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The world is reacting with shock (and some derision) today at the sight of Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard being dragged to her motorcade by a scrum of bodyguards and riot police who were protecting her from jeering Aborigines. In fact, they whisked her through such a frantic, chaotic, and jostled path to safety that… Read more.
In typical herd-like fashion, political pundits of every stripe are now asserting that Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protesters will do for the Democratic Party what Tea Partiers have done for the Republican Party. Except that there’s one glaring distinction which completely negates this analogy. First, though, it might be helpful to recall that many of these… Read more.
Imagine a scenario where Democrats launch months of nationwide protests following a disputed presidential result, including mass sit-ins that shut down major US airports. Because that, essentially, is what’s happening in Thailand. Recall that Thais reacted with blithe resignation to the 2006 military coup against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Military leaders accused him of massive… Read more.
