This series will take a representative post from each month of the past year, to review the big stories of the past twelve months. First things first, the first quarter of 2006:
January
“Who is Pope Benedict XVI?,” Kishore Jayabalan
Despite his many writings, scholarly expertise and long service to the Church as Prefect of Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, there’s still much of an unknown quality surrounding Pope Benedict XVI….
February
“The Mohammed Cartoon Controversy,” Kishore Jayabalan
What’s missing from this debate is some kind of normative standards for civil discourse, something which has been missing from the Western media for some time….
March
“The White Man’s Burden,” Michael Miller
Planners operate from top-down schemes that are often well intentioned but have not worked. Searchers on the other hand avoid large scale plans and look for entrepreneurial solutions to solve problems that take into account incentives and accountability….
