“… perhaps the biggest difference between progressives and conservatives is that one believes that government inherently infringes on freedom and the other believes that government creates the conditions for it” - Big government is good for you -Drew Westen,...
"Elitism is the belief or attitude that those individuals who are considered members of the elite—a select group of people with outstanding personal abilities, intellect, wealth, specialized training or...
Australian government policies continue to push Aboriginal culture to the brink of annihilation. See the report on Ethnocide –which defines policies and processes designed to destroy the separate identity of a group, with or without the physical destruction of its members....
"A senior government minister claimed today that the war would be over in 3 weeks. Whether we believe him or not, commentators like Ahilan Kadirgamar (writing in Himal Southasian, February 2009) have called attention to the dynamics of a ‘post-LTTE Sri Lanka’, suggesting...
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Startups and startup executives all over Silicon Valley intensely debate around how, when and how much governance startups should apply to their operations when considering the challenges facing them at the moment and the challenges that lie ahead. These sometimes...
opinion by benbehrouzi | 38 wks ago | updated 38 wks ago 91 views | 10 recommendations | 0 comments
$700 billion in taxpayer money would be wasted in a federal bailout – it would be the wrong people paying the bill, the wrong people making the decision, and the wrong reforms to fix the underlying causes.
The...
opinion by davidahbrown | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 91 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"That most of the local officials of Pampanga province, especially the mayors and board members, are suddenly beside themselves with their non-negotiable demand for credible and clean leadership is not at all...
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Report by Akhand Bhubanewar, India : Leaders can make difference. This was proved by Ms Martha Badaraita, the lady Sarpanch of Bada Kalapat village and Gram Panchayat (cluster of villages) under...
created by akhand11 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 474 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
In a context totally unrelated to sewage a boss of mine once advised me early in my career not to 'shit where I eat'. This was wise business advice but it's also true in a literal sense. The question...
created by mtippett | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 365 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
"Adam Holloway says that Britain’s strategy in Afghanistan is misconceived. Nato’s military presence should be reduced and the battle for hearts and minds fought more imaginatively They do not like the F-word in Whitehall, but failure stares us in the face in...
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"New Delhi(ABC Live): Today Sonia Gandhi completed ten years as president of congress party. Party workers celebrated this movement by dancing on the drum beats and distributing sweets, they were also shouting...
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"2008, Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci has announced that Kosovo's parliament will declare independence from Serbia on Sunday. The ethnic Albanian-dominated Serb province has been under United Nations...
"E-mail messages sent and received by White-House personnel during the first three years of the Bush-administration were routinely "recycled,".
During the period in question, the Bush presidency faced some of its biggest controversies, including the Iraq-war.
""Two federal...
Bangalore (ANTARA News) - The World Bank said it has approved two
development policy loans (DPLs) to Indonesia amounting to 800 mln usd
to add momentum to the country's reform programme in services for the
poor, improving the investment climate, public financial management...
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"The economic outlook for Africa is improving after a decade of growth of 5.4% for the continent that matches global rates, the World Bank has said.
The trend indicates that a fundamental change is occurring in Africa, a World Bank official told the BBC.
But the bank's latest...
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