12+ hour, 39+ min ago   (362+ words) As it was happening, 9/11 had the quality almost of impending Armageddon, if not strictly, on a scale even remotely comparable with the terminal biblical mayhem of the fundamentalist imagination. Still, something was shaken in those moments. Perhaps what it came…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (781+ words) Republicans at their midterm convention know that history is not on their side this election season, but they are counting on President Donald Trump and his two-day extravaganza in Dallas to rally voters to protect their House and Senate majorities....

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (168+ words) Business Day WATCH | The Political Week Ahead Business Day TV speaks to Tara Roos, Business Day’s parliamentary correspondent President Cyril Ramaphosa’s legal challenge to the Phala Phala independent panel report is entering a crucial stage, with arguments centred on whether…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (614+ words) There’s an idiom that appears on social media platforms every so often. This or that person, the idiom goes, “lives rent-free” in someone’s head. There is some merit to that claim. We cannot ignore silliness as a driver of public…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago   (873+ words) While the S&P 500 has more than tripled since 2009, Shanghai’s indices languish behind. This performance differential has often been attributed to investor reluctance in the face of Chinese state interference. However, this divergence in stock market returns may be the…...