Category: Choices
National-list nominations as vote bait
July 20,2015 (LBO) – By far, the greatest number of professionals have been nominated as national-list MPs by the JVP.Some see this as cause for giving this party serious consideration. But there is evidence that the JVP national list nominations are pure window dressing. I was listening to the Propaganda Secretary of the JVP on […]
Nepal: What can be done? What lessons can be learned?
Many people I care for live in Nepal. Less than a month ago I was teaching in Nagarkot, in the hills about an hour out of Kathmandu. I recognize some of the buildings with cracks that come on the TV screen. I receive the tweets that say #prayforNepal. I wonder, who does one pray to? […]
Public media or public media organizations in Sri Lanka?
In the aftermath of an election that saw the naked abuse of the government-owned media, the question of reform has risen in the agenda. But it is unfortunate to see the substantive discussion get side-tracked by emotional debates about the disqualifications of the various new appointees to head these malfunctioning organizations.First, let me get the […]