Dennis Fitzgerald

Publishing Editor at The Wall Street Journal

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Articles

Gold makes the ugly beautiful

1 week ago | panaynews.net | Dennis Fitzgerald

IS THERE truth in the playwright Molière’s words, “Gold makes the ugly beautiful”? The Trump family is going to license a company to produce “Trump Watches”. The initial illustrations online show Trump-branded gold phones with the MAGA message embossed on them although the gold looks a bit off-color. Discretion doesn’t allow me to suggest what the color most resembles. There isn’t much detail yet available about the phone but will it have some vital specifications?
Drone on

3 weeks ago | panaynews.net | Dennis Fitzgerald

WHILE the politicians drone on at peace talks, the Ukrainian drones were on target. It seems unbalanced when $100 drones can take out $7 billion of Russian bombers, but most of the world is cheering. There is truth in the David and Goliath story. Someone needs to translate it into Russian. *** More hot air than Donald TrumpMt. Etna has had a bit of an eruption with a lot of noise, smoke and a code red warning. There is certainly the potential for far more destruction and without any real warning.
Keyed in?

3 weeks ago | panaynews.net | Dennis Fitzgerald

I TYPED this on my phone and sent it by email and will enthusiastically Google to see if it gets published and I did this because I know how to use the technology but many don’t and now they won’t have the opportunity to learn. The younger people are digital natives, able to do everything online but unable to get off their devices. Older people like me might have learnt at some time although I never had the opportunity to touch a computer until I went to university.
A smiling miracle baby

1 month ago | panaynews.net | Dennis Fitzgerald

THE USE of advanced gene therapy is a dream for many but for some a potential nightmare. Further research will help. The current news about a baby, KJ Muldoon who was cured of a dangerous genetic disease using a gene editing treatment, provides an inspirational example of what can be done. The smiling baby is a poster child for this technology. Like most medical developments, there is so much that can be achieved but how much should be tried and how fast?
Peace silences

1 month ago | panaynews.net | Dennis Fitzgerald

EVERYBODY says they want peace in Ukraine, and a number of other places, but they won’t meet to talk about it despite Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s latest attempt to at least start talking face to face in Istanbul, Turkey. Russian President Vladimir Putin is not going, as indicated by the official list, because he is not interested in negotiations, just conquest. Maybe this is an honest response.
Wrestling with the English language

1 month ago | panaynews.net | Dennis Fitzgerald

EX-WRESTLING boss Linda McMahon, now United States President Donald Trump’s education chief, has written to Harvard concerning funding cut threats as a result of them not stopping pro-Palestinian demos. The letter was also posted on X. Some kind soul, not Harvard itself, has taken the effort to correct her mistakes using a red pen, or maybe two given how many mistakes there were. There is not enough space in a short letter to detail them here but they are online.
I escaped

1 month ago | panaynews.net | Dennis Fitzgerald

LIKE many people, I have been in a cell at Alcatraz Island but escaped. It’s a lot easier when you are a tourist. Now, United States President Donald Trump wants to reopen it as a working prison for the worst. Prisoners have previously escaped from cells but died crossing the bay, we presume. There are surely enough, secure jails already and if not, building and running prisons is very profitable.
Start talking or shut up

2 months ago | panaynews.net | Dennis Fitzgerald

THE WAR in Ukraine is still killing people and recent actions from Russia indicate they are unlikely to stop attacking. Peace is a long way off. This is made worse by the statement from United States’ Secretary of State Marco Rubio that they would “move on” and stop helping with peace talks unless they see some success.
A sick move

2 months ago | panaynews.net | Dennis Fitzgerald

UNITED STATES President Donald Trump has announced that he, or really the US, will impose a “major” tariff on pharmaceuticals. The word “major” is vague but it can be suggested that it will be in the 30% to 50% range rather than the general 10%. This is shameful. In an ideal world, any neccessary medicine would be free but that’s not realistic, so the best that can be hoped for is cheap and readily available.
A torrid tariff

2 months ago | panaynews.net | Dennis Fitzgerald

THE MORNING news wasn’t great in Australia. We got hit with a 10% tariff. We had a free trade agreement with the United States yesterday, today we have chaos and 10%. I understand some economics but more of mathematics so I find the values of some tariffs puzzling. One would assume the rate might be “even” such as 10% or 20% or a major divisor, 25% or 50% whereas of course we want it at 0%. Where do some of the values come from? China faces 54%; Vietnam, 46%; Cambodia, 49%; or Taiwan, 32%?