Category: World

A Plea for a Return to a More Humane Understanding of the Humanities

June 15, 2017 | by | 3 Comments
Politicisation I’ve often heard people argue a moral case for the inclusion of gender theory, ‘critical race’ theory and other forms of theory influenced by postmodern streams of thought on college syllabuses for the humanities. If you are sceptical about such theories, I am sometimes told, you must be sexist, racist or transphobic. This is […] Read more

CNBC Report on Resignation of US Ambassador to Qatar – Fake News?

June 13, 2017 | by | 0 Comments
In what appears to be a staggering example of the germination and runaway dissemination of fake news, there is considerable turmoil among U.S. media outlets as to whether Ambassador Dana Shell Smith, current U.S Ambassador to Qatar, has resigned or retired. The controversy over the position of the envoy to Qatar began with John Harwood, […] Read more