"The Fact-Check Paradox" explores the contradiction at the heart of modern fact-checking: while meant to clarify truth, fact-checkers often impose their own interpretations, leaving people uncertain about what’s verified and what isn’t. This creates a paradox where the pursuit of truth may, in fact, cloud independent judgment. The poem tries to emphasise the need for individuals to think for thems...

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The kowtowing of billionaires like Zuckerberg, Bezos, Altman, Soon-Shiong and even Mickey Mouse to Donald Trump is a chilling indictment of power’s moral decay. Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer-winning cartoonist, dared to expose this disgraceful subservience in an unpublished cartoon for The Washington Post, only to see her work silenced by the very institution meant to champion free expression—owned by J...

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In a world where words are measured, thoughts confined,

Where humour dares not tread on toes aligned,

We walk on eggshells, fearful, self-contained,

As though our speech itself was preordained.

Gone are the days when satire cut like steel,

When jest could probe and challenge what we feel.

Now cancel culture prowls with sharpened teeth,

Condemning those who wander far bene...

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