The Trump administration has recently stepped up America’s ‘War on Drugs,’ a battle that commenced under President Nixon on 17 June 1971, but…
Author: Ashis Banerjee
I qualified at medical school forty years ago and used to be an emergency doctor in London. I have no affiliations of any sort. At a time of information overload and "fake news" I believe there is a place for unbiased evidence, free from opinions. Opinions are for people to form based on facts. I am tired of pointless and time-consuming debate over information readily available in the public domain.
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Don’t Cry for Argentina: Recent Insights into an ‘Economic Miracle’ and an American ‘Bailout’
Argentina’s President Javier Milei was handed a temporary reprieve on 9 October 2025, courtesy of his reliable and like-minded North American ally. On…
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Quantico, Virginia: A Commanding Performance from America’s Newly Proclaimed Secretary of War
Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of War, exercised his prerogative and summoned eight hundred serving American generals and admirals from around the world for…
On the evening of 29 September 2025, just before a joint press conference hosted by President Donald Trump and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin…
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President Trump at the 80th United Nations General Assembly: A Eulogy for America and a Dressing-Down for the Rest of the World
A stalled escalator on the way up and a malfunctioning teleprompter, which later came back to life, left President Donald Trump unimpressed as…
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Freedom of Speech: Testing the Perceived Loss of a Fundamental Right in Western Democracies
Freedom of speech is apparently under threat across several liberal democracies in the West. This belief was most recently tested on Saturday, 13…
On 4 September 2025, in an ill-considered move, the Nepalese government blocked access to 26 social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube,…
The adage that it is almost never a good idea to call for a vote of confidence while in charge of a beleaguered…
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Civilian Unrest in Indonesia: Manifestations of Discontent with the Nation’s Political Elites and Its Military
Trouble broke out in Indonesia’s capital city of Jakarta on 25 August 2025 when protesters took to the streets around the Presidential Palace,…
After less than a month in the job, Dr. Susan Monarez was given her marching orders as director of the US Centers for…