Self Advancement
Hearth and Home: Guidelines to Marriage and Family
No wonder that over and over again, Scripture tells us that God hates pride (Prov 6:16-17, Prov 8:13) and He will not leave it unpunished (Isaiah 2:11-17.) God’s Word teaches us that “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall” (Prov 16:18.) This is a frightening reality, because, if we are honest, [...]
Ambassador Odembo to launch talks on Draft Diaspora Policy
Kenyan ambassador, Elkanah Odembo (in red) poses for a photo with Kenyan winners of the Washington, DC Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run. Kenya won a sterling 1, 2 and 3 finish in the men’s event and no.1 in women’s event. Photo: Chris Wamalwa/Standard Early this year, the Government released the Draft Diaspora Policy aimed at [...]
Scientology’s ‘heretic’: How Marty Rathbun became the arch-enemy of L Ron …
There were four of them, and they appeared around lunchtime on 18 April last year. Marty was making a sandwich in the kitchen of his home in Ingleside on the Bay, on the Gulf Coast of Texas. When he heard them knock, he grabbed a video camera kept on his sideboard for such an occasion. [...]
2912 Army Memory Project – WE NEED YOUR HELP!
2912 Sudbury Irish Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps wants to re-establish that connection, and in doing so, share it with the citizens of Sudbury. Our plan: to research, visit, and document the battlefields and memorials of selected members of Sudbury, and of our Affiliated Regiment, The Irish Regiment of Canada. In doing so, we will [...]
State now morally as well as economically bankrupt
DIARMAID FERRITER ANALYSIS:IN 1997, at the time of the 75th anniversary of the foundation of this state, political scientist Tom Garvin penned a robust defence of politicians performances in the context of their success in establishing the legitimacy of the state and its democratic institutions, particularly during times when other countries in Europe failed lamentably [...]
PAUL HOFFMAN: The murky and mysterious world of Richard Mdluli
IT WAS the French diplomat Talleyrand who famously said of the Bourbon kings that they had learnt nothing and that they had forgotten nothing. The drama playing itself out around the career (both professional and allegedly criminal) of Richard Mdluli, head of police crime intelligence, has cynics of the history repeats itself school reaching for [...]
James Lawton: Stop worrying. Lancaster has earned himself a shot at title
The theory is that while Lancaster had his uses – and most importantly the one of swabbing away the worst evidence of a culture which reeked of arrogance and general professional dysfunction – he is now likely to be found out for his lack of wide international experience on the long march through four Tests [...]
Cut the country some slack and introduce national gardening leave
What is a politicians main skill set: persuasion, self-advancement in a hostile environment, the ability to avoid blame? It might be many more things, some unmentionable, but it is not actually doing things. Generally, you wouldnt go to an MP to fix your plumbing, build a bridge, or bake and sell a pasty. In the [...]
David Cameron’s Jakarta visit: And the band played on and on…
Will the Arts Council really be tossed to some in-the-swim greaser with a white tie and swanky connections? The job demands someone who knows his or her way round the arts, someone who comprehends that high culture is about self-improvement, not self-advancement.
Dad, we chat 3G, what else can I do?
HOW many truly filial children are there in this world? A friend had just returned from a business trip in Yangon on Monday evening (March 26). He sent me an e-mail message of his trip, with this line How many truly filial children are there in this world? Jimmy Chang, an entrepreneur in his 60s, [...]