Deception but not Self-Deception

B Raman’s piece Pakistan’s World of Illusions in OutlookIndia.com ends rather surprisingly. Raman makes a very convincing case of Pakistan’s duplicity — not a very difficult thing to do, you would say. Perhaps the people at the Time of India running the crazy Aman ki Asha scheme need to read Raman. What I find puzzling is the paragraph Raman concluded with. Continue reading “Deception but not Self-Deception”

Announcing the “Great American Road Trip 2010”

The Great American Road Trip 2010 will start off on July 15th from the east coast on June 15th 2010 and end in the San Francisco Bay area around July 21st. Keep checking the site for updates. Continue reading “Announcing the “Great American Road Trip 2010””

Why Government Monopolies are Bad: The School Choice Example

If you thought the USA was the land of the free and the home of the brave, think again. Even the US is not free from government control. And it is going to get a lot worse. A Center for Freedom and Prosperity video explains why government monopolies are bad. “Competition promotes innovation and results in higher quality and lower costs. Government-run schools are a tragic example, by contrast, of why monopolies generate bad results. This video uses the example of school choice to explain why competition is a better approach.” Continue reading “Why Government Monopolies are Bad: The School Choice Example”

Have you read Dostoyevsky’s “The Idiot”?

The other day I was reflecting that the world has great literature and that it’s a great pity that I will probably never really get to read even a small fraction of it. I have not read Tolstoy’s “War and Peace“, for example. Those Russians, I tell you, were great authors. Take Dostoyevsky. Continue reading “Have you read Dostoyevsky’s “The Idiot”?”

The Distinction between People and Ideologies

This is a post explaining once again my views on Islam and why I write what I do. This is in response to the comments to a post from yesterday, Geert Wilders is a Maladjusted Person. This post will not be of interest to you if you don’t care about the topic of Islamic terrorism.
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Islam’s Stockpile of Human Bombs

Mr Kanchan Gupta of the Pioneer writes about “Islam’s Stockpile of Human Bombs.” It makes me very afraid. Continue reading “Islam’s Stockpile of Human Bombs”

ATM-like Receipts from Voting Machines is a Very Cunning Plan

The news item is titled “Subramanian Swamy wants ATM-like receipts after casting vote through EVMs.” As Baldrick would have said, “That’s a very cunning plan, my lord.” And as Blackadder would have replied, “It is also bollocks.” Continue reading “ATM-like Receipts from Voting Machines is a Very Cunning Plan”

Geert Wilders is a Maladjusted Person

Geert Wilders is a totally maladjusted person. He is profoundly out of step with the rest of society. And therefore he is being dragged into court and the honorable judges of the Netherlands will no doubt punish him for it. Continue reading “Geert Wilders is a Maladjusted Person”

Our Greatest Weapon

Used to be that might was determined by the size of your muscles and how many men you could command to do your bidding. Time was when you had to club someone over the head to get them to submit to you. Things have changed and with it has changed what determines might. The world has changed with each revolution. The agricultural revolution privileged foresight over just plain sight. The industrial revolution gave power to those who had knowledge of science and technology over those that didn’t. The post-industrial information age has once again redefined the rules. Continue reading “Our Greatest Weapon”