In 1965, less than two years after joining Malaysia, Singapore was forced to leave the bigger country and declare its…
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With 2011, a wave of unrest descended upon the MENA. What became later known as “Arab Spring“ represented a ragged…
Forward towards Middle Ages
We fail to advance towards future. We advance not to the 22nd century but more to the period corresponding to…
Musings on Marx, capitalism, austerity and future
All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned. This is Marx quoting in The Communist…
Failures of United Nations (part 3 – WFP and WHO)
The first two parts exposed some historic snippets of Security Council and other UN agencies. How do UN affiliates fare?…
How lack of reading damages modern society
Never in human history has so much knowledge been available and accessible, and yet so little curiosity or effort been…
Obama fails – America fails
A famous story from IBM told of a man who made a $10M error. He was hauled up before the…
