In the day and age of division, there are some powerful forces that can bring people together. Music, of course. Sports, quite certainly. The ongoing FIFA World Cup is an example of the power of sports that can break barriers and unite people. Regardless of whether you call it “soccer” or “football”, one must agree…
Category: International
CAN WE RESTORE CONFIDENCE?
The world has suffered a massive blow. The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the global community’s failure to prevent the onset of such brutal attacks on innocent human beings have resulted in the erosion of people’s confidence in the civilized world. Many countries, including some of the largest industrialized nations, have expressed their commitment to…
BOTSWANA: HOW INSTITUTIONS KEPT THE RESOURCE CURSE AWAY
Written in 2010. ABSTRACT The natural resource curse has plagued many countries. Scholars have studied the mechanisms through which the discovery of natural resources causes a country to end up facing civil and political strife, and devastating economic consequences. Botswana, a diamond-rich sub-Saharan country that gained its independence from the British in 1966, has successfully…
COMPARING AMERICA TO AUSTRALIA WITH REGARD TO GUN RIGHTS? NOT A GOOD IDEA.
The opponents of our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms often bring up Australia as a role model for banning guns. They propose that America should follow Australia’s footsteps in taking away firearms from its citizens. First, I want to say: America is not Australia, and Australia is not America. Both are…