South Korea: Hyper-Competitive and Childless By Gwynne DyerMarch 6, 2024 There are enough people to go around: eight billion now, compared to two billion less than a hundred years ago. Fifty-one million in South Korea, compared to only twelve million a hundred years ago. So why are South Koreans obsessed about their low birth rate? … Continue reading South Korea’s Population is Collapsing; Government Is Panicking
AP: AP News: Attorney General Josh Stein, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson will run against each other for NC governor BY GARY D. ROBERTSON March 5 2024 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Democratic attorney general and the Republican lieutenant governor won North Carolina’s primaries for governor on Tuesday, setting the stage for what will be an … Continue reading NC Governor’s Race: It’s a Black & White Choice
AP News: Trump endorses Mark Robinson for North Carolina governor and compares him to Martin Luther King Jr. BY GARY D. ROBERTSON RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – March 03, 2024 — Former president Donald Trump endorsed North Carolina Lt. Gov Mark Robinson for governor on Saturday, several months after the former president pledged to do so. … Continue reading Trump to Mark Robinson: You’re MLK Times Two — MLK on Steroids
AP News: Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ+ bill draws international condemnation after it is passed by parliament BY FRANCIS KOKUTSE — Feb. 29, 2024 ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — A bill which criminalizes LGBTQ+ people in Ghana and their supporters drew international condemnation Thursday after it was passed by parliament, with the United Nations calling it “profoundly disturbing” and urging … Continue reading Ghana Anti-Gay Bill almost Enacted
By Gwynne Dyer Feb. 19, 2024 Vladimir Putin’s regime had been assassinating Chechen warlords, defectors from the Russian intelligence services and sundry wayward oligarchs for years, but its first political murder was the hit on high-profile journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was gunned down in her Moscow apartment in 2006 — and so it has been … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer On the Navalny Murder