A just path: Ghana’s UN resolution on transatlantic slavery
Ghana’s sponsored UN resolution on slavery is historic and cherished, especially in Africa by Africans who are continuing to be affected by the brutal, violent legacy of transatlantic slavery, which began in the 15th century.
To gaze on straits in a time of war
Noah really is my bestie. We’ve lived together for years and love each other a great deal. “What is love?” you ask — and I ask it too, especially when Noah is being a beastie. But I don’t love anyone else as much as I love him, so he occupies that peculiar chamber of the heart reserved for the person one loves especially. Well, you know what I mean. Even if I don’t.
More than an air show: a lesson in air power
As fans of the hit Tom Cruise films of the “Top Gun” series can surely attest, air power lends itself to spectacle. Jets roar overhead at high speed, drop devastating amounts of ordnance, which explode spectacularly. Then, just as quickly as they arrived, the jets depart in seconds, leaving behind little but dust, noise and the suggestion of overwhelming force.
Social media addiction verdict a dangerous wrong turn
A recent jury trial found Meta and Google liable for causing a plaintiff’s mental health problems. That’s a truly bad ruling.
The UK Green ascendancy is entirely logical
According to the UK pollster Stats for Lefties, the Greens have pipped Reform to be the UK’s most popular party. The announcement was made on the 5th of April. Well, that’s that then. Goodnight nurse.
Captive lion breeding: Why evidence-based research and language matter
In his Daily Friend piece of 29 March, Lion-hunting “poll” is advocacy masquerading as science, Trevor Oertel uses language that degrades evidence-based research and hinders constructive and progressive debate.
Renting humans – agentic AI’s external labour pool
There is a surprising and somewhat unsettling story that has tumbled out of the world of AI, specifically “agentic” AI, which is a spanking new and revolutionary addition to your good ‘ol chatbot from OpenAI or Anthropic.
What “peace through strength” means
There is a disconnect between the meaning of “peace through strength” and how US President Donald Trump appears to interpret it.
Traoré is right about democracy (but nothing else)
Ibrahim Traoré, the dictator of Burkina Faso, recently declared on state television that “people need to forget about the issue of democracy”, adding: “We have to tell the truth: democracy isn’t for us.” He said that “democracy kills” and invoked Libya as a cautionary tale of bloodshed and instability whenever outsiders attempt to impose the system. “Democracy is slavery”, he concluded.
Why has SA’s growth crisis not resulted in reform?
With our economy stagnating and the unemployment rate being among the world’s highest, one would have thought that there would be urgent pressures for the ANC to embark on a reform programme to generate growth and jobs.