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Graciously guilty Prayut
News, Editorial, Published on 06/02/2016
» An apology from Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha to the press corps, as well as members of the public, for his outburst early this week is a gracious act but not one he should resort to often.
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No need to panic, science and history are on our side
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 06/02/2016
» Zika, the mosquito-borne virus spreading through the Americas that has been linked to thousands of babies born with underdeveloped brains (microcephaly), is just the latest new disease to spread panic around the world. And wait! News just in that it can be sexually transmitted too!
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Democracy is a public virtue but it is not the only one
News, Published on 06/02/2016
» Almost 20 years ago, noted editor Fareed Zakaria published a piece entitled "The Rise of Illiberal Democracy" in the journal Foreign Affairs. In this analysis Zakaria made several important observations about how some democratically elected regimes have often ignored the constitutional limits on their power and deprived their citizens of basic rights and freedoms. In his account of the development of democracy and constitutional liberalism, Zakaria takes us through a number of thought-provoking notions, in particular, how Western liberal democracy is but one of many models of democratic rule, that democracy is one public virtue but not the only one, and that it is faulty to assume that democracy will imply good governance. He concludes the analysis by stating: “Woodrow Wilson took America into the 20th century with a challenge, to make the world safe for democracy. As we approach the next century, our task is to make democracy safe for the world.”
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The premier and our age so full of fury
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 06/02/2016
» ‘Angry people are not always wise,” Jane Austen wrote in Pride and Prejudice.
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