Abuse of Social Media.

By PNG Echo He’s not a lawyer, nor a journalist: Bryan Kramer is the thrice-rejected parliamentary candidate for the seat of Madang. In spite of what he’s not, globalization and the democratization of the media means that he commands an audience far greater than his expertise warrants. Tim Nichols in The Federalist in his essay ‘Death of expertise’ writes: …democracy, […] denotes a system of government, not an actual state of equality. It means that we enjoy equal rights versus the government, and in relation to each other. Having equal rights does not mean having equal talents, equal abilities, or Continue reading Abuse of Social Media.

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Nation building and the necessity of historical national symbols

By PNG Echo. Who gave Speaker of the Papua New Guinean Parliament, Theo Zurenuoc, the right to shape Papua New Guinea after an image that he chooses? Who gave him the right to arbitrarily reinterpret the constitution and what the founding father’s meant – and to decide where they’d erred? I’m speaking, specifically, of the tearing down of traditional artefacts originally commissioned for the Haus Tambaran to be replaced by others that the Speaker finds more to his taste, sensibilities and his personal interpretation of the Christian doctrine.

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