Because he says things like this :From Parliament of Whores (1991) Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.The whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, th…

Finally, a Sri Lankan judge makes an excellent proposal. From LBO:A top Sri Lankan judge has called for laws such as a freedom of information act to enable people greater access to information to create an ‘informed public’ that is essential for a demo…

Recently, Sri Lanka’s government decided to impose severe restrictions on the use of mobile phones citing ‘Security reasons’. Anything fly in Sri Lanka these days, if you say ‘national security’.The regulation dictates that all Sri Lankans must carry a…

Karu Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka’s Minister of public administration has confirmed something I’ve been saying for a while on this blog : Sri Lanka has the world’s largest government. That’s in addition to having the largest cabinet (literally) and having an …

What if Google ran government? Jeff Jarvis has some interesting ideas. Reason Summarizes them here. Google 4 President? hmm..Do read the post, He’s dead serious.

Apparently, it’s protocol to call a foreign Ambassador “excellency”. Which is kinda funny, because I never liked the fact that even the President is called ‘excellency’? why should he be an excellency? and Mayor a worship, and MPs honorables?Technica…

The American politico-blogosphere is going crazy over the Eliot Splitzer story, virtually every U.S. blog I read has a post on the New York Governor’s involvement in an international prostitution ring. The Governor, a democrat, will step down from his …

This is what a Sri Lankan Government official had to say about not including alcohol and tobacco from the new consumer price index:Sri Lanka’s statistics officials said alcohol and tobacco had been dropped from the index because of a government policy …

This is what a Sri Lankan Government official had to say about not including alcohol and tobacco from the new consumer price index:Sri Lanka’s statistics officials said alcohol and tobacco had been dropped from the index because of a government policy …