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Oct
28
On Why Free Trade Isn’t Always Free
October 28, 2005 | Leave a Comment
There’s a lot of talk these days about free trade, market forces, and so on. Even I’ve talked about it. How can we not? The world is changing, has changed, and unless we change with it, we’ll be left behind.
Half a century ago, when colonies were becoming countries and the world’s leaders [...]
Oct
21
On the Taste of Sand
October 21, 2005 | Leave a Comment
The ostrich is a lovely bird. Big. Flightless. Beautifully feathered (as we should know, as many of their feathers adorn Junkanoo costumes). Fast.
And much maligned.
Ostriches, according to legend, ignore danger by burying their heads in the sand. (The fact that they do not do this in actuality is neither here [...]
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