Lafayette The notion that whole governments including ostensibly liberal democracies like the United Kingdom would simply throw all pretense about freedom of speech out the window when it comes to social networking tools like Facebook, Twitter, and various instant messaging services proves that all of the freedoms we take for granted are just that, taken …
Month: August 2011
Housing Help or More Bank Bailout?
Lafayette More headlines, and more hopelessness seems to emerge around housing policy in the United States as both homeowners and others desperate about the economy desperately read between the lines looking for an answer and only finding more cluelessness, even as some nuggets of the Obama Administration’s failed policies continue to slip out. This time …
Anna Hazare and the Gandhian Moment
New Orleans Walking downstairs in the predawn there was the smell of smoke in the air. It smelled exactly like a Delhi morning where the acrid dawn is a daily greeting. Something must be burning on the bayous. It was enough of a sign that it must be time to talk about Anna Hazare and …