Business Ownership & Labor Day

(Sun Apr 23rd, 2006, by Robert F. Abbott)

Traditionally, supporters mark Labor Day in the context of labor versus corporations, as working people versus big business. But, now that labor has become so involved in business ownership through contributions to pension funds and mutual funds, is ...

Notes on the Economics of Game Theory - Part II

(Sat Apr 22nd, 2006, by Sam Vaknin)

Games, naturally, can consist of one player, two players and more than two players (n-players). They can be zero (or fixed) - sum (the sum of benefits is fixed and whatever gains made by one of the players are lost by the others). They can be nonzero...

Think about people

(Sat Apr 22nd, 2006, by Selvakumar varadharajan)

Think about people It’s an attempt to know about our self, the ultimate people. What we are? And how long, we are going to be like this. Let them die I am crazy about the people and politicians. Every single day, 30,000 children are dying as a re...

Adult Personals - Fulfilling Your Fantasies Through Adult Dating

(Fri Apr 21st, 2006, by James Hall)

People are talking about adult personals. There's no doubt about it. As regular dating sites are seen as too tame to meet their adventurous needs people are posting adult personals through adult dating websites. Every day thousands of people seeking...

Can We Make Sense Of The Senseless?

(Thu Apr 20th, 2006, by John Colanzi)

I've been trying to make sense of what would appear to be a senseless attack on America by crazed, religious zealots. After the initial numbness wore off and after spending many sleepless nights trying to find a rhyme or reason for what happened, I'v...

Workaholism, Leisure and Pleasure - Part II

(Wed Apr 19th, 2006, by Sam Vaknin)

The emotional leap was only a question of time. Historically, people went to work because they had to. What they did after work was designated as "pleasure". Now, both work and leisure were pleasurable - or torturous - or both. Some people began to e...

Soldiers v. Prisoners

(Wed Apr 19th, 2006, by Steve Sommers)

One of the new season Real Worlders on the MTV show The Real World is a former Iraq War veteran. The twist is: She is a girl! The Real World - I must admit - is one of my guilty pleasures. It always has a group of seven people who share two character...

The Distributive Justice of the Market - Part I

(Wed Apr 19th, 2006, by Sam Vaknin)

The public outcry against executive pay and compensation followed disclosures of insider trading, double dealing, and outright fraud. But even honest and productive entrepreneurs often earn more money in one year than Albert Einstein did in his entir...

Expert Judgement in Sociology

(Mon Apr 17th, 2006, by Jennifer Gartner)

In the present context expert examination has become an integral part of such spheres of social activity as executive decision-making, legislative process, election campaigns, organizational management, journalism, public relations, science, educatio...

The Modern Geek - changing the stereotype

(Mon Apr 17th, 2006, by Brendan U.)

The day of duck-taped glasses, suspenders and pocket-protectors are quickly fading away. It's getting harder to pick the geeks out of the crowd. Welcome to the day of the modern geek where the technically savvy not only embody intelligence but displa...