Show Trials In China

The blind admiration for the Communist government China is possibly finally wearing off ....

Cuddly China in Partnership With The USA As It Sees Itself ....

Ever since they joined the World Trade Organisation in 2000, there have been doubts that they were playing fair .....

Whale Of A Find

Some times even the experts are mystified ....

Marajo Mangrove Forest Brazil

When a flock of vultures were spotted flying above a decomposing mammal the local biologists raced to the scene at the Island of Marajo in Brazil's north, where the jungle and sea meet.

Crazy Turkmenistan

I have mentioned the eccentricities of law enforcement in Turkmenistan in an earlier post .... men should have no beards, and suggested clothing for women etc ....

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow Isn't Shy .......

.... But it appears that I have barely touched upon the fun and games in that land, with presidential diktats setting the scene.

A Quota For Intelligence

Once the PC brigade gets into full flow, any appearance of logic of intelligence often flows out the window.

Are Boardrooms Too Macho?

The have little to start with and even less when they finish .... two examples.

More Than A Woman?

Recently I have written again about us not learning the lessons of history.

Death Of Robespierre ... A Lesson From History

Its a pity that some of the pressure groups who seem to believe that they run the Western world don't mark those words.