Eric S. Margolis

Trump – Modern Stupor Mundi wannabe

PRESIDENT Donald Trump wants to be a modern Stupor Mundi or wonder of the world. The last Stupor Mundi was the celebrated German Holy Roman Emperor and crusader, Federick II, known as Barbarossa.

It appears ...

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Farewell Aga Khan

PRINCE Karim Al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, hereditary Imam of the world’s 12-15 million Shia Ismaili Muslims, died recently in Lisbon, Portugal. What a life he led.

The Aga Khan (Great Khan as he was universally ...

Trump has described Gaza as a ‘mess’ that needs to be ‘cleaned up’, stating that 2.1 million human refuse are befouling this potentially prime beachside property. – REUTERSpix

Solving Mideast problem Trump style

THE Great White Father in Washington has spoken. Let mere mortals hark and obey.

President Donald Trump has described Gaza as a “mess” that needs to be “cleaned up”, stating that 2.1 million human refuse ...

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Hail the new king

THIS exciting week, the man who would be king of everything made his first pronouncements.

Greenland should be purchased by the United States. Canada should sell itself to the US. The Gulf of Mexico should ...

Syrians flash the V for victory sign as they celebrate in the central city of Homs on Monday, after rebel forces entered Syria’s third city overnight. – AFPPIC

SYRIA is the mother of all mysteries. Even the Romans could not figure out all the intrigues, plots, factions, coups and assassinations that were common there. Nor could they understand or deal with its ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. SpaceX’s billionaire owner, Elon Musk, a Trump confidante, has been tapped to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency alongside former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. - Brandon Bell/Getty Images/AFPpix

Will Trump go after the war party?

In 54 BC, Marcus Licinius Crassus, a rich, ambitious Roman businessman, was named governor of the wealthy province of Syria.

Crassus had been sharing power in Rome with Pompey and Julius Caesar. Call him ...

Japan’s nuclear dilemma: A case for rearming

I WAS visiting Japan’s defence headquarters about a decade ago. The official I was to interview was very late and left me cooling my heels in his office.

I kept walking about until I noticed a large diagram ...

Europe: Thunder on the right

EUROPEAN voters revolted against their political leaders in last week’s continent-wide parliamentary votes.

The result was a bombshell: right-wing parties made huge gains, shaking the existing foundations ...

Wild, wonderful New York

THIS city’s splendid Fifth Avenue and parts of the adjacent Central Park were thronged recently by masses of pro-Israel demonstrators demanding more US support of Israel’s laying to waste of Gaza.

New York ...

Iran has been focused on building missiles and obtaining drones, which has been considered over-rated by military experts and not cost-effective. – AFPPIX

Israel, Iranian military kabuki

ISRAEL and Iran are staging a Japanese kabuki-style confrontation that borders on the absurd. So far, it has been mostly harmless (not counting Gaza), but behind the posturing by both sides lies the deadly ...