March 30, 2011 ... Assembly election, Belfast, 2011: For a 21st century democracy and a £60-billion--a £60,000-million economy--vote Charles Smyth, this 2011 election.   Pottinger council, Belfast, election: Waste less, spend more. The Alternative Vote (AV) Vote Yes.

Februray 12, 2011 ...
One good reason:: In a 21st century democracy, a prisoner denied their birth right to vote, is a political prisoner.
The threat from New Europe: Old Europe is in danger of becoming like old Europe, via Donald Rumsfeld's New Europe, which Jacques Chirac likened to ignorant and insolent upstarts.

August 21, 2010 ... No complicity. France will not be complicit in ethnic cleansing.

February 27, 2010 ...
The madman returns. Col. Gadhafi declares Islamic Jihad on Switzerland.
The Dubai caper. After the death of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai, there is more confusion than fact.

August 14, 2009 .... It's not about the healthcare. More healthcare can be had with extra earnings.

July 01, 2009... Turkey. EU accession rules are insufficient for Turkey's membership to the EU.

June 11, 2009 ... Chequepoint Richard. Pakistan needs no more aid, but must secure its sovereignty with the troops already paid for.

May 29, 2009... Atomic Ninja. Like Germany does not need a resurgence of national militarism to ram peace down the throats of Afghans, China does not need a resurgence of Japanese national militarism as a response to North Korea's belligerence.

May 20, 2009.... Damsel in distress. Success in Burma is remote until all the parties in dispute, beyond the junta, have already agreed to genuinely cooperate, and have disarmed, and do not see liberation and/or democracy as the channels via which to hold the west to ransom. Like the west does not have the time, money and/or patience to build a 'Central Asian Valhalla', nor does it have the resources to build a South East Asian Valhalla.

March 05, 2009 ... Blowback. Gazans may choose whomever they wish to choose to act as the authority in Gaza Strip, but it does follow that the Quartet must comply with that choice, and failure to use democracy wisely has blowback.

March 04, 2009 .... Virtuous Hegemony. A knowledge of risk is important for making better judgements in a 'knowledge based' economy.

December 09, 2008 ... A fistful of sound money. Sound money is good, and better when one is able to lay one's hands on it.

October 04, 2008 ... Sedition. Gov. Matt Blunt responds to Team Obama's inappropriate demands in Missouri.

September 26, 2008 ... The Priorities. Singapore is ranked amongst the world's most prosperous, by virtue of having one of the world's busiest ports. Per capita GDP is equal to Western Europe. The Gaza strip has yet to achieve this outcome.

August 21, 2008 ... The Divine Right of Kings. Freedom of expression seldom kills or injures anyone, but the actions of those who object to free expression, very often do.

August 20, 2008 .... Bad Caviar. A s a consequence of this week's damp squib of a NATO resolution, EU citizens eat dirt.

August 14, 2008 ... Danzig 2. The EU's leadership is asleep at the wheel while Russia seizes its opportunities, as Germany did over Danzig, in 1939.

August 03, 2008 ... One minute to eleven. It is imperative that Iran believes the west's demands with regard to Iran's nuclear weapons programme.

July 31, 2008 ... Call the Cops? UK MPs call for a crack down on Internet activity with regard to copyright and material of an offensive and/or criminal nature, but will not address the weaknesses of the criminal investigation agencies, to make cooperation less complicated and more effective.
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July 20, 2008 ... The Centre of Gravity. Germany and its EU counterparts' denial of self-interest, leading to being taken hostage by their goodwill and the destructive interests of others, to whom sanctuary has been given.

July 04, 2008 ... Again Sharia. Sharia must have no place in the EU.

July 01, 2008 ... Out of Afghanistan. It's not so much that we are losing the war on terror, we aren't making the slightest effort to win it, since those prosecuting it, do not have to pay for the failure with their own blood and treasure.

June 27, 2008... Lisbon Treaty referendum and the consequences for Ireland if another 'no' vote is the outcome of a possible 2009 rerun.

March 12, 2008 ... Global Warming, its misdirection and the subsequent negative impact on poverty.

April 06, 2007 ... Muslims in the west.

March 11, 2007 ... Heroin has its problems for users, but prohibition is not a satisfactory answer.

January 14, 2007 ... Local Election 2007 (Belfast South) webcast.

December 04, 2006 ... Nuclear defence for the UK and Abortion in a free society.

November 29, 2006 ... Globalization works best whenever the private sector is involved with education and government is limited in its scope to interfere in the smooth movement of capital, technology and people.

October 31, 2006 ... Freedom. The peril of democracy for freedom when democracy has a poor or nonexistent moral basis.

October 24, 2006 ... David Zucker's Albright Ad demonstrating the dangers of appeasement when none is warranted, and Keith Olbermann's special comment about what such appeasement and subsequent manipulation by government can mean for freedom.