‘Librium Liz’ has been doing a good job of sending herself up
by Rashmee
Posted on September 29, 2022
When I heard Liz Truss, Britain’s prime minister for barely three weeks, on the radio …
Read MoreAmerica’s contradictions in three events on just one day
by Rashmee
Posted on August 4, 2022
The first Tuesday of August 2022 underlined America’s many contradictions, some reassuringly rational, others fantastical …
Read MoreJanuary 6: America’s ‘feast of the goat’?
by Rashmee
Posted on July 22, 2022
When reports from the January 6 committee’s latest hearing came in, it told us nothing …
Read MoreThe parallels between ‘Britain Trump’ and the real American thing are overstated
by Rashmee
Posted on July 12, 2022
Remember when Donald Trump described Boris Johnson as “Britain Trump”? Quite apart from being ungrammatical, …
Read More‘Trumpian-ness reminds us of just how vulgar democracy is, unless moderated by conventions’
by Rashmee
Posted on January 19, 2022
Harvey Mansfield, who is both politically conservative and philosophically liberal, recently offered one of the …
Read MoreTrump’s alternate reality fits with a metaverse that doesn’t really exist, in a galaxy far far away
by Rashmee
Posted on January 13, 2022
Listen to the full broadcast of NPR’s January 11 interview with Donald Trump and you …
Read MoreBiden should have called Trump out as Covid’s Typhoid Mary
by Rashmee
Posted on December 7, 2021
I have to say I agree with Jamelle Bouie (paywall): Joe Biden was wrong not …
Read MoreNah, Donald Trump probably won’t be back in the White House. Here’s why
by Rashmee
Posted on November 30, 2021
Read the petroleum trails just as you would the tea leaves. The Gulf Arab states …
Read MoreJournalists are comically attached to linear narratives even when trying to wake up in 2041
by Rashmee
Posted on November 29, 2021
Journalism is a very different profession from writing fiction (as I have learnt, slowly, painfully, …
Read MoreAmerica is no South Africa, that’s for sure
by Rashmee
Posted on June 30, 2021
/IT’S THE BUSINESS South Africa’s highest court has sentenced former president Jacob Zuma to 15 …
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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