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A stick abroad and a credit card at home

Janadas Devan's review of Bush's State of the Union Address

Don't count on a truly democratic election in the US

Once again, after 4 years, the US heads for an election.  Christopher Reed's comments.

Ban, Burn, Destroy -- Governance has been abandoned to mob intimidation at the price of free speech

Rajeev Dhavan lists numerous incidents when pressure, not from the public, but from
a mob or lumpen elements, determines what the Government bans in the name of
social censorship.