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 Conflicting narratives by Joseph Gatt
09 May 2020
People want praise, not sycophancy. I spent quite a lot of time studying the psychological aspects of wars and conflicts. Be they family conflicts, or conflicts at a larger scale, say conflicts between two nations or two territories. (Add a comment) |  The Schuman Declaration by The Ovi Team
09 May 2020
9th May is Europe Day, commemorating the Schuman Declaration.The Schuman Declaration was presented by French foreign minister Robert Schuman on 9 May 1950. It proposed the creation of a European Coal and Steel Community, whose members would... (1 comment) |  The beer-pump handle by The Ovi Team
09 May 2020
May 9th 1785; Joseph Bramah patented the beer-pump handle. Joseph Bramah was born in Stainborough, Yorkshire, England, in 1748, the son of a farmer. After the most basic of elementary educations, his father put him to work on the farm. When he was sixteen (Add a comment) |  Buffalo Bill's Wild West show by The Ovi Team
09 May 2020
May 9th 1887; Buffalo Bill's Wild West show opens in London, giving Queen Victoria and her subjects their first look at real cowboys and Indians. Though his Wild West show waned in popularity in the 20th century-in part because of competition from thousa (Add a comment) |  The post-Corona epilogue of an overheated Sino-American relationship: We have a Winner; Will we have a Game-changer too? by Dr. Anis H. Bajrektarevic
08 May 2020
Americans performed three very different policies on the People's Republic: From a total negation (and the Mao-time mutual annihilation assurances), to Nixon's sudden cohabitation. (Add a comment) |  Lightbulb Moments: III by Neil Leadbeater
08 May 2020
Priestley discovering the composition of atmosphere
and Toricelli's invention of the barometer
was a 60 watt lightbulb moment. (Add a comment) |  Pandemic Diplomacy: The Gum on China's Shoe by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
08 May 2020
Disasters always invite blame - divine, natural, human - and the current calls of blame being directed with vengeful spleen have one target. The People's Republic of China is being accused for everything from having shoddy and irreverent diplomats (Add a comment) |  World Thalassaemia Day by The Ovi Team
08 May 2020
May 8th. Thalassaemia is the name of a group of genetic inherited disorders of the blood. More specifically, it is a disorder of the haemoglobin molecule inside the red blood cells. (Add a comment) |  Dr. No by The Ovi Team
08 May 2020
May 8th 1963, with the release of Dr. No, moviegoers get their first look - down the barrel of a gun - at the super-spy James Bond (codename: 007), the immortal character created by Ian Fleming in his now-famous series of novels and portrayed onscreen by (Add a comment) |  Warsaw Ghetto destruction by The Ovi Team
08 May 2020
May 8th 1943; the Nazis suppressed a revolt by Polish Jews and destroyed the Warsaw Ghetto. (Add a comment) |  Post-COVID-19 life by Joseph Gatt
07 May 2020
COVID-19 for most of us is a time-out. So I'll briefly discuss different ways you can make the most out of this crisis. Example 1: the badminton doubles game I lost. (Add a comment) |  Rabindranath Tagore: Grace and Beauty Within Your Soul by Rene Wadlow
07 May 2020
To mark the 7 May birth anniversary of the poet Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) we highlight the song-poems of the Bauls that Tagore structured both as words and music. (Add a comment) |  An Odd Little Commemoration: ANZAC Mythology during Coronavirus by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
07 May 2020
War commemorations nurse a dirty secret, though it is one displayed with a peacock flourish. The victors bring out the celebratory paraphernalia and talk about noble ideas; the defeated, quite simply, do not. (Add a comment) |  Berserk Alert! #46 by Tony Zuvela
07 May 2020
Tony Zuvela's view of the world around us in a constant berserk alert! (2 comments) | | newer 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 older |
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