The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Collective thinking about public affairs (NOTE: In this essay I intentionally subsume the thinking processes of official decision-makers into the thinking processes of the citizenry as a whole. I realize that official decision-makers can and do make decisions independently of the will of the people, unless that public will is united and organized. But elite …
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Peace, human rights and development in multi-polar and evolving world Johan Galtung TMS, 2 October 2012 Keynote Speech at the UN Human Rights Council SOCIAL FORUM – Oct 1, 2012 Your Excellencies! The title for this Sixth Social Forum – in the context of the 10 Articles of the UN Declaration on the Right to …
The New World Frank Jacobs and Parag Khanna The New York Times Sunday Review, September 22, 2012 IT has been just over 20 years since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the last great additions to the world’s list of independent nations. As Russia’s satellite republics staggered onto the global stage, one could be …
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Bernard Manin 5.0 out of 5 stars 6 Star Wake Up Call – The Democracy That Never Was….,September 3, 2012 It is a telling sign of the ignorance across the USA and elsewhere that there is no other review of this book, a book that was brought to my attention recently when I made it …
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Knights know that the arts–especially music–are essential to developing the creative and innovative impulses of entrepreneurs. Put more directly: no arts in education – fewer entrepreneurs. Lesson Plans and Resources for Arts Integration Dance in science, pop art in Spanish, or photography in math — there’s no end to the ways arts can be integrated …
Negative Views of Civilian and Private Security Contractors Concerns over their cost effectiveness and strategic value make the deployment of PMSCs a risky proposition. More worryingly, argues David Isenberg, is that they may permit governments to circumnavigate democratic debates over the necessity of sending armed forces into battle. By David Isenberg for the ISN …
