Do you really want Militaristic May in charge of nuclear weapons?
by Rashmee
Posted on May 31, 2017
Is caution about weapons that kill a bad quality in a potential leader? Do you …
Read MoreTrump has already cut loose from Paris agreement. It doesn’t matter if he withdraws or not
by Rashmee
Posted on May 30, 2017
Whatever Donald Trump decides on the Paris climate change agreement, there are limits to presidential …
Read More#fakefoods? Cauliflower rice, courgette noodles, almond milk
by Rashmee
Posted on May 29, 2017
Hands up if you’ve ever had a plate of cauliflower rice or a bowl of …
Read MoreManchester bombing and radicalisation of 1.5 generation
by Rashmee
Posted on May 28, 2017 / The Arab Weekly
A telling detail about the Manchester suicide attack is the way much of the British …
Read MoreYesterday, I ate my first cricket burger and it was a surprising whopper
by Rashmee
Posted on May 27, 2017
So I walk into my university cafeteria and find a pleasant young man offering free …
Read MoreThe Anglosphere loses the most because of Australia First, Kiwis First policies
by Rashmee
Posted on May 26, 2017
I don’t know if you noticed but New Zealand too, like Australia and Donald Trump’s …
Read MoreIs the typical factory job way past its sell-by date?
by Rashmee
Posted on May 25, 2017 / The National
Economics, just as much as politics, was on the agenda when Donald Trump visited Saudi …
Read MoreThe art of labelling: What is politics that’s not quite left and not quite right? ‘Light’
by Rashmee
Posted on May 24, 2017
What on earth do you call a far-right politician who speaks for working-class concerns? Would …
Read MorePart II – What’s got a jazzy label and is confusing? The new politics of our age
by Rashmee
Posted on May 23, 2017
Here’s the second lot of new political labels, properly parsed. (Click here for Part I …
Read MoreHeard the one about the Saudi and the American who met in a desert town?
by Rashmee
Posted on May 22, 2017
A Saudi and an American meet in a desert town. The Arab tells the American …
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK