Innovator and Bureaucrat

The innovator and the bureaucrat are frequently hostile to one another. There is a reason why. The innovator thinks for himself. He has to; it is his intelligence - as distinct from that of another - that makes it possible for him to innovate. The bureaucrat thinks party...

Curfew-like situation in Indian Kashmir ahead of separatists' protest

Kashmir officially became part of  Indian state on this date 61 years ago. Pakistan gave support to local separatists fighting for independent Kashmir. There were several rounds of meeting and other attempts to resolve this contentious issue.The non-resolution of the...

Thousands of adolescents work as unpaid baggers in Wal-Mart’s Mexican stores

"An additional 19,000 youngsters between the ages of 14 and 16 work after school in hundreds of Wal-Mart stores, mostly as grocery baggers, throughout Mexico—and none of them receives a red cent in wages or fringe benefits. The company doesn’t try to conceal this...

Merely Obeying Orders

"If President Roosevelt had no responsibility for matters in connection with the Pearl Harbor attack, all blame for the mistakes which were apparently made, must fall upon the Army and Navy. As the President was in complete control of the whole situation, the Army and Navy in...