“I have not spent a day without loving you; I have not spent a night without clasping you in my arms; I have not drunk a cup of tea without cursing the glory and ambition which keep me from the heart of my very being. In the midst of my

The fate of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya’s former leader, is known; he died on October 20, 2011, but that is another story. The former first lady, Safia Farkas Gaddafi, has long been “under the radar” of the media. Her life story, on the other hand, is intriguing and may have a

With the rise of social media and an increasingly interconnected world, the internet has become a double-edged sword, offering countless opportunities for communication, commerce, and information sharing, but also providing fertile ground for scammers to exploit unsuspecting victims. Australia, like many other countries, is no stranger to the scourge of

Whether it is done in the name of patriotism or treason, it is wrong. The British aristocracy that spied for the Soviets The “Cambridge Five,” arguably the best Cold War espionage outfit, compromised top officials in Western agencies to collect the most sensitive data from them, which they then sent

Facts, in my opinion, don’t matter much these days and can be readily countered with a simple “what is it” query. There are distractions for practically every topic, including the need to fix the economy, combat climate change, alleviate refugee misery, and cope with war. The “simpler” past, in which