When You Have A Lot Of Resources,

...somebody Has To Take Governments' Place, And Business Seems To Me To Be A Logical Entity To Do It.

Philanthropy Is Involved With Basic Innovations That Transform Society, Not Simply Maintaining The Status Quo Or Filling Basic Social Needs That Were Formerly The Province Of The Public Sector.

If The Council On Foreign Relations (cfr) Raises The Hackles Of The Conspiracy Theorists, The Bilderberg Meetings Must Induce Apocalyptic Visions Of Omnipotent International Bankers Plotting With Unscrupulous Government Officials To Impose Cunning Schemes On An Ignorant And Unsuspecting World.

It Is True That I Am Often Startled And Even Angered And Repulsed By The Strange Directions And Provocative Content Of New Forms That Seem To Pop Up Every Few Months.

I Am A Passionate Traveler, And From The Time I Was A Child, Travel Formed Me As Much As My Formal Education. In Order To Appreciate Cultures Of Another Nation, One Needs To Go There, Know The People And Mingle With The Culture Of That Country. One Way To Do That, If One Is Lucky Enough, Is To Buy Things From Those Cultures.