Lessons from South Korea on July 2, 2019When it secured independence in 1948, South Korea was wracked by poverty, political chaos and popular discontent. It was widely regarded as a sinkhole of US aid. Now this small, ruggedly anti-communist country enjoys relative political stability; making impressive economic progress. It has become one of the success stories of the US assistance program. Experts […]
Sacred cows on June 17, 2019The clamour against accountability and the National Accountability Bureau has grown louder with the arrest of major political leaders from the opposition ranks. There are angry exchanges at the National Assembly sessions. The government says it is committed to holding everyone accountable. That may be good news but it also needs to perform better. The […]
The Nishwa case on May 1, 2019The Hippocratic Oath requires a new physician to swear, by a number of healing gods, to uphold specific ethical standards. These include the principles of medical confidentiality and non-maleficence. “I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as […]
Airstrikes minus diplomacy on March 2, 2019Ralph Waldo Emerson-an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century said, “For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.” Truth they say is the first casualty in war, in some cases in peace time too. But yelling and screaming TV […]
Future Water Wars on January 16, 2019Once Benjamin Franklin said,”You will learn the worth of water when the well dries.”A new paper paints a disturbing picture of a nearby future where people are fighting over access to water. These post-apocalyptic-sounding “water wars” could rise as a result of climate change and population growth and could become real soon enough if we […]