Ethical and Independent Journalism… Journalism for immigrants
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Guy Gunaratne’s debut novel has five narrators: three youths born in London and two of their immigrant parents. It bristles with urban angst and sad/bitter memories of an older generation. Sean Sheehan The story kicks off with Selvon, an amateur athlete who doesn’t live on the Stones Estate […]
Marxism’s ideal can come with a high price tag: gulags, show trials, mass starvation, economic misery… Sean Sheehan What happened in the USSR under Stalin cannot simply be bracketed off as unfortunate happenstance and the prospects for Marxism in the lived world of today seem more remote than […]
The implications of critical thinking are vast when it comes to education and work, not to mention other aspects of life. It can also be beneficial for the civilized coexistence of mankind. Claudio Chipana* Critical thinking can be traced back to the very origins of philosophy. But […]
Is violence decreasing worldwide? This is the question addressed by Steven Pinker (professor of psychology, Harvard), to which he answers a resounding, albeit qualified, 800 page ‘Yes!’ Nigel Pocock For hundreds of years violence has been dropping, even if there are huge spikes in the downward graph caused […]
Crime novels possess an architecture, its form partly defines the genre, and if such books were bridges structural engineers would assess their load bearing and frame systems. Sean Sheehan Structures with minimal forces bearing down on them, they would quickly see, do not need heavy columns, deep foundations […]
