Anti-intellectualism

In his 1945 biennial report to the U.S. Secretary of War, Chief of Staff George C. Marshall inscribed, “In good conscience this Nation can take little credit for its part in staving off disaster in those critical days. It is certain that the refusal of the […] Russian peoples to accept what appeared to be inevitable defeat was the great factor in the salvage of our civilization” (107). The resolve of the Russian people was tenacious and unequivocal; undeterred by the callousness, destructiveness…

“Unity in diversity”. This is written in the Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, or the national motto of Indonesia. Uniting Indonesians with vast diverse backgrounds, religions and ethnicities is the goal of Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (also known as Ahok). He was the first double minority Vice Governor (Christian and Chinese-Indonesian) when he was the running mate of then Joko Widodo when they ran in the 2011 elections for Governor of Jakarta. Ahok eventually became Governor when Joko Widodo was elected to…