Archive for June, 2010

THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG

THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG
Most of you are familiar with the fairy tale about the goose that laid a golden egg.
It did so on a regular basis and brought a steady flow of wealth to its owner until it was disemboweled to get to the source. It died and produced no more golden [...]

DIPLOMACY & PUBLIC OPINION

DIPLOMACY & PUBLIC OPINION
In a democratic society, in which actions are taken based on decisions made not by individuals but by consensus, compromises are made until acceptable conclusions leading to action are accepted.
This seems obvious and should require no elaborate explanation of how democracy works.
However, the conclusions that are reached never satisfy all the parties [...]