“IT DOESN’T MATTER WHETHER A CAT IS BLACK OR WHITE PROVIDED IT CATCHES MICE.” This statement, attributed to former Communist Party leader Deng Xiaoping, reflects the pragmatic combination of private enterprise capitalism and state-controlled communism that set China on its continuing course of rapid economic development. Now, as Ronald Reagan might say about the [...]
Oct 092012
Sep 202012
“WAITING FOR SUPERMAN” (ARNE DUNCAN) AND HE “WON’T BACK DOWN.” Last year’s and this year’s entries in the bash-the-teachers derby movies have made the same point: that big city schools are a mess, the teachers and the unions are to blame, and that union-busting and turn-around closing of “failing” schools to be replaced by [...]
Mar 312011
“WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO STOP THIS BLOODSHED.” (UK Independent) These words are uttered by the PM of Qatar, an Arab nation which helps to shed blood in anti-government “coalition” air strikes in Libya. As these strikes are now seen to be ineffective (or insufficiently intense) to stop government suppression of the rebellion, [...]

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