Diamonds may or
may not be a girl's best friend, writes Steve Chapman, but a crisis
is without doubt the surest ally a government can have. Without
crises, we could almost forget the need for any government. But
with crises—real, imagined, or, like swine flu, greatly
exaggerated—we often find ourselves supplied with far more of it
than is necessary or healthy.
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