over trade or security, and Mainland interference in the...
View ArticleJaipur Lit Fest gets massive crowds for books and fun
North India’s two annual cultural jamborees have this year again pulled in tens of thousands of expanding crowds from home and abroad as they reach their ten-year anniversaries – the Jaipur Literature...
View ArticleThe Magus & the Educator
Now that we are well into the second decade of the new millennium we get a clearer idea of what is important; what we will be bringing into the new century as essential building blocks as the old...
View Article1H2017 Review: Taiwan
Taiwan’s gross domestic product is headed for its fastest clip since 2014, according to an economic think tank. GDP will probably exceed 2%, according to a forecast released in April by the Taiwan...
View Article1H2017 Review: Singapore
Singaporean politics was rocked in June by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s siblings, who accused him of abusing his power. Their main grievance concerned what they considered the prime minister’s...
View Article1H2017 Review: Korea
South Korea’s long-running political upheaval ensured that 2017 kicked off amid controversy. The very first day of the year saw president Park Geun-hye denouncing her impeachment by the National...
View ArticleThe Professionals Move in on Airbnb
London user rakes in US$15.6 p.a.... but Bali, most profitable of all, surprises. The post The Professionals Move in on Airbnb appeared first on Asia Sentinel.
View ArticleI’m the King of the Commonwealth…!
I don’t know Mummy, first it was Obama and now it’s my own daughter-in-law they want. Anyone but me… I couldn’t help but be amused by the Guardian’s recent report on the meeting in London for...
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