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Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 2, 2025
Nobody set out to destroy the deterrence system, least of all U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured in 2013, who was just seeking some short-term advantages in his usual way, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 2, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 2, 2025
Nobody set out to destroy the deterrence system, least of all U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured in 2013, who was just seeking some short-term advantages in his usual way, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 27, 2025
The Iranians claim that they are only enriching uranium for nuclear fuel and other peaceful uses, but nobody believes them. U.S. President Donald Trump should have left the nuclear deal alone, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 27, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 27, 2025
The Iranians claim that they are only enriching uranium for nuclear fuel and other peaceful uses, but nobody believes them. U.S. President Donald Trump should have left the nuclear deal alone, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 25, 2025
Residents walk along a road in Bombo Lumene Natural Reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The DRC has 60 per cent of the world’s coltan, a mineral essential for electronic devices. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 25, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 25, 2025
Residents walk along a road in Bombo Lumene Natural Reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The DRC has 60 per cent of the world’s coltan, a mineral essential for electronic devices. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 20, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump doesn’t understand the rules that were established in 1945 or why they matter to the world, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 20, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 20, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump doesn’t understand the rules that were established in 1945 or why they matter to the world, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 17, 2025
Rodrigo Duterte
Last week’s arrest of former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte by the International Criminal Court for the ‘crime against humanity’ of mass murder was long overdue, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 17, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 17, 2025
Rodrigo Duterte
Last week’s arrest of former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte by the International Criminal Court for the ‘crime against humanity’ of mass murder was long overdue, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 13, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, insisted on preconditions before entering peace talks, whereupon U.S. President Donald Trump, right, lost it in that infamous Oval Office exchange on Feb. 28, writes Gwynne Dyer. Zelenskyy had to back down. Screengrab courtesy of CNN
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 13, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 13, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, insisted on preconditions before entering peace talks, whereupon U.S. President Donald Trump, right, lost it in that infamous Oval Office exchange on Feb. 28, writes Gwynne Dyer. Zelenskyy had to back down. Screengrab courtesy of CNN
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 11, 2025
Former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s government was overthrown in 2024. Assad needed reliable allies to run the tyrannical state, and Alawites needed jobs, so they ended up greatly over-represented in the lower ranks of the army and government, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 11, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 11, 2025
Former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s government was overthrown in 2024. Assad needed reliable allies to run the tyrannical state, and Alawites needed jobs, so they ended up greatly over-represented in the lower ranks of the army and government, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 6, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump wants to 'annex' Canada and make it the 51st state of the United States of America. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia/Gage Skidmore
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 6, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 6, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump wants to 'annex' Canada and make it the 51st state of the United States of America. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia/Gage Skidmore
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 3, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice-President JD Vance, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
In the White House on Feb. 28, U.S. President Donald Trump, centre, and Vice-President J.D. Vance, right, launched a vicious attack on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy before the massed cameras of the American media, writes Gwynne Dyer. Screenshot courtesy of CNN
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 3, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 3, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice-President JD Vance, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
In the White House on Feb. 28, U.S. President Donald Trump, centre, and Vice-President J.D. Vance, right, launched a vicious attack on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy before the massed cameras of the American media, writes Gwynne Dyer. Screenshot courtesy of CNN
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 27, 2025
Donald Trump, left, and Adolf Hitler. Both Hitler and Trump took advantage of relatively new communication technologies to spread their message—radio and mass-circulation newspapers in Hitler’s case, Fox and X in Trump’s–and they both made lavish use of the so-called ‘Big Lie,' writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 27, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 27, 2025
Donald Trump, left, and Adolf Hitler. Both Hitler and Trump took advantage of relatively new communication technologies to spread their message—radio and mass-circulation newspapers in Hitler’s case, Fox and X in Trump’s–and they both made lavish use of the so-called ‘Big Lie,' writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 25, 2025
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi—the daughter of the army’s founder—led a largely non-violent revolution that forced the military to share political power, but in 2021, the army took it back very violently, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 25, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 25, 2025
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi—the daughter of the army’s founder—led a largely non-violent revolution that forced the military to share political power, but in 2021, the army took it back very violently, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 19, 2025
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive orders mirror the to-do list of Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s plan for instituting permanent right-wing rule after a Trump election victory, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 19, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 19, 2025
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive orders mirror the to-do list of Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s plan for instituting permanent right-wing rule after a Trump election victory, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 18, 2025
Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, is negotiating with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a cut of Ukraine’s future mining income in exchange for continued American aid. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Presidential Office of Ukraine
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 18, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 18, 2025
Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, is negotiating with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a cut of Ukraine’s future mining income in exchange for continued American aid. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Presidential Office of Ukraine
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 13, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin. The war has reached a stalemate, so it might as well stop for a while, and that’s what is likely to happen, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 13, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 13, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin. The war has reached a stalemate, so it might as well stop for a while, and that’s what is likely to happen, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 11, 2025
UN Security Council
The United Nations Security Council, pictured on Jan. 25. The keystone of the international system is under attack with countries sabotaging the barriers put in place to limit the spread of war, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of United Nations/Evan Schneider
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 11, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 11, 2025
UN Security Council
The United Nations Security Council, pictured on Jan. 25. The keystone of the international system is under attack with countries sabotaging the barriers put in place to limit the spread of war, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of United Nations/Evan Schneider
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 5, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump knows making outrageous claims is the best way to keep the media from talking about what he’s really doing—removing all legal, constitutional, and customary restraints on the presidency, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 5, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 5, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump knows making outrageous claims is the best way to keep the media from talking about what he’s really doing—removing all legal, constitutional, and customary restraints on the presidency, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 3, 2025
Doug Ford
Ontario Premier Doug Ford wears a ‘Canada is not for sale’ hat at a Jan. 15 first minister's meeting. U.S. President Donald Trump poses an existential threat to the Canadian confederation, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 3, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 3, 2025
Doug Ford
Ontario Premier Doug Ford wears a ‘Canada is not for sale’ hat at a Jan. 15 first minister's meeting. U.S. President Donald Trump poses an existential threat to the Canadian confederation, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 29, 2025
Donald Trump
Most people treated Donald Trump's rambling on about seizing Greenland as a passing fantasy—until Trump had a 45-minute telephone conversation with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark on Saturday, Jan. 25, writes Gwynne Dyer. One senior European official said the call was 'horrendous,' and that she was shaken by his manner. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 29, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 29, 2025
Donald Trump
Most people treated Donald Trump's rambling on about seizing Greenland as a passing fantasy—until Trump had a 45-minute telephone conversation with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark on Saturday, Jan. 25, writes Gwynne Dyer. One senior European official said the call was 'horrendous,' and that she was shaken by his manner. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 28, 2025
Paul Kagame
Rwandan President Paul Kagame hasn’t formally declared war on the Democratic Republic of Congo, but 3,000 to 4,000 Rwandan troops are already across the border, writes Gwynne Dyer. Paulo Filgueiras photograph courtesy of the United Nations
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 28, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 28, 2025
Paul Kagame
Rwandan President Paul Kagame hasn’t formally declared war on the Democratic Republic of Congo, but 3,000 to 4,000 Rwandan troops are already across the border, writes Gwynne Dyer. Paulo Filgueiras photograph courtesy of the United Nations
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 21, 2025
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, has been trying to write the Palestinians out of the story for his whole political life, and U.S. President Donald Trump may go along for the ride, writes Gwynne Dyer. Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs photograph by Haim Zach 
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 21, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 21, 2025
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, has been trying to write the Palestinians out of the story for his whole political life, and U.S. President Donald Trump may go along for the ride, writes Gwynne Dyer. Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs photograph by Haim Zach 
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 15, 2025
Greenpeace activists paint ‘peace not oil’ on the side of a tanker transporting oil from Russia to Poland in March 2022. Recent U.S. sanctions on Russian oil exports are having a big impact, writes Gwynne Dyer. Greenpeace photograph courtesy of Flickr
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 15, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 15, 2025
Greenpeace activists paint ‘peace not oil’ on the side of a tanker transporting oil from Russia to Poland in March 2022. Recent U.S. sanctions on Russian oil exports are having a big impact, writes Gwynne Dyer. Greenpeace photograph courtesy of Flickr
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 8, 2025
Like Donald Trump, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, and former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro are populists who have little regard for the truth or the law, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the Office of the President of South Korea and Palácio do Planalto photograph by Marcos Corrêa/PR
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 8, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 8, 2025
Like Donald Trump, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, and former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro are populists who have little regard for the truth or the law, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the Office of the President of South Korea and Palácio do Planalto photograph by Marcos Corrêa/PR
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 7, 2025
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, has mockingly called Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ‘governor,’ and says Canada should be an American state. His taunts and tariff threats helped push Trudeau to resign, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 7, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 7, 2025
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, has mockingly called Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ‘governor,’ and says Canada should be an American state. His taunts and tariff threats helped push Trudeau to resign, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 3, 2025
Tropical Storm Trami, pictured, is a large, catastrophic cyclone that hit the Philippines, and impacted Vietnam, Thailand, and China in October 2024. The Philippines was hit by six cyclones last October, and still there’s no big public demand there for a rapid switch to renewable energy sources, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 3, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 3, 2025
Tropical Storm Trami, pictured, is a large, catastrophic cyclone that hit the Philippines, and impacted Vietnam, Thailand, and China in October 2024. The Philippines was hit by six cyclones last October, and still there’s no big public demand there for a rapid switch to renewable energy sources, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 18, 2024
Emmanuel Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron's recent snap France-only election has caused media pundits at home and abroad to hyperventilate about his ghastly mistake. The truth is that votes for the EU Parliament don’t matter much because it doesn’t have much real power. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 18, 2024
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 18, 2024
Emmanuel Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron's recent snap France-only election has caused media pundits at home and abroad to hyperventilate about his ghastly mistake. The truth is that votes for the EU Parliament don’t matter much because it doesn’t have much real power. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 16, 2024
Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, is Syria's new de facto leader. Screenshot courtesy of CNN
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 16, 2024
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 16, 2024
Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, is Syria's new de facto leader. Screenshot courtesy of CNN
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 12, 2024
The methane burped out by the world’s one-and-a-half billion cows is a mere by-product of the chemistry by which cows process hard-to-digest grass in their specialized stomachs, but it accounts for about 30 per cent of global methane emissions. Luckily, we can make it go away fast, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 12, 2024
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 12, 2024
The methane burped out by the world’s one-and-a-half billion cows is a mere by-product of the chemistry by which cows process hard-to-digest grass in their specialized stomachs, but it accounts for about 30 per cent of global methane emissions. Luckily, we can make it go away fast, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 8, 2024
Masoud Pezeshkian, the reformist Iranian candidate who opposes Islamic rule, won Iran’s runoff presidential election with five million extra people voting in the second round. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 8, 2024
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 8, 2024
Masoud Pezeshkian, the reformist Iranian candidate who opposes Islamic rule, won Iran’s runoff presidential election with five million extra people voting in the second round. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 4, 2024
France’s National Rally Leader Marine Le Pen, pictured in 2017, has been ‘detoxifying’ the party to make it electable since taking over in 2011. Like most makeovers, it was mainly cosmetic, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 4, 2024
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 4, 2024
France’s National Rally Leader Marine Le Pen, pictured in 2017, has been ‘detoxifying’ the party to make it electable since taking over in 2011. Like most makeovers, it was mainly cosmetic, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 3, 2024
The only question for U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives is whether this election will be merely a catastrophe, or a full-scale extinction event from which there is no return, writes Gwynne Dyer. No. 10 Downing Street photograph by Simon Walker
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 3, 2024
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 3, 2024
The only question for U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives is whether this election will be merely a catastrophe, or a full-scale extinction event from which there is no return, writes Gwynne Dyer. No. 10 Downing Street photograph by Simon Walker
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 26, 2024
The example set by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, pictured in 2014, was a huge threat to the secret state, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 26, 2024
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 26, 2024
The example set by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, pictured in 2014, was a huge threat to the secret state, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 24, 2024
Both Britain’s Nigel Farage, right, and America’s Donald Trump have recently claimed the leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization provoked the war in Ukraine, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, Gage Skidmore
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 24, 2024
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 24, 2024
Both Britain’s Nigel Farage, right, and America’s Donald Trump have recently claimed the leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization provoked the war in Ukraine, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, Gage Skidmore
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 20, 2024
American interests and U.S. President Joe Biden’s political future both now require the war to stop, and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, to relinquish power, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 20, 2024
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 20, 2024
American interests and U.S. President Joe Biden’s political future both now require the war to stop, and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, to relinquish power, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 17, 2024
Cyril Ramaphosa is president of South Africa again, but he only got his job back because he managed to cobble together a coalition at the last moment, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 17, 2024
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 17, 2024
Cyril Ramaphosa is president of South Africa again, but he only got his job back because he managed to cobble together a coalition at the last moment, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 13, 2024
Using the conditions surrounding the Great Wars as a present-day comparison, the logic goes that the West must vanquish the Russians now in Ukraine, or else President Vladimir Putin will try to conquer the world, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 13, 2024
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 13, 2024
Using the conditions surrounding the Great Wars as a present-day comparison, the logic goes that the West must vanquish the Russians now in Ukraine, or else President Vladimir Putin will try to conquer the world, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 12, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron, pictured on the Hill on June 7, 2018, called national elections in France for the end of this month. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 12, 2024
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 12, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron, pictured on the Hill on June 7, 2018, called national elections in France for the end of this month. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 6, 2024
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, centre, at a campaign event in April. Modi revealed in a pre-election TV interview that when he was born he ‘was convinced God had sent me.’  Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 6, 2024
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 6, 2024
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, centre, at a campaign event in April. Modi revealed in a pre-election TV interview that when he was born he ‘was convinced God had sent me.’  Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons