Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

02 March 2023
KS Roshan Menon argues why, and how, global privacy law must account for ageing and cognitive decline. Statistics reveal the emergence of a global cognitive decline problem. The…
27 February 2023
Social media provides a burgeoning ground to one of the oldest and most damaging forms of propaganda – disinformation designed to disempower women. Deep-rooted stereotypes,…
23 February 2023
Influence is typically conceived as a subtle form of power that is indirect, unconscious, or deliberately hidden. Influencers are often off-stage rather than on it, whispering…
22 February 2023
Remedying largely unknown rhetorical issues in coverage of the war. After Russia’s full-scale February 24th invasion of Ukraine, those sympathetic to the defenders began using…
22 February 2023
Outrage is rife in Israel following the new ultra-right government’s planned judicial reforms that would shrink Supreme Court’s ability to revoke laws passed in parliament. But…
21 February 2023
Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology by Chris Miller. New York: Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, 2022. 464 pp., $30.00 hardcover 9781982172008…
20 February 2023
Humans are naturally afraid of the dark. We sometimes imagine monsters under the bed and walk faster down unlit streets at night. To conquer our fears, we may leave a night light…
17 February 2023
Europe has been shifting towards renewable energy sources for electricity generation over the past decade. Wind and solar energy have been the main drivers of the shift…
16 February 2023
Stuart Reynolds argues that the decline of insects is far from the good news those with a fear of creepy crawlies may think.  Over the past 20 years a steady trickle of…
15 February 2023
The Systems Work of Social Change: How to Harness Connection, Context, and Power to Cultivate Deep and Enduring Change by Cynthia Rayner and Francois Bonnic. 2022. Oxford…