Today on Pearls and Irritations
Trump's nuclear threats against Iran must be taken seriously
Trump stood before the United Nations and threatened to “annihilate” Iran. With the authority to order a nuclear strike resting in the hands of one US president, the consequences of treating such threats as mere bluster could be catastrophic.
The rational fool, the cultural dope, the stranger and the voting booth
Environment: Wind and solar are increasing but so are fossil fuels
Don Dunstan’s cookbook and the lost ambition of social democracy
What if we're going to the shops for the people, not the shopping?
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