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Leonard Shlain has done it again: in a probing and wide-ranging study, Sex, Time and Power (2003) — which probes even deeper into the origins of patriarchy than his earlier The Alphabet Versus the Goddess (1998) — he sets out to answer the question he had posed to a medical doctor (instructor) during his medical […]

After watching Padraig Harrington win his second consecutive Open Championship this past weekend, it prompted me to question why none of the younger golfers are coming through to step up and fight in the major championships. At 32 years old, Tiger Woods has been holding a monopoly on the game for the past 11 years […]

As suggested in Elhanan Helpman’s Mystery of Economic Growth, there are many tasks that rest on the shoulders of a (developmental) state. The same line of thinking can be discerned also in Jeffery Sach’s End of Poverty. In our context, for example, it is incontrovertible that the state, or its main agent (that is, the […]

The traditional religions of most Africans altered significantly as a result of colonial rule. Colonial rulers interfered with the African way of worship. Where the modes of worship conflicted with those of the colonialists, restrictions were placed on religious practice. African cultures were seen as primitive and were gradually impoverished through neglect and suppression by […]

The blogosphere often comes under criticism (and usually, rightly so) for knee-jerk journalism. Don’t research the facts — just the get the scoop and get something up. In comes the traffic and some poor sod usually clicks on the Google Ads. Not a great place to be … However, when it comes to product reviews […]

No one can deny that much of the Western world is bent on pursuing cold cash. Ask a bunch of high-school graduates what they want to do when they leave school and nine out of 10 will say: “We want to make money.” So, if making money is important to you, then you have to […]

It’s almost time for the 2008 Olympics, and the Chinese authorities are making sure their coming out party is as green as possible. And what does environmentalism entail? Draconian restrictions, of course. The Communist Party of China can relate to the green penchant for fascist measures to save the rest of us from ourselves.

You’re on the highway approaching the toll booth, on a tight deadline for an important meeting. To your dismay, you’re shepherded into a long, slow-moving lane. “This is the new differentiated service system,” your companion explains. “Some car manufacturers and some big businesses have struck a lucrative deal with the toll-road company, giving their vehicles […]

There is nothing quite like the whingeing Poms when it comes to cricket. Commander-in-chief? Saint Beefy of Ignatius: DON’T JABBER BEEFY JUST WOCKY (Apology to Lewis Carroll) ‘Twas brillig, and this Limey toad Did cry and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy ’twere for Cook had got an iffy call, And the moan and wrath […]

What is the leadership of Sanzar thinking by announcing a proposed expansion of the Super 14 finals to a Top Six play-offs series next year? This certainly does not address the problematic issues of the tournament. The problem with the Super 14 tournament, whose charisma and television allure, which started 12 years ago in 1996, […]

Recycled information seems to be the nature of the blogging world. Be that as it may, not everyone feeds off content from the same sources, and sometimes things you would have wanted to know slip through the cracks. Today they announced on the WordPress development blog that they have re-launched the theme directory. Now, since […]