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Indonesia abandoning its Capital ?
I have
almost always lived in capital cities. I was born in New Delhi, resided in
London, Prague (before Czechoslovakia split in 1993), Budapest, Rome, Bonn
(long...
Emptiness and consciousness: Still unseen limits of American politics
“Conscious of his
emptiness, a man tries to make a faith for himself in the political realm. In
vain.”-Karl Jaspers, “Reason and Anti-Reason in our Time”...
Creating a Future: Nationalism, Patriotism and Global “Oneness”
"What does not benefit the entire hive is no
benefit to the bee."-Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Sometimes, truth can
be both counter-intuitive and bitterly ironic. Although Americans have...
Protest: The King is dead, long live the king
Protest is back on the front burner.
Protesters occupy streets in cities ranging from Hong Kong and Moscow to
Khartoum and Algiers. They would likely do...
Boris the last Prime Minister of a united United Kingdom?
Given the media representation of Boris
Johnson, it might come as a surprise to learn a few things about his
cabinet. It is the largest, at...
The Democrats’ War in New Hampshire
Sanders, Biden, Warren and Harris face tough
competition in the primary. Many US analysts believe that the victory or defeat
of either candidate in Iowa's New...
Elections, Elections & Elections
Targeted within the next 100 days are some 500 million voters around the world;
Thirty plus nations are going to elect
leaders and later...
Empathy, Survival and Human Oneness: Informed Reflections on Trump’s Atavistic Worldview
"Each of us is both the subject and the
protagonist of his own nontransferable life." José Ortega y Gasset, Man and Crisis
America First, the
most conspicuous...
Remembering JFK – The Short Lived President: His Life and Achievements
John
Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK) was the 35th President of the United States of America
(USA) during the heightened time of the Cold War. “The youngest man...
The third Fox News shock to Trump
New Fox News polls showed once again that US President Donald Trump is
not doing well in state and state polls. Accordingly, the likelihood of...