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By James Bovard I have always had a bad attitude toward official secrets regardless of who is keeping them. That prejudice and John Kenneth Galbraith are to blame for an unauthorized withdrawal I made from the World Bank. When I lived in Boston in the late 1970s, I paid $25 to attend a series of […]

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I have always had a bad attitude toward official secrets regardless of who is keeping them. That prejudice and John Kenneth Galbraith are to blame for an unauthorized withdrawal I made from the World Bank.

Bankrolling tyrants is the equivalent of a Fugitive Slave Act for an entire nation, preventing a mass escape of political victims

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Punch Newspapers Sections — Diane Mariechild, author of “Mother of Wit”. Regardless of where they live, in the Northern Hemisphere or Southern Hemisphere, in a rich country or a poor one, women have always played vital roles in the continuation of the human species as well as in community and societal development. Women leaders have also played key roles in crises response; serving as heads of government, co-coordinators of grassroots movements as well as frontline health care providers. ...

The Nigerian woman and poverty: Changing the narrative By Mon Mar 08 2021 A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform – Diane Mariechild, author of Mother of Wit Regardless of where they live, in the Northern Hemisphere or Southern Hemisphere, in a rich country or a poor one, women have always played vital roles in the continuation of the human species, as well as in community and societal development. Women leaders have also played key roles in crise...

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