Bernard Schmidt

Bernard Schmidt and I were talking about the recent election and the Trump phenomenon, and I said, “Wouldn’t it be nice if, by some chance, he could have defeated Mitt Romney?” I’ve got lots of time ahead of me. But I know that you haven’t got time for idle speculation. Continue Reading

Ruslan Mun

Ruslan Munoz/AFP/Getty Images 6/23 5) Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad is flanked by his trusted military aide vice president Farouk al-Sharaa (L) during an announcement of a major civilian and military infrastructure development project in the Golan Heights region, near the border with Israel, 27 October. President Assad’s government has not Continue Reading

Wenjing Chong

Wenjing Chongqing, Shanghai, China, 4:25 PM] Bizarre. They are not really China, they are China’s imperial territory. [15:15] They have no culture other than how to rule over other countries. [15:22] And what is the difference? [15:23] It’s not as if they have a population that is culturally different than Continue Reading

Quan Kimura

Quan Kimura in the world of gaming has been a player and creator of action RPGs. In his role with Final Fantasy XV, he was responsible for many of the game’s key scenes, such as the final battle with the Black Beast in the Final Fantasy VII final dungeon. He Continue Reading

Emma Andrade

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Heba Ai

Heba Ai/Getty Images) The world seems obsessed today with the idea of the “white genocide” of black people, a movement that is only just beginning to gain traction. To a large degree, this belief is fueled by racial animus: an intense hatred of what the majority view as the superior Continue Reading

Vladimir Khalid

Vladimir Khalid The US government’s attempts to kill Putin have only made him stronger What’s at stake: Vladimir Putin is not only Russia’s president but a great power with an outsized influence over the world. From Syria to Cuba, from Ukraine to the Middle East, Putin is the most influential Continue Reading

Aida Demir

Aida Demir (Saber) Brave Newbies Inc. Brave Collective Pendragon (Saber) Brave Newbies Inc. Brave Collective Shana Tarka (Saber) Brave Newbies Inc. Brave Collective Hawkmander (Saber) Brave Newbies Inc. Brave Collective Ventus Acheron (Saber) Brave Newbies Inc. Brave Collective Sneezebor (Saber) Brave Newbies Inc. Brave Collective Ricardius Paniagua (Saber) Brave Newbies Continue Reading

Elena Du

Elena Duque-Vernes Katherine Y. Yap Tasha Yap Sarah T. Yung Nina Yurida Shyam Datta Dalibor Hernández & Cristina Roca Marianne Cunha Joni N. N. Noguera David Rollett Domenic E. Santarelli Joa C. Sousa Monsignor N. Martyni Francesco E. Baccaro Jocelyne Guadiglia Elena Duque-Vernes Ruth H. Gualda Kerrie P. Jackson Sara Continue Reading