Global Politician

Cold Empathy and Warm Empathy

Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Empathy is comprised of two components:

I. Cold Empathy: an intersubjective agreement as to the mental content (especially emotions) of two or more human subjects;

II. Warm Empathy: the emotional response to Cold Empathy.

Cold Empathy is an act of taxonomy and an attempt to overcome the barriers posed by the inaccessibility of the private languages o...

Greece�s Well Deserved Limbo

Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

As NATO alliance members approach prepare for their summit in Chicago one cannot avoid thinking of the Greek state and its predicted collapse if things don�t change with the new elections slated for June 17th, 2012. How will the possible bankruptcy of the Greek state affect the NATO alliance?

Symposia: If I wanted America to fail and If I were the devil

Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Socrates (470-399 B.C.) � a renowned Greek philosopher from Athens who taught Plato, and Plato taught Aristotle and Aristotle taught Alexander the Great.

GLOBAL SWEEP: Greece, American Banks

Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

I. Why and How Greece Must Exit the Euro

Austerity is imposing intolerable unemployment and political chaos in Greece, and won�t permit it to repay its debts. Athens must abandon the euro and reintroduce the drachma.

After the euro was adopted in 1999, productivity growth was slower and prices rose faster in Southern Europe than in Germany and other northern states. The more competit...

Minister Peiris Goes to Washington

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

On May 18, Sri Lanka�s External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris will meet with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington, DC. The two should have plenty to talk about. The Sri Lankan government�s action plan for the implementation of the recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) will be at the top of the list.

GLOBAL SWEEP: Yuan, JP Morgan, Euro, Trade Deficit

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

I. China�s Yuan Remains Hugely Undervalued, Dragging down U.S. Growth, Jobs

The Pentagon is a conveyor belt for hatred and enmity towards Islam

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

�We are not at war with Islam��President Obama

It was only last month that Pentagon officials repeatedly implored Pastor Terry Jones not to burn copies of the Quran fearing that Jones�s inflammatory action could arouse Muslim sentiments and endanger the lives of US soldiers serving in Afghanistan and elsewhere.

Yet, a month later the Pentagon managed to outdo the bigotry of Terry J...

Trade Deficit and Unemployment

Wed, 9 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

I. Fix the Trade Deficit to End Jobs Drought

The $600 billion annual deficit is the most significant barrier to achieving a robust economic recovery and creating jobs, and oil and consumer goods from China account for virtually the entire problem.

Economists agree the pace of economic recovery has been too slow, because of too little demand for what Americans make.

Consumers...

Edwin Clark versus Nigeria

Wed, 9 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Part of the significant changes that came with the emergence of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan in Nigerian national discourse are the metamorphosis of and the new role assumed by Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clarke. By the way, we must point out straight away here that there are many in the country that will argue that other significant changes have not been many since the president got into office, as said, that ...

The Demise of Empathy at Home and in the Family and the Role of Technology

Fri, 4 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Empathy is on a precipitous decline in the family and home environments. Technology is partly to blame, but so are other social and economic trends.