JONATHAN MANTHORPEFebruary 5, 2014 In the coming weeks, the world is going to discover whether 13 years of war in Afghanistan at a cost of the lives of tens of thousands of local people, the deaths of 3,392 members of the international
Philip Seymour Hoffman reportedly was found dead in his New York apartment this morning, age 46. The American actor won an Oscar for his role in Capote: Reading: New York Times news reportPhilip Seymour Hoffman’s page on Wikipedia Philip Seymour Hoffman’s page
As the contest to win development, market and resource rights in Africa heats up, China just upped the ante by hiring one of the world’s most famous mercenaries to protect its interests on the continent. An excerpt of international affairs columnist Jonathan
JONATHAN MANTHORPEJanuary 31, 2014 As the contest for influence in Asia between China and Japan spills over into a scramble for trade, resources and political support in Africa, Beijing has gathered into its camp one of the world’s most famous mercenaries. Erik
American icon Pete Seeger died Monday, January 27, 2014. Author and filmmaker Silver Donald Cameron wrote this newspaper column about Pete Seeger in the dark days of 2001, and F&O re-publishes it here, free of charge, with Silver Donald’s kind permission. An
American icon Pete Seeger died Monday, January 27, 2014. Author and filmmaker Silver Donald Cameron wrote this newspaper column about him in the dark days of 2001. By SILVER DONALD CAMERONPublished on F&O January 28, 2014 In June, 1969, I was rattling
A new science piece in Expert Witness looks at handedness and brain asymmetry, once regarded as unique to humans — but widespread among animals, and a factor in language and tool use. An excerpt: Although it may be the absence of asymmetry
“It’s a popular refrain that the facts have a left-wing bias,” writes Natural Security columnist Chris Wood. “But that doesn’t make the progressive left immune from the same sort of selective consciousness its members so quickly denounce on the right. Empiricism is
CHRIS WOOD: NATURAL SECURITYPublished January 25, 2014 It’s a popular refrain that the facts have a left-wing bias. Sometimes. But that doesn’t make the progressive left immune from the same sort of selective consciousness its members so quickly denounce on the right.
Government and politics are in such turmoil in Thailand that some citizens are even re-thinking its one-person-one vote democratic structure. International affairs columnist Jonathan Manthorpe looks at the history and recent reasons for clashes between the protesting “elites” and the rural voters who