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Wednesday 30/January/2019 15:01 PM

Brexit sweat and tears

I recently saw an American play in London called “Sweat,” written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist Lynn Nottage. It was performed previously on...

Wednesday 30/January/2019 14:41 PM

The case for digital identification

Worldwide, more than four billion people are connected to the Internet, spending an average of roughly six hours per day on Internet-enabled devices and...

Tuesday 29/January/2019 15:28 PM

Why New Zealand looks to Europe

Few places are as far away, from almost anywhere, as New Zealand. Each year, our country’s remote beauty attracts millions of tourists seeking a great...

Tuesday 29/January/2019 15:09 PM

Can a 'No-Deal' Brexit be avoided?

It is a near-tragedy that the United States and the United Kingdom – the two countries most identified with long-established stable constitutional...

Tuesday 29/January/2019 14:52 PM

Nancy Pelosi’s great wall of resistance

Whoever explained to then-President-elect Donald Trump what it meant to be president – if anyone did – neglected to tell him that on occasion a...

Monday 28/January/2019 14:48 PM

Data-driven gender equality

At the current rate of progress, it will take more than 200 years to achieve gender equality and female empowerment at work. In many countries, girls are...

Monday 28/January/2019 14:44 PM

Brexit demands a new British politics

The populist revolts in the United States and the United Kingdom have each reached a critical juncture. At the start of his third year in office, US...

Monday 28/January/2019 14:39 PM

Morality and money management

The death on January 16 of Jack Bogle, the founder of the investment company Vanguard Group, was met with a slew of flattering obituaries. Of course,...