By Gwynne Dyer Predictions are tough, especially about the future (as Yogi Berra once said). Moreover, the ‘Iron Laws of Economics’ don’t actually exist: there are...
A niece in Kandy sent me two cheeses and butter which she said she bought from a farm owned by a woman in Digana. The combination...
By Hugh Karunanayake It was in the mid 1950s that I first discovered the enchantment of cacti and succulents. I cannot exactly recall the inspiration for...
by Kumar David Although Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the presidential election by a popular vote of 60.3 million (50.9%) votes to Bolsonaro’s 58.3 million...
CONFESSIONS OF A GLOBAL GYPSY Dr. Chandana (Chandi) Jayawardena DPhil President – Chandi J. Associates Inc. Consulting, Canada Founder & Administrator – Global Hospitality Forum chandij@sympatico.ca...
by Rajan Philips Thanks to global information overreach, the American midterm elections have been splashed everywhere in everyone’s face. American elections are canonically fixed for their...
Rear Admiral (Retd.) Sarath Weerasekera, RWP, VSV, USP I owe a duty to the Public to explain why I voted against the 21st amendment. I opposed...
By Michael Patrick O’Leary Scouting for Boys When I was a stroppy teenager, the epitome for me of the distastefulness of the whole charade of Remembrance...
by Hugh Karunanayake The last cricketing appearance by Don Bradman in Sri Lanka was at the Colombo Oval on March 31, 1948 before a capacity crowd...
By Prof Tissa Vitarana (LSSP) The people of Sri Lanka are suffering severely as a result of the high cost of living (inflation). The present Ranil...