Issues of Global Import

7 July 2003


Hong Kong Protests Come Years Too Late
Hong Kong saw its largest protest since the Tiananmen Square murders as 400,000 took to the streets to denounce the draconian anti-subversion laws the People's Republic of China is adopting. While it is a direct assault on the "one nation, two systems" rubbish that gave Hong Kong to China, the law is not that big a deal. Making a tyranny a little bit more tyrannical isn't worth the protest -- the fact that China is a police state is the issue. Click here to read Kensington's Opinion.

Zimbabwe's President is the Problem
Zimbabwe's capital city Harare faces water rationing. This is something that the same city never faced when it was Salisbury, Rhodesia. The 23-year reign of President Robert Mugabe, thug, liar and murderer, has brought this potentially rich nation to its knees. Of course, he puts the blame squarely on saboteurs who object to his policy of having poor blacks take over land owned by the rich whites who stayed after independence. Click here for more.

Berlusconi-Schultz Flap Embarrasses Europe
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi got his EU presidency off to a fine start by insulting a German Euro legislator with a crack about Nazi-like behavior. While Mr. Berlusconi was rather provoked by the immature taunting from Mr. Martin Schultz, MEP, his response proves that Europe needs to have a popularly elected president instead of letting a head of government have six months in the job. Click here to read why.