Talk shows and googling monkeys: Effective political discourse in the Information Age
The Nobel Laureate economist Robert Solow famously proclaimed that “you can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.” Along the …
Choices
The cost of free water
Jul 11, 2005 (LBO) – Water is free in Sri Lanka. Anyone who says different will be pilloried. I say different. I say that we will pay in lives and …
Ridding Year 1 school admissions of corruption and influence
Ridding Year 1 school admissions of corruption and influence 1.0 Introduction Getting a child into Year 1 of school, government or private, has become a …
BPOs or daha dahasak wewu?
April 20, 2005 (LBO) - Policy analysis must begin from a realistic assessment of where we are and what we are. We are a small island nation located within the …
Disaster preparedness: Nanny State or respect for citizen choice?
One of the more interesting exchanges of the video news conference on a national all-hazards warning system for Sri Lanka held on the 10th of February was off …
Surviving tsunamis: What can we learn from Hawai’i?
A Visit to the Former “Tsunami Capital” The sign below an exhibit at the Pacific Tsunami Museum in Hilo, Hawai’i, claims that Hilo is “the tsunami …