Sunday, August 15, 2004

Motivations for Terrorism: Religion or Economy?

Terrorism is too easily explained is the product of right wing zealots in poor economies. But right wing zealots are as frequent in wealth economies. One look at India and China accounts for an enormous slice of the global poor, yet these countries are not frought with even a trace of violent militias.

Sunday, July 25, 2004

Introduction

Problems affecting the world or just you and me have simple roots. We want prolems of personal, national, or world nature to be complex.

Yet, like a Gordian Knot, a simple truism can slice a problem to its solvable parts. The truism can demistify the illusion of impossibility we see in facing problems. The truism must be taken to account in all actions towards resolution.

I aim to write infrequently here, after a quick spill of thoughts to date. Topics of importance to me lately are global terrorism, the middle east, pharmaceutical drug distribution channels, and tax law. This list will evolve and change as we, as a society, confront issues tangled by media, politics, and the twistiness that is within our own minds.