Thought for the week: Tony D’Souza lives and learns

‘What was once whispered in secret is now spoken out loud.’

by Tony D’Souza 30th October 2026

What happened to the world I once knew? When I was growing up, current events were boringly predictable. Little did I know that the seeming equilibrium in world affairs was due to the underlying threat of apocalyptic violence. The cold war was the biggest and the longest Mexican stand-off in history, and I never even thought about it.