15 March 2011 Superstition: Nuclear Power vs. Coal by Gwynne Dyer Suppose that a giant hydro dam had crumbled under the impact of the biggest earthquake in a century and sent a wave of water racing down some valley in northern Japan. Imagine that whole villages and towns had been swept away, and that ten […]
26 February 2011 Democracy and the Arabs by Gwynne Dyer One of the incidental pleasures of the past few weeks has been watching the Western media struggling to come to terms with the notion of Arab democracy. The Arabs themselves seem clear enough on the concept of a democratic revolution, but elsewhere there is much
7 July 2005 London: Not Exactly the Blitz By Gwynne Dyer Tony Blair flew down from the G8 summit in Scotland especially to be with Londoners in their time of trial, and you can hardly blame him for that. It’s not that we needed him to take charge — it was only four smallish bombs,