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  • LIES MAY CLEAR THE FOG OF WAR IN IRAN 13 March 2026
  • A KING, A GENIUS AND THE IRAN WAR 6 March 2026
  • THE MYTH AND COST OF WAR AS POLICY 27 February 2026
  • WHEN THE REAL NEWS ISN’T WHAT’S NEWS 20 February 2026
  • THE LEAST WORSE CHOICE PODIUM 13 February 2026
  • THE SHAMELESS ARE RIDICULOUS 6 February 2026
  • FILTH, FOOLS AND FELLOW TRAVELLERS 30 January 2026
  • THE STAR AND THE BIT PLAYER 23 January 2026
  • THE GOOD OLD AND THE BLAME DAYS 16 January 2026
  • ORATORY VERSUS OAFISHNESS 9 January 2026

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  • LIES MAY CLEAR THE FOG OF WAR IN IRAN 13 March 2026
    The idiom “fog of war” to describe the uncertainty and confusion generated by the chaos of battle was spawned by 19th century cannon and cavalry clashes. Vengefulness and historical ignorance are turning the fog of the high tech Iran war opaque. A week into the conflict, Trump said he would be happy if Iran ended […]
  • A KING, A GENIUS AND THE IRAN WAR 6 March 2026
    In 1970, a Moody Blues song asked why we never get an answer “…/to a thousand millions questions/about hate and death and war.” In the case of the war in Iran, it’s because no one seems willing or able to articulate one. To be generous to President Donald Trump, he seems to be channelling Shakespeare’s […]
  • THE MYTH AND COST OF WAR AS POLICY 27 February 2026
    On  a philosophical  level, crying havoc and letting slip the U.S. “armada” deployed against Iran would be the embodiment of Prussian General  Carl von Clauswitz’ reflection that “War is a mere continuation of policy by other means.” On a realistic level, it is a continuation of policy based on ego and ignorance.… Read the rest […]
  • WHEN THE REAL NEWS ISN’T WHAT’S NEWS 20 February 2026
    It has become a sad truth that headlines, shouts of “Breaking News” and screen crawls deliver just enough news to make it appear to all but the most curious that a story has been told, thereby leaving the bitter vetch they herald untasted. Grandiose schemes without substance hold center stage while suffering and pomposity grind […]
  • THE LEAST WORSE CHOICE PODIUM 13 February 2026
    In a week where excellence was defined by gold, silver and bronze, the race for the maintaining sanity podium was rage, merely quaking with righteous indignation, or taking refuge in a state of amusement. To begin with the latter, President Donald Trump threatened to delay the opening of a new bridge between Detroit and Windsor […]
  • THE SHAMELESS ARE RIDICULOUS 6 February 2026
     “Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.” If the ancient Roman statesman and philosopher Seneca who wrote that had met Jeff Bezos and his ilk, he might have added the caveat. “but only in those decent enough to recognise, or care, when something is fundamentally wrong.” Shame is defined as “a painful feeling of […]
  • FILTH, FOOLS AND FELLOW TRAVELLERS 30 January 2026
    It’s comforting to think that the ranks of those who worry that the idiom “The world is going to Hell in a handbasket” is true, are swelling by the day. The discomforting, and perforce ignored fact, is that an equally growing number are untroubled by the idiom  “Do not accept fools gladly.”… Read the rest […]
  • THE STAR AND THE BIT PLAYER 23 January 2026
    In amateur theater, being rejected as not good enough for a bit part is a hurtful snub. On the world stage, Donald Trump just turned that into a starring role, once again proving that  he’s in a class of his own — just  not in the way he fantasizes. After Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney […]
  • THE GOOD OLD AND THE BLAME DAYS 16 January 2026
    As much as it grieves me to say it, while “the good old days” and “blame it on the media” are simplistic cliches, in the space of two weeks, they have combined as a succinct summation of the state of  the news business. The legendary journalist hotel, the Commodore in Beirut, which just closed forever, […]
  • ORATORY VERSUS OAFISHNESS 9 January 2026
    Manners may “maketh the man”, but words distinguish leadership. A few hours before the U.S. raid into Venezuela, I watched “The Darkest Hour”, which ends with Sir Winston Churchill’s speech, that  Edward R. Murrow encapsulated as: “He mobilized the English language and sent it into battle.” The speech is best known for its clarion call: “We […]

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