In Iran, Gandhism Comes of Age? – A WSJ Article That Neither Gets Gandhi Nor Iran
The Wall Street Journal published an article by Steven Waldman titled In Iran, Gandhism Comes Of Age. The Wall Street Journal informs us that Steven ...
Category: Current Affairs
Watch The US Congress At Work And Be Afraid About The War Against Terrorists
On Thursday June 25, a Congressional committee subjected the Fed Chairman, Dr. Ben Bernanke, to an accusatory interrogation about the events surrounding t...
Interesting Videoclips of the Week (June 20 – June 26)
Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with brief comments. Our Web Software does not permit embedding ...
Situation In Iran – More Questions Than Answers
Unless you live on Mars or Venus, you know about the events in Iran. The pictures and videos of the massive protests in Tehran are amazing. Reports indicat...
Bernanke-Greenspan, Bush-Obama & An 18th Century French Diplomat
“La parole nous a été donnée pour déguiser notre pensée.” – Speech was given to us to conceal our thoughts. – Talleyrand Nicknamed as th...
Bollywood and the Global Credit Bubble
Editor’s Note: We are indebted to Mr. Raj Mundhe, an avid reader and an old friend, for bringing the Wall Street Journal article to our attention. Mr. Raj...
Cricket Lets In The Rabble – Anglophilia or a Tinge of Racism? – Our opinion of a Wall Street Journal article
In our May 2 article Wall Street Journal vs. Financial Times, we wrote about the Limousine Liberals of the 1980s. “In those days, it was fashionable...
Interesting Videclips of the Week (June 13 – June 19)
Editor’s Note: In this new series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with brief comments. Our Web Software does not permit embedd...
My Old Friend Bob, Today’s Inflationists & The Taleban
One day, I got the happy news that my friend Bob had become the proud father of a baby girl. After two boys, Bob really wanted a girl. So I expected Bob to be v...
Attacks on Indian Students in Australia
About 18 months ago, a Chinese graduate student we knew was killed in a race-based violent incident near Columbia University. This was a very bright, ...