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Catastrophe and the Arts by Sylvester Long
Unfortunate as they are, catastrophes are an inevitable part of our history. During World War II, we witnessed state-sponsored persecution and murder of close to six million Jews by the Nazi regime; on 9/11, we witnessed the destruction of the World Trade Center by terrorist hijackers; more recently, in Tohoku and Fukushima, we witnessed devastation in [...]
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Unfortunate as they are, catastrophes are an inevitable part of our history. During World War II, we witnessed state-sponsored persecution and murder of close to six million Jews by the Nazi regime; on 9/11, we witnessed the destruction of the World Trade Center by terrorist hijackers; more recently, in Tohoku and Fukushima, we witnessed devastation in [...]
Barack Obama, shantay you stay. Mitt Romney, sashay away. More than a month into President Obama’s second term, the election fever along with the flood waters of Hurricane Sandy have all receded. As the cleanup crew makes its way through the storm-ravaged east coast and Republicans come to terms with a startling loss – the [...]
Why Some Authoritarian Regimes Last Longer Than Others The current wave of democratization stirring in the Middle East and North Africa region brings to focus the relative stability of the Communist single-party regimes, particularly China, and for a relatively long period of 70 years, the Soviet Union. Communist regimes typically outlive other forms of governance [...]
Is the Singapore system necessarily inferior? In a previous article, I made a comparison between the Singapore and Finnish education systems. The coincident successes of the two dramatically distinct systems made me question if Singapore is pursuing the same goals, but with a lesser approach. Although my perception has changed, I’m not about to retract [...]
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