by Paul Thomas | Mar 26, 2016 | The Age of Terror
Paul Thomas2016-03-26 Are the terrorists winning? Donald Trump thinks they are – “totally.” But, as goodtime girl Mandy Rice-Davies said when told a married aristocrat denied having slept with her: “Well, he would say that, wouldn’t he?” Trump’s candidacy is based on...
by Paul Thomas | Oct 9, 2015 | The Age of Terror
Paul Thomas2015-10-09 Suddenly we’re back in a Cold War world in which, depending on your taste in metaphors, the Russian bear is on the prowl or the Russian chess master is several moves ahead of his floundering western opponent. Thus Russia’s presence in Syria under...
by Paul Thomas | Sep 11, 2015 | The Age of Terror
Paul Thomas2015-09-11 Burning Monk Syndrome (BMS) has always been with us but is becoming more prevalent due to advances in communications technology. The condition takes its name from the periodic spectacle of monks setting themselves on fire to draw the world’s...
by Paul Thomas | Jan 16, 2015 | The Age of Terror
Paul Thomas2015-01-16 Writer Salman Rushdie, who knows a thing or two about attacks on freedom of expression, calls them the “But Brigade”: those who deplored the Charlie Hebdo massacre, but then watered down their condemnation with context, caveats, extrapolations...
