Haiti
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Haiti’s Resurgence
What is the solution for Haiti? The situation looks impossible, but of course it is not impossible. Countries succeed for definite reasons; countries fail for definite reasons. And Haiti’s failure has nothing to do with Vodou, Baron Samedi or any of the other colorful characters in its native religion. Haiti’s poverty is not a moral…
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A Letter to Claudine
This is an open letter to Claudine, Gay, the new president of Harvard University. Dear Claudine Gay, Congratulations on your selection to be the 30th president of Harvard. You have your work cut out for you. You will have to undo 400 years of Harvard’s criminality against the world. The purpose of this letter is…
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Haiti, the Ruling Class, and Education
Virtually any government anywhere, despite its form – monarchy, representative government, theocracy – will soon come to be dominated by a ruling elite. There seems to be a natural gravitational energy that produces this phenomenon. Since no known civilization has avoided a ruling elite, oligarchy must be imbued or impregnated within our DNA. In other…