When You Wear Pants In Sudan
I have also quoted Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Ali for the less informed Ali grew up in the draconian circumstances of her native Somalia where she was forced to endure genital mutilation and the ignominies of an arranged marriage. She managed to flee to the Netherlands where she became a political activist and criticized Islam. Among [...]
Obesity and Healthcare Reform
While everyone rants and raves on one side or the other about healthcare reform, little is said about one major contributing factor to the outrageous cost of healthcare. Fat people. I know it is a term that makes everyone flinch as it is no longer politically correct. There are other terms to use instead, full [...]
Intelligent Intelligence and the Iranian Presidential Elections
As I write this Iranian citizens have taken to the streets in protest of what appears to be fixed elections. I say appears to be in the same way someone lying dead in the street appears to be dead. Unfortunately, in the West, to paraphrase one of my favorite political pundits, Ayaan Hirisi Ali, we [...]
When the Police Hire Criminals
Modern history has a fair number of examples of bad guys working for the good guys. Some years ago there was a hit television series called “It Takes a Thief.” The theme of the series was a master jewel thief is finally caught by the federal authorities and turned to do jobs in behalf of [...]
Pitfalls of a Branded Economic Culture
Brand names have always been important. For years, a good brand can mean everything from quality and reliability to status and social cache. But in the last twenty five years or so brand names have evolved into “branding” as a cultural and marketing phenomenon. Without proper branding, products and services can either fall by [...]