Category: Ignorance & Chutzpah
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Here are some news items that caught my attention in the last couple of days. They all relate to disease – of the body and the mind. Mosquito borne diseases like malaria, dengue, West Nile fever etc. are becoming widely prevalent again. Should we rethink the ban on DDT? Anna Manzanarez was a picture of…
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Taking a break from our earnest political discussions of the last few days for a lighter moment. This news item by Reuters is a lesson in economic and gender parity, a case of the perfect no-fault divorce, a modern day morality tale of "What is sauce for the gander is sauce for the goose" etc.…
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In the aftermath of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination and the turmoil in Pakistan, US presidential candidates of both parties have been scrambling to declare their various degrees of separation from murdered and living Pakistani leaders. Public claims of familiarity with the region’s politics and politicos are meant as code words for the candidates’ command of international…
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