Alasdair MacIntyre Leaves a Legacy to Wrestle With / Alasdair MacIntyre obituary

The major intellectual and moral preoccupations of philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre, who died this week at the age of 96, speak to key issues of modernity and morality that leftists will be grappling with for a long time. Nick French: Alasdair MacIntyre Leaves a Legacy to Wrestle With lasdair MacIntyre, the preeminent moral philosopher known for… Read More Alasdair MacIntyre Leaves a Legacy to Wrestle With / Alasdair MacIntyre obituary

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Gabor Maté, Chris Hedges & Aaron Maté on Palestine: The Moral Issue of Our Time

The problem of evil will be the fundamental problem of postwar intellectual life in Europe – as death became the fundamental problem after the last war: Hannah Arendt, Nightmare and Flight, (1945) Essays in Understanding ***** Gabor Maté, Chris Hedges & Aaron Maté on ‘Palestine: The Moral Issue of Our Time’ Chris Hedges and Gabor Maté, introduced… Read More Gabor Maté, Chris Hedges & Aaron Maté on Palestine: The Moral Issue of Our Time

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A Pathetic Apologist

NB: The pathos here is twofold, a transparent attempt to deceive; and an equally transparent ambition. The Pahalgam terrorist attack was a horrible and inhuman crime; and its perpetrators have not yet been arrested. However, the resultant outrage included expressions of communal hatred. These were referred to by none other than a bereaved person, the… Read More A Pathetic Apologist

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Ukraine condemns US ‘silence’ after Russia’s biggest air raid of war

At least 12 killed including three children after Kremlin launches 298 drones and 69 missile strikes against neighbour Peter Beaumont in Kyiv Ukraine has condemned US “silence” after Russia carried out its largest air raid in three years of war, with a second straight night of massive drone and ballistic missile strikes killing at least 12… Read More Ukraine condemns US ‘silence’ after Russia’s biggest air raid of war

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Saving Tapor Pullom

The men disappearing along Arunachal Pradesh’s Chinese border Why would the PLA enter there? Why would they abduct Tapor? Did they chance upon him or were they waiting to ambush him? Was there something about Tapor that they did not know? Omkar Khandekar IN SEPTEMBER 2015, Tapor Pullom went hunting and never came back. A photo… Read More Saving Tapor Pullom

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Azerbaijani man sentenced for ‘treason’ after speaking with Armenian historian, jailed for 18 years

Igbal Abilov was jailed in Azerbaijan over his Skype exchanges with Armenian academic Professor Garnik Asatrian. Trisha Sengupta Igbal Abilov, an Azerbaijani scholar and lecturer at Belarusian State University, was sentenced to 18 years in jail over his online communication with Armenian academic Professor Garnik Asatrian, reported the Armenian Report. The harsh verdict came after Abilov… Read More Azerbaijani man sentenced for ‘treason’ after speaking with Armenian historian, jailed for 18 years

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