We’re accustomed to thinking that our system of free enterprise is embedded in capitalism and fed by democracy. We naturally deduce that this would apply to other nations as well. But what about China? China has robust free enterprise and is neither democratic nor capitalistic in the way the West is. China’s economic success and…

Remembering Arms SpendingMost of us have never heard of SIPRI, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, a Swedish think tank whose annual yearbook tracks military spending across the world. Their latest edition tells us that worldwide, arms spending has risen %5.9 for 2008-2009 and almost doubled in the past decade. We now spend $1.6 trillion.…

People are more than their worst acts. We say that, and sometimes even believe it. Still we need it to be underlined once in a while, if not for ourselves, then to enable us to answer those who doubt it. That’s why this example stood out and made me take notice. An international medical charity…