Breaking Fault-lines and Pipelines

Sonar image of Nordstream 1 blast site

A month has passed since I wrote this article, intended for publication in P&I. In the light of recent developments these initial observations are only made more relevant; not only has the NYT’s remark that the explosion was a “mystery” been shown to a deception, but the situation for people in Syria affected by the… Continue reading Breaking Fault-lines and Pipelines

The Bullet that Broke the Nation.

THE MURDER OF ASHLEY BABBITT

After the protest rally in Washington two years ago, I spent a lot of time looking at video footage taken by a couple of the participants. Both were close to the doors to the senate chamber and filmed the shooting of Ashli Babbitt by a concealed security official. As the media reporting predictably focused on… Continue reading The Bullet that Broke the Nation.

Flooding the Battlefield

ZELENSKY'S WARNING TO RUSSIA

V. Zelensky’s warning was delivered with an unusual venom and urgency, for a man already inclined to such dramatics, and doubtless persuaded many of his star-struck followers that Russia really was cooking up such a terrible and desperate scheme. Without apparently stopping to consider why Russia would seek to flood and devastate part of the… Continue reading Flooding the Battlefield