Simon Jenkins, courtesy of The Guardian, 19 May 2009 — with title David Miliband’s piccolo diplomacy Blair at least walked the walk. But this foreign secretary can offer only feel good gestures of episcopal concern. I hope President Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka takes time out today to comment on the resignation of Mr Speaker. What the [...]
Mexico is rapidly becoming a hot spot for international-based automakers. Nissan Motor Company, one of the top automakers in Japan, is planning to invest $2 billion in building a new plant in the country. The world-renown automaker plans to increase its growth opportunities in Mexico, targeting larger cities in the country as key markets. Nissan [...]
Money is the barometer of society’s virtue. When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion- when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing- when you see that men get richer from graft and by pull than by work, and your [...]
I am guilty of associating freedom with democracy. Thomas Sowell writes in his book The Thomas Sowell Reader that there is a distinct difference in the chapter ‘Freedom Versus Democracy.’ Democracy and Freedom are too often confounded. Britain itself did not have anything cloze to democracy until the Reform Act of 1832. But it had [...]
Greg Sheridan, courtesy of the Australian Weekend, 5-6 November 2011, under a different title THE criticism of Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa, when he visited Australia for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth, left the key Sri Lankan villain out of the story. The criticism was that the Sri Lankan government engaged in [...]
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox is teaming up with Texas Christian University to help create future leaders in young children through enhanced academic programs. Fox will be holding several forums at TCU, involving different world leaders, and speaking to young people to inspire them to become part of the global community. The Vicente Fox Forum [...]
Năm 1934, một công ty Nhật Bản đã tung ra thị trường một dòng sản phẩm máy ảnh mới có tên Kwanon. Tên này được đặt theo tên của Quan thế âm bồ tát nghìn tay nghìn mắt với mong muốn đây sẽ là một dòng sản phẩm máy ảnh thực sự có ích cho [...]