IT IS TIME TO SAVE OUR FRAGILE, DYSFUNCTIONAL DEMOCRACY…
It was almost 2am and I was still awake on my bed. In a few hour’s time, the governing New
It was almost 2am and I was still awake on my bed. In a few hour’s time, the governing New
Few elections in my lifetime can be compared to the upcoming December 17, 2019 referendum in terms of its historical
I have often wondered why corruption still thrives in our rather highly religious society. Perhaps, my naivety blinded me from
I carried with me for years the image of a man I never met personally but spoke to briefly on phone. I might have been 17 or 18 years then and he was at the twilight of his long and illustrious political career. He had given his best years as a public servant for the country of his birth. Even at that young age, I silently wished he would have reneged on his retirement plans. But the hawks were circling around him and he knew the time had come for him gracefully bow out with his dignity intact.
The famous American political scientist, Francis Fukuyama wrote a book; ‘The end of history’, nearly thirty years ago. In his
I have racked my mind over the last couple of weeks about the issue of taxation and the optimal level