IS BOBBY FISCHER, the world renowned chess champion mad because he rails against America and jews? I think not. Although Charles Krauthammer of Time Magazine would like us to believe monomania is behind Fischer's flouting of official US policy, for instance, the embargo against Yugoslavia , merel...

The final installment on Supersized Media from the-size-issue.blogspot.com WHILE seemingly efficient, giant-like media organisations, often proclaim new labour-saving methods, "media production on a tight budget" or herald moves to rationalise the work place, "the information-technology revolutio...

THERE'S a new bureaucratic lie about radiation doing the rounds, and it goes something like this — since background radiation is always present in the environment, a couple of extra roentgens won't kill you. Which is like saying having a few x-rays for dinner is good for women and children and fo...

IT SEEMS impossible to have an intelligent debate on the drug issue in this country. An oxymoron perhaps, but for one, advocates of reform tend to alienate their own constituency by linking drug use with beneficial side-effects like housing. The build housing with ganga bricks brigade are really...

"The Rand Daily Mail was the only paper directly to support the Progressive Party. Its sister paper, the Cape Times, supported the United Party, which wanted a more gentle apartheid, and The Star called on people to vote for anyone except the National Party. The Afrikaans newspapers were unanimou...

Our president seemed to be wearing the pants of environmental minister, Martinus Van Schalkwyk when he made a statement last week rebuking Earthlife Africa for their anti-nuclear campaigning. Has the ANC forgotten its commitment to a nuclear-free continent? Surely a policy more in keeping with re...