Archive for December, 2011

December 5, 2011

Calamities Create Opportunities

By Jackson Henry —-

One of this century’s most prodigious leaders was none other than, Sir Winston Churchill. He was at the helm of power when Hitler commenced the aerial bombings ofLondonwhich stretched the nerves of every British to the brink. But Churchill calmly told his subjects, “An optimist sees opportunity in every calamity but a pessimist sees calamity in every opportunity”. 

December 2, 2011

Law and Order and the Nation’s Mood

Tia Belau Editorial, November 28, 2011 —- 

To hear many Palauans today, they are as pessimistic about the nation’s governance outlook and overall direction as they were in the turbulent decade of the  1980s, when the country was still ensnared in strikes of government workers, death of two presidents and three citizedns, several Compact plebiscites that involve political intimidation, arson, fire bombings, and killing.

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