Up in Washington,
he wrote the Lexington,
now in the mist,
no longer an economist.
(Peter David, the Lexington columnist at The Economist, died in a car crash in D.C. yesterday)
Tag: The Economist
The following letter was published by April 14 edition of The Economist in its Letters section.
Unbelievable
SIR – A recent issue of The Economist (March 24th) showed an Orwellian enthusiasm for the prefix “un”. I counted “un-Tory”, “un-Downton”, “un-Italian” and “un-Einsteinian”. How very unimaginative, and how very unEconomist.
ADAM DALTON
London
Funny.
In the inaugural specialized column on Asia, The Economist pays respect to Perak’s democracy under the banyan tree:
In early March, in Perak in Malaysia, the state assembly convened an emergency session under a tree. It was, said outraged national ministers, a return to the jungle, making Malaysia a laughing-stock. We beg to differ. An ancient connection exists between public business and the banyan tree, as between its huge overarching shade and its deep intertwining roots. In South-East Asia, and Java in particular, the shade was a place of learning and a site where rulers vowed justice. Those are Asian values to which Banyan will happily subscribe. [In the shade of the banyan tree. The Economist. April 8 2009]
Hail.
Too funny because it is so true:
The ever amusing editors at The Economist.
