Stories from Chris Cork
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Bubble vision
The degeneracy of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is not for our masters, but the bubble of unreality is.
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Mandela passes
Mandela, a man with a host of frailties and imperfections, will stick there till my dying day.
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The Big Empty
Bumping up against the educational deficits of Pakistan can be a salutary experience.
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The silent stars
The next time you dismiss NGO owners as little more than licensed bandits, spare a thought for Shazia and Fatima.
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The ‘Stockholm’ state
Some govts have in been ‘kidnapped’ by international capital — lending agencies — due to their need to refinance debt.
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Books and readers
How many of those rioting, killing, burning had ever read a word of the book they were protesting against, I wonder?
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A devalued currency
Our politicians seem to slide nearly as fast as rupee and what we urgently need is a reawakening of political will.
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Conspiracy theories
In Pakistan, we take nothing at face value, trust nobody and shiver with paranoia.
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The other two girls who were shot with Malala
They were just two ordinary schoolgirls in the wrong place at the wrong time but got caught up in the ‘Malala Effect’.
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A master stroke
When the axe does occasionally fall, it is more likely to create self-inflicted wound than split the nut it's aimed at