by Mike Hall Earlier this week, the Social Security Board of Trustees released the 65th annual report on the program’s financial status. And on cue, the Bush administration and the Wall Street-knows-best crowd—now joined by Sen. John McCain(who acknowledges ” economics is something I’ve never really understood as well as I should”)—used the occasion to push for […]
UN Security General’s Report: Mission In Liberia
United Nations Mission in Liberia March 19, 2008 I. Introduction 1. By its resolution 1777 (2007) of 20 September 2007, the Security Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) until 30 September 2008 and requested me to monitor and report on the core benchmarks outlined in my report of […]
$600,000 for Flowers, but No Water for Workers
by Mike Hall, Mar 25, 2008 The Arizona State University Foundation spent nearly $1 million for meals and other events at luxurious Phoenix-area hotels and more than $600,000 in flowers, gifts and trophies in 2005–2006. That same year, overhead expenses, including the meals and flowers, accounted for 56 percent of the foundation’s expenditures, while direct […]
India spells out her Stand on Important Foreign Policy Issues
The External Affairs Minister, Mr.Pranab Mukerjee spelled out his Government’s stand on a wide range of issues covering the Foreign Policy in the Rajya Sabah on Wednesday. On the Indo-U.S. Nuclear deal, he countered the criticism of the BJP that the Government should either mend or end it by replying that we can neither mend […]
Global Fund Stands By Decision to Deny Funds to Zimbabwe
The Global Fund defended its decision to deny donor funding to Zimbabwe’s public health efforts early this year and encouraged the country to use the feedback provided by an independent panel of experts from the previous two years in applying for this year’s new round of funding. The Global Fund is a nongovernmental organization, bankrolled […]
Palliative Care : Love in a Time of Hopelessness
A couple of years ago a friend of ours was diagnosed with cancer. After the usual treatment with radio therapy and chemo therapy had run its course and it was clear that the patient was terminal, he was moved home. However the rigor of looking after the demands of some one who was getting weaker […]
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