It’s becoming more and more obvious that Mugabe has lost by a large margin. A BBC report states that “in Harare, Zanu-PF security officials have met to decide who should tell Mr Mugabe he has lost”. The results are being held back, presumably as Mugabe and his security advisors decide whether to accept the result. [...]
I never expected to find myself typing these words, but the situation in Zimbabwe is looking up. Initial election results show that Robert Mugabe has probably lost by a significant margin.
The margin is really the key here. As I’ve argued before, while Robert Mugabe clearly has no qualms about manipulating election results, he’s also benefited [...]
The rapidly-pacified riots in Tibet over the course of last week set me to wondering just why on earth the world keeps crying about the poor Tibetan struggle for ‘freedom’, autonomy, or generally just to be treated like human beings. I’m never going to be one championing the course for Communist China’s own dastardly deeds [...]
So it’s been 5 years and 4,000 US soldiers are now KIA. There was a time not long ago when the world’s media would have had a field day with this, using the number to rail once more against American imperialism and the evils of this world in general. But these days, it seems opposition [...]
Just a quick Happy Birthday to Laurence, general grand poobah of our little libertarian cul… group. Congrats!
I have just finished reading a rather compelling book by one Savo Heleta, entitled Not My Turn to Die, in which the author details his extraordinarily harrowing childhood living in war-torn Bosnia. As a Serb in the predominantly Muslim town of Goražde, Savo and his family endured extreme hardship and daily terror for two years. [...]
Author’s note: Earlier today an interdimensional wormhole opened above my desk and a copy of USA Today flew out. It seems to originate from a parallel universe in which American politics is very different from what we are used to, but also strangely familiar. For the benefit of readers, I reprint the front page story:
Embattled [...]
I recently started watching a series called ‘Deadliest Catch’, aired on the Discovery channel and onto its fourth season already. In a nutshell, the program is oriented around several Alaskan crab fishing ships and their crews, who ply the Bering Sea for two types of highly profitable crabs. The work is dangerous and season three [...]
Why is healthcare in the US so expensive? Setting aside the standard explanations given by the left and the right (“the greedy drug companies”/”the greedy trial lawyers”), I’d always assumed the problem was one of diminishing marginal return on investment. In Africa, where lifespans are shorter, huge gains in life expectancy can be bought for [...]
I have found in the few years of my political tutelage and subsequent exile into Japan, that there exists a certain penchant for many friends and colleagues to engage in political, religious or other banter, but do so in a rather frustrating manner. So frustrating, in fact, that I had at first thought it isolated [...]
I see that certain terrorist groups are now threatening to kill Prince Harry in retaliation for his “aggression against Muslims”, ie. taking part in the NATO mission to stabilise Afghanistan and prevent the Taliban from reasserting its totalitarian rule over that country.
For the record, I don’t want anything bad to happen to Prince Harry. Yet [...]
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[L]ocal viewpoints on local/international affairs. That they aren't brain-dead like most local self-confessed 'intellectuals' is a bonus.
- Fifteen Minutes
[I'm] glad to report the arrival of a new blog written by a couple of 'conservative-libertarian' South Africans. Commentary is both well written and prolific and very much worth a visit.
- Southern Cross
[A] great new South African blog. Commentary.co.za brings us libertarian views on South Africa...
- Way South
Probably the busiest (in terms of number of postings) blog is Commentary... They write on everything from politics, sport, time travel and more.
- Fodder
Commentary.co.za is a fantastically well-written site with an indepth insight into South African politics. If you want the lowdown on what's happening in the corridors of power, this is the place to read it. These guys know their stuff.
- Cherryflava
Pompous, geeky and holier-than-thou.
- Gabbahead
