by Vinoth Ramachandra | Sep 19, 2011 | Opinion
Ten years on, media commentary on 9/11 is legion, while other events, equally horrific, are quickly forgotten. Three days after the 9/11 attacks, Howard Zinn, the distinguished American historian and author of “A People’s History of the United...
by Vinoth Ramachandra | Aug 29, 2011 | Opinion
Both the British and German treasuries have struck deals this month with the Swiss government to tax their citizens’ hidden accounts in Switzerland’s globally harmful banking system. However, the identities of these account holders will not be disclosed,...
by Vinoth Ramachandra | Aug 23, 2011 | Opinion
Karin and I have spent time in London and Poland, at the Jagiellonian University of Krakow, one of the oldest universities in the world, where the quadrennial International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) World Assembly was held. The latter brought together...
by Vinoth Ramachandra | Aug 3, 2011 | Opinion
The popular philosopher Alain de Botton gave a lecture at a recent TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, on what atheists need to learn from religion. In the blog of the science journal Nature, Philip Campbell reports on what...
by Vinoth Ramachandra | Jul 13, 2011 | Opinion
It is difficult to decide which was the most depressing piece of news recently: the huge trade deals signed by Britain and Germany with the Chinese government, the grand reception accorded Omar al- Bashir in Beijing, or the helpless rage of the Greek populace before a...
