Reagan: The great American Socialist

Reagan’s measures were similar to those that the Republicans adopted during the 1920s, which were followed by the catastrophic depression. More recently, such policies were mimicked by President George W. Bush and they are about to plunge the world into a depression as well.

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Won’t be unscathed from the current crises:

Asia-Pacific can emerge stronger

Despite the impressive economic growth experienced over the last decade, inequalities between rich and poor have worsened in the Asia-Pacific. This has brought to the fore vulnerabilities for which forward planning and policy action will be essential.

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A response to my (many, many) Tamil-Canadian critics ...

These people deserve the world’s sympathy. But few Canadians are going to be moved to express such sympathy if they open their newspapers and TV sets and see pictures of Canadian Tamils waving the flag of a banned terrorist organization

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LTTE catchy words running out of steam

WITH less than 500 Tigers remaining in their last shrinking Tiger territory in PUTHUKUDIRIPPU, Tigers, still hopeful of a ‘miraculous do-gooder’ to rescue them even at this belated hour, appear to be running amok as the numbers deserting them are fast swelling, almost every hour.

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