by Vijaya Chandrasoma In yet another cynical exhibition of its contempt for gun control regulations, the National Rifle Association proceeded with its scheduled 2022 annual convention...
by Gnana Moonesinghe At long last the nation has a new prime minister who has a unique record of having been PM of the country five...
By Uditha Devapriya I distinctly remember one day in January 2020 when I felt I had everything I could want. I couldn’t explain the feeling; it...
By Uditha Devapriya Lenin once remarked that there are decades when nothing happens, and weeks when decades happen. Much more than a decade passed last week...
Dr. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA We are sitting on a massive, active, rumbling volcano which will explode soon. What we saw on May 9th was the first spewing...
by Uditha Devapriya “Churchill had only four members backing him in 1939. How did he become Prime Minister? Because of the crisis. I have done the...
Dr. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA ‘Revolutionary Realpolitik’ is the title of the final chapter of the iconic philosopher and culture critic Georg Lukacs’ slim volume ‘Lenin: A Study...
Dr. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA Clearly the old ruling coalition, the SLPP and SLFP, has a majority in Parliament. That is similar to a man who has a...
By Uditha Devapriya For better or worse, the protesters calling for Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation have been engaging with other issues and concerns. These include minority rights,...
DR. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has invited all parties to join an all-parties government. He will have few takers and those few takers will wreck...