Op-ed – THE OVAL CIRCLE

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Corporate America would never allow a ‘healthy food mandate’ like they have ‘mask mandates’ – junk food is far too profitable

Posted on September 15, 2021September 15, 2021By Editor

The CEO of a health food company has learned the hard way that reciting medical data and coming to logical conclusions, like favoring a health mandate to prevent obesity, will bring out the corporate beast in the woke mob. … Read More >Corporate America would never allow a ‘healthy food mandate’ like they have ‘mask mandates’ – junk food is far too profitable

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For the US, India is little more than a pawn to be deployed against China – not a nation to be respected on its own terms

Posted on September 9, 2021September 9, 2021By Editor

The US is desperate to recruit allies in its hybrid war against China, and highly covets New Delhi – which has its own issues with Beijing – as a useful partner. So why is Washington so unhelpful and discourteous to its ally? … Read More >For the US, India is little more than a pawn to be deployed against China – not a nation to be respected on its own terms

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Pride flag dispute shows the inherent divisiveness of identity politics

Posted on August 25, 2021August 25, 2021By Editor

The demand for better representation on the famous rainbow Pride flag by trans activists perfectly illustrates their conceited pettiness and exposes the fragile unity that underpins the entire LGBTQ+ community. … Read More >Pride flag dispute shows the inherent divisiveness of identity politics

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What Afghanistan’s Saigon moment teaches us about America’s ‘humanitarian wars’

Posted on August 16, 2021August 16, 2021By Editor

What we’ve just witnessed in Afghanistan is a historical repeat of the ‘Saigon moment’. But the final hours of the US occupation have been accompanied by a cacophony of neocons decrying the decision to end the war. … Read More >What Afghanistan’s Saigon moment teaches us about America’s ‘humanitarian wars’

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Banning American conservatives from social media and not the Taliban proves we don’t know who the bad guys are any more

Posted on August 16, 2021August 16, 2021By Editor

Where is the sense in banning Donald Trump from Twitter on the grounds of ‘inciting violence’ yet allowing the Taliban to carry on tweeting as they storm the presidential palace in Kabul? … Read More >Banning American conservatives from social media and not the Taliban proves we don’t know who the bad guys are any more

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The US aim with Afghanistan was to cut its losses to focus on China, but the repercussions from its exit will make that impossible

Posted on August 16, 2021August 16, 2021By Editor

The return of the Taliban will fuel Islamic militancy across the world, radicalise some Muslims in the West, and provoke a new refugee crisis. If America and its allies think they won’t suffer strife from all this, they’re wrong. … Read More >The US aim with Afghanistan was to cut its losses to focus on China, but the repercussions from its exit will make that impossible

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Biden’s readiness to scream ‘Russian interference!’ while staying silent on Big Tech’s meddling is astounding cognitive dissonance

Posted on August 4, 2021August 4, 2021By Editor

As the 2022 midterm election season approaches, Joe Biden and the Democrat Party are already repeating their 2016 claims of “Russian interference,” which they falsely spewed throughout the entire first term of Donald Trump. … Read More >Biden’s readiness to scream ‘Russian interference!’ while staying silent on Big Tech’s meddling is astounding cognitive dissonance

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Hungrexit? Polexit? Troublesome EU members are going nowhere as long as they can scupper bullying Brussels’ big spending dreams

Posted on July 18, 2021July 18, 2021By Editor

Punishing Hungary and Poland for pursuing conservative values will not give Brussels the result it is seeking and legal threat is likely to make the two outliers even more determined to show they won’t be pushed around. … Read More >Hungrexit? Polexit? Troublesome EU members are going nowhere as long as they can scupper bullying Brussels’ big spending dreams

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The EU-Hungary row over an anti-LGBTQ law is a clash of cultures that underpins why European integration will never work

Posted on July 16, 2021July 16, 2021By Editor

Hungary’s controversial law banning the promotion of homosexuality to minors is none of the EU’s business, and Brussels’ attempts to interfere in its internal affairs with a sense of moral superiority is akin to neo-colonialism. … Read More >The EU-Hungary row over an anti-LGBTQ law is a clash of cultures that underpins why European integration will never work

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Parents shouldn’t have a ‘veto’ on children’s trans medical decisions? Should we let the kids smoke and drink too?

Posted on July 15, 2021July 15, 2021By Editor

A prominent medical journal has argued that children as young as 12 should be treated as ‘equal parties’ in decisions relating to transitioning. This is a blatant case of political gender ideology trumping ethics. … Read More >Parents shouldn’t have a ‘veto’ on children’s trans medical decisions? Should we let the kids smoke and drink too?