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Trump, Greta, and the Faint Heartbeat of American Humor 0
- Culture
- September 27, 2019
This week Greta Thunberg went to Washington. Like the legendary Mr. Smith who went to the capital city before her, Greta was the talk of the town – not only for her youth and uniqueness, but for the guffaws her U.S. debut ignited. Unlike Mr. Smith, whose optimism was the object of ridicule, Greta’s pessimism stole
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Gender-Neutral Dolls: Toying with Kids’ Sexuality 0
- Culture
- September 26, 2019
Toy maker Mattel has launched a new range of gender neutral dolls on the market, and Telegraph writer Celia Walden has had an early preview. She tells us that she was prepared to “mask [her] horror at a creation that would surely only be a an extension of the warped gender narrative currently confusing young
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The Constitution of the Killing Fields 0
- Culture
- September 26, 2019
The contents of a nation’s constitution, its most supreme law, ought to be composed with care and precision and implemented with scrupulous fidelity. Otherwise, there’s not much point in having one. Imagine a board game (like “Scrabble,” “Monopoly,” or “chess”) that came with these instructions: If there were an award for Worst Constitution of All
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Six Key Points From Trump’s Call to Ukraine’s President 0
- Politics
- September 26, 2019
A transcript of the July 25 phone call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shows the two leaders did talk during their brief conversation about an investigation involving Joe Biden and his son. Neither man, however, mentioned military aid to Ukraine that might hang in the balance. The White House released the
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What Terrorists and Minneapolis Street Gangs Have in Common 0
- Culture
- September 26, 2019
The 2019 movie Hotel Mumbai tells the gripping tale of the Islamic terror attacks in Mumbai during November 2008. The ten youthful terrorists were from the Pakistani group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba. They murdered 164 people. The alleged mastermind, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, was never tried. In the movie, he is known as Brother Bull, a disembodied voice heard over cell phones giving instructions
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Hong Kong Protests Highlight Failings of UK-China Agreement 35 Years In 0
- History
- September 26, 2019
September 26 marks the 35th anniversary of the draft agreement of the Sino-British Joint Declaration. This agreement allowed China to regain control of Hong Kong following 150 years of British rule. Signed in 1984, the treaty saw mainland China make several promises regarding the status of Hong Kong. These promises were to be kept until at
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