The mission of the British Princess Dobant to the Muslims' Ruler

(Sun Oct 24th, 2010, by Safaa Abdel-Aziz)

The Islamic Golden Age or the Islamic Empire, that is one of the largest empires in history, is conventionally dated from seventh through seventeenth centuries A.D.). During this period, scientists, artists, engineers, scholars, poets,...

If Not God, Where Do Our Rights Come From?

(Sun Oct 24th, 2010, by Jeorge Enoughie)

We tend to view freedom as certain types of Rights or Civil Liberties that are provided for us by the Constitution, by the government, or by a Creator. However, this is a very limited understanding of what freedom is. In this post I wi...

Bullies in a "Blame the Victim Society" -- The Victim Made Me Do It Mentality

(Fri Oct 22nd, 2010, by rmharrington)

When guilty of the verbal or physical abuse of another human being, violent bullies often blame their victim. We expect as much from them. Men find it difficult to accept their own faults. From the very beginning, mankind attempted to ...

ROHINTON MISTRY'S BOOK AND DIRTY POLITICS

(Wed Oct 20th, 2010, by K.R.SURENDRAN)

  Rohinton Mistry, you are really lucky. Since you are in Canada, sitting pretty there you could give vent to your anger, righteous indignation, protest as also appeal to the Vice-Chancellor of Mumbai University who threatened with an...

What is the price of the freedom of press in Ukraine?

(Wed Oct 20th, 2010, by Jessica Musicar)

Recently the charges against governmental bodies of Ukraine concerning infringement of freedom of the press, non-guarantees of appropriate investigation in cases of violence against journalists have been sounded even more from the international organ...

The Ever Growing and Ever More Dangerous Thelma and Louise National Debt

(Sun Oct 17th, 2010, by Bruno Korschek)

Another distressing Associated Press article on October 15, 2010 reviewed the latest and depressing news on out of control government spending. According to the article, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is estimating that the Fede...

How Well Would The American Political Class Have Handled The Chilean Miner Crisis?

(Sat Oct 16th, 2010, by Bruno Korschek)

The rescuing of the 33 Chilean miners, who had been trapped thousands of feet underground for the past two months or so, was certainly the feel good story of the year so far. Kudos to the miners, their families, and everyone involved i...

Iran, Growing Stronger - Should We Be Concerned?

(Sat Oct 16th, 2010, by Derek JJ)

Intelligence gathering with respect to Iran and their nuclear intentions is the most important issue facing the US spy community today. There are many other issues of a similar nature that are on the agenda, but at this moment in histo...

Issues and Concerns of Young People

(Sat Oct 16th, 2010, by Irene Mori)

    President Obama gave a town hall meeting recently on MTV at which he addressed the concerns of young adults who were in an audience of 250 college students and young professionals who had submitted applications for the opportunit...

MYANMAR ELECTIONS - SELF-INTEREST IS THE KEY

(Thu Oct 14th, 2010, by K.R.SURENDRAN)

On November 7, Myanmar, ruled by a Military junta goes for polls after a gap of 20 years. The question looming large before each one of us is what for this farce? But elections there will be, and it is a forgone conclusion that the pa...