POTUS musings with a voter

This is not really intended as a blog post for comment. More just musings from a conversation I just had. As you may know, I am in Singapore this week for work, and in the ‘executive floor’ drinks this evening I bumped into an Aussie and an American over a drink or two. I mused [...]

Human rights violations in Africa – Congo, Somalia & Zimbabwe

My partner originally posted this on Political-Duo and kindly let me post it here. He has also put up a new post on the executions in Bali.
10 humanitarian agencies including Human Rights Watch and Oxfam have urged the UN to send more troops to protect civilians in East Congo. According to an AP report, Doctors [...]

Oh! What a Lovely War

11th of November
Remembering the dead of the Great War.
The war to end all wars.
Remembering the waste, the sacrifice, the insanity.
Not the glory, not the myths of nationalism.
The end of an imperial war and the slaughter of a generation.
War and Peace. Both a disgrace.
Richard Attenborough’s 1969 film Oh! What a Lovely War is still worth watching.