Thursday, 10 November 2022 | Gwynne Dyer Anthropologists have found that warfare was chronic and almost universal among hunter-gatherers We appear to be witnessing a dramatic and childlike scenario,” said Pope Francis in Bahrain on Friday. “In the garden of humanity, instead of cultivating our surroundings, we are playing instead with fire, missiles and bombs, … Continue reading Dyer: Humans Inherited War
Particularly when it comes to politics, I seem to be a perennial pessimist, even a catastrophist, expecting every election to yield defeat and disaster. The last time this blanket prediction went wrong was in 2012, a decade which feels like an eon ago. (The 2020 election initially seemed better; but that November was followed by … Continue reading Aftermath #3: Crumbling Pillars? The Dawning of a Long Dark Night?
Dyer: Brazil’s change of presidents best news for climate change conference This year’s United Nation’s Climate Change Conference (COP27) opens in Cairo Sunday and continues for two weeks, but all that hot air is less important than the single fact that Luiz Inácio (Lula) da Silva narrowly won the Brazilian presidency last Sunday. By Gwynne … Continue reading Dyer-Lula: One Rare Sign of Hope for the Climate
Aftermath — Part 2 Amelia Boynton was my landlady in Selma, Alabama. She was also a prominent local civil fights activist, one of the handful of Black Selmians who had managed to badger her way onto the voting rolls despite segregation. When she was knocked out cold on Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge during the “Bloody … Continue reading Aftermath — Part 2: A Constant Struggle
Imagine that these dreaded midterms are over. What happens next? As to the electoral results “que sera sera,” what will be, will be. No predictions will be offered here, except this one: Whatever the outcome, I am dead-sure it will not be the end of our national time of trial. Win lose or draw, the … Continue reading 2022: The Aftermath – Part 1