Recent Writing
Published: Thursday, August 26, 2010
"A brightening picture? And a dark shame"
NO BALLYHOO has come – at least not from the two-thousand pound dragon itself – since China surpassed Japan as the world’s second biggest economy, behind the US. more >>
Published: Thursday, August 19, 2010
OUR MEDIA can be bizarrely inconsistent in assigning significance to so-called “acts of God” around the globe, but one truth remains universal. What turns a natural catastrophe into an out-and-out disaster? more >>
Published: Thursday, August 12, 2010
"War by the numbers, and the humanity too"
THE WARS that started under President George W Bush were not – repeat not – to be reported by “body-count”. more >>
Published: Thursday, August 5, 2010
"A roster of under-reported news"
AS IF STORIES out of Pakistan weren’t already bad enough, floods of biblical severity have now killed 1500 citizens and driven 3 million from their homes … a leading politician has been assassinated and vicious riots sparked in the teeming city of Karachi … and the long running Kashmiri dispute has turned violent once again. more >>
Published: Thursday, July 29, 2010
"What you heard here first – and didn’t"
JOURNALISTS LOOK forward at their peril – as opposed to doing their main job of reporting and interpreting what’s already happened. more >>