The big crash is coming
Jacob G. Hornberger | American statists are convinced that the modern-day United States is immune from an economic catastrophe arising from its welfare-state, regulated-economy way...
How the western media constructs false narratives?
Nauman Sadiq | What bothers me is not that we are unable to find the solution to our problems, what bothers me more is the...
The Gulf crisis: A battle of megalomaniacs
James M. Dorsey | There are fundamental problems in trying to learn lessons or draw conclusions from the Gulf crisis for the role of small...
China takes a leap of faith in the Middle East
M K Bhadrakumar | Like a deer caught in the headlight on the median of the highway at night, South Block stands paralyzed as the...
Chester Bennington and the epidemic of celebrity suicide
M. Usama Khawar | Last night Chester Bennington, lead singer of Linkin Park was the latest victim of the ongoing celebrity suicide epidemic. He is...
Education: A privilege of the rich
Nauman Sadiq | We commit a big fallacy when we assume that our educational accomplishments are our individual achievements. We like to believe that we...
Imran Khan’s buddies in the league of the lions!
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | The Panama Case has entered its decisive phase and by the looks of things, the Sharif family is on the...
The Al Capone formula?
Ikram Sehgal | This week the Panama case entered its last, and possibly decisive round. On May 16, 2016, the PM had unequivocally stated in...
Is Nawaz Sharif finally reaching his end?
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | The Panama Case has reached its culmination point. Amid all hue and cry, the three-member bench of the Supreme Court...
Fake News: an age old phenomenon
Pope Francis shocks world, endorses Donald Trump for president." “Clinton's assistant J. W. McGill is found dead.” “‘Tens of thousands’ of fraudulent Clinton votes found in...
Is slavery in U.S really that different than in North Korea?
Jacob G. Hornberger | Sometimes the mainstream media can be entertaining without intending to. A good example appeared yesterday in an article about slavery in...
Deconstructing Trump: Iran sanctions
M K Bhadrakumar | There is an old impish yarn that Noah was stunned to see the two cats he’d put in the Ark trooping...