Covid-19 is another name for the Wuhan flu that results from a SARS virus, and like the old SARS virus that originated in China, this one also originated in China. Plain enough. Bill Maher is entertaining and quite often informative… Read More ›
Places
What Explains China’s Rise? — Part 3
Samuel Johnson (1704 – 1789), the great lexicographer, noted that “knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.”[1] Although I know fancy little about China, I do know… Read More ›
What Explains China’s Rise?
In any discussion on economic development, China invariably shows up. How did China manage an economic transformation that it now rivals even the greatest developed economy? Isn’t it amazing that China did that without being a democracy? Or maybe precisely… Read More ›
America’s Moment of Truth
We’ll know on Nov 8th which fork in the road ahead the US takes. Since I value freedom, I cannot ever support either of the major parties but I hope that Clinton does not win. But it looks like she… Read More ›
Happy 4th of July
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments… Read More ›
The Difference Between India and Pakistan
Here’s an interesting tweet Someone asked me, what is the difference between an #Indian and a #Pakistan. This picture should do the job. pic.twitter.com/txm3GKDSdx — Tarek Fatah (@TarekFatah) August 23, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Sure, Indians are better known for being high-powered… Read More ›
Making India Clean
This is a follow up to my previous post (“A Tale of Trash“). This was published on Niti Central Oct 22nd.
“The immoral use of force is the source of man’s political problems.”
{This piece was published at NitiCentral.com last week.} Ron Paul is retiring after serving in the US Congress for 23 years over a 36 year period. There’s a striking line in his farewell speech he gave on Nov 14th to… Read More ›
The US Civil War and President Lincoln
Steven Spielberg’s movie “Lincoln” which opens Friday is one that I plan to watch for sure. I think that Lincoln was a truly great man. It’s strange to think that there was a time when the US had an amazing… Read More ›
SOPA, PIPA, and Indian Censorship
Sometimes looking at the way the government does things one wonders whether the lunatics are running the loony bin. But perhaps the truth is not funny at all, and more horrifying: the people running the country are not crazy but… Read More ›
