By Aly Kamadia, Editor-In-Chief, iDose

Dear Readers,

History is being made in the United States.

Two very old, white, straight, politicians from privileged backgrounds are headed to face off in the US 2024 presidential campaign.

But before I say something very brief about the US 2024 election, a quick note. 

Yours truly might decide to pen a lengthier-than-average comment in the coming weeks. It will be posted outside of a regular iDose monthly issue. Subscribers will be notified if and when it is published. 

That said, former elected-President Trump got indicted since our last issue. Despite the alleged crimes being almost meaningless when we consider some of Trump’s other behavior (e.g., trying to overthrow American democracy), I’m not used to seeing the old orange man at a loss for energy, let alone appearing nervous – both of which he is guilty of. 

Of course, in the world’s most powerful nation in human history, somehow, American democracy allows for Trump to run for president again. Given the current mood in America, a sufficient number of voters are enthusiastic enough to support Trump, thus giving him a comfortable lead among Republican rivals.

On the Democratic side, on the very day that I’m writing these words, Biden has officially announced that he will seek re-election in 2024.

In other words, let the games begin… 

A few other quick notes. 

In my home country of Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seems to have been involved in another list of scandals. At this point, I can only conclude that Trudeau is incurably addicted to reminding everyone that he simply has no shame. If Canadian democracy was healthy, Trudeau’s own party would have kicked in him out a long time ago. Instead, for the most part, we find a corporate-style environment where the boss is surrounded by worshippers in hopes of a promotion.  

Ok, enough of my Canadian rant.  

Returning to the drama down south, Tucker Carlson has left Fox “News”, which is a big deal. Carlson wasn’t only the most viewed anchor (according to some reporting) on American broadcast news, but having watched Tucker for a number of years, I can’t deny that he is not only intelligent, but absolutely masterful in his style of delivering fake news and propaganda. Indeed, one of the main reasons that I’d tune into Carlson was to witness how propaganda, on any given day, would be artfully delivered. (As difficult as it is to admit, on a very limited number of major issues, Carlson’s reporting was actually insightful, such as having the audacity to question the American policy of endless war.)

The Fox “News” host will be dearly missed.

Having given Tucker his due, we turn to this month’s issue of iDose. It features pieces on Shias and Sunnis getting along (by a former Israeli foreign minister), insightful implications of Artificial Intelligence (by the world-renowned philosopher Slavoj Žižek), in addition to very prominent scholars commenting on Trump’s indictment, Biden’s thoughts on Ukraine, and the Silicon Valley Banking fiasco. 

Also, don’t forget to keep an eye out for that long-comment that I may pen. 

Enjoy!