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Three years ago, when US President George W. Bush was still praising Russian President Vladimir Putin as his democratic soul mate, I was already condemning Putin (in published articles) as a neo-Stalinist munchkin with a dictatorial agenda to reform Russia in his own image. In fact, I coined the term “Putinization” to describe his neo-Stalinist… Read more.
Dear Readers, I appreciate the number of you who e-mailed over the past two days to enquire about my daily commentaries (and even about my welfare). In fact, it was only technical difficulties with Google’s server that prevented me from publishing. Unfortunately, my webmaster has admonished me that these difficulties might be a recurring headache,… Read more.
The United Nations disclosed on Monday that new, more sophisticated sampling techniques have led to a dramatic lowering of the estimates in the number of people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide; which represents the first waning in the growth of this pandemic since HIV was discovered in 1981. Ironically, this good news was offset by reports… Read more.
