Is Intellectual Property Protection a Hidden Transfer of Wealth from Society To A Few?
If there is a sacred cow in America, it is Protection of Intellectual Property or IP in short. There is good reason for this practice. Most of the world’s...
Month: August 2010
“Are you from the Pakistani army or the Sindh army?” – This Quote from the New York Times Shook Us
Last week, we wrote an article titled The 2010 Flood in Pakistan – Similar Disasters, Similar Consequences? The point of this article was to compare today...
Interesting Videoclips of the Week (August 22 – August 28)
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The 2010 Flood in Pakistan & The 1970 Cyclone in Pakistan – Similar Disasters, Similar Consequences?
Every one with a TV set has seen the horrific floods that swept Pakistan. Huge areas have been flooded, towns have been submerged and people have been rendered...
A GMization of the America – A Trite but Real Description of America’s Structural Problem and Solution?
By now, it is clear that the problems facing America’s economy and recovery are structural. This week, Tom Friedman of the New York Times came out with an...
Interesting Videoclips of the Week (August 15 – August 21)
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A Blackberry addict discovers grassroots enterprise in India – A lovely story of Core India
Editor’s Note: August 15 is India’s Independence Day. This is a day when Pseudo-European Indians love to talk down their country, its progress and i...
The Reluctant Fundamentalist – Isn’t that like a Reluctant Nazi?
It was not long ago when a regime created a concept that one religion and one ethnic group were the root cause of all trouble in their land. The regime was Nazi...
Interesting Videoclips of the Week (August 8 – August 14)
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Peggy Noonan & Her Article – What Does It Say about the Wall Street Journal & Its India Edition?
A young man was asked his name in a Louis L’Amour book. He said “they call me Handy”. When asked why, he drawled, “I was handy in a gunf...