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Affirmative Inaction

One of Abraham Lincoln's claims to fame is the fact that he is best known for abolishing slavery. While he may have felt some personal satisfaction from liberating the Negroes from their bondage, Eco...

Globalization

Often we see protests at the sites of global leader gatherings. Some complain Globalization is bad, that a one world currency is evil and that there is a huge conspiracy a foot to control all of mankind.

Sweet Lies, The Aspartame Issue

The Stories surrounding aspartame aren't hoaxes - they're true. But creative lobbying and corporate cover-ups keep this dangerous product on the market.

The Self-Appointed Altruists

Their arrival portends rising local prices and a culture shock. Many of them live in plush apartments, or five star hotels, drive SUV's, sport $3000 laptops and PDA's. They earn a two figure multiple...

Trucking and the Flow of Fuel

Definitely something to think about. If trucks stop shelves empty in 5.5 days, people starving the next week, anarchy in the streets within three weeks. Yes even in your nice suburban town. Think about it.

Federal Trade Commission Will Not Monitor MLM Companies

Having been to every city in the country over the population of 10,000 in the last four years I have been noticing a trend. I have seen Multi-Level Marketing folks hard selling their business opportunities in public presentations. Listening to these sales pitches in nearly every coffee shop I have step foot and stayed for more than one hour; it is now obvious to me that these MLM people are making at least 25,000 to 40,000 of these presentations per day in public places.

Responding to Article: Logic Class 101 Applied to the Minuteman Project

In response to Douglas Bower's article; Logic Class 101 Applied to the Minuteman Project and on going topic of the BS at our borders, I wish to comment. First I agree with the Professor regarding the rhetoric and questionable comments from the Minute Men, I agree with the problematic liability, I agree with our own national debate that few in our population see the issues on both sides.

Rugged Individualism vs Human Nature

"Rugged individualism" is actually a euphemism for Thomas Hobbes' baseless concept of man's natural condition as a war of everyone against everyone else. Even different species of wild animals (each ...

Vision India - 2025 (Expectations of an Ordinary Person)

The way one lyrist has written, Hum logo ko samajh sako to samjho dilbar jaani; jitna bhi tum samjhoge utni hogi hayeraniin a nut-shell we Indian's are most unpredictable. When the expectations are lowwe have performed really well and contrary to that when expectations were very highmost of the time we have failed to live up to those expectations.

As we are going to complete 58 yrs of independence on 15th August 2005, it is a pleasure to share with you the facts about India, Vision India 2025 (From Ordinary person's point of View), and India in 21st Century...

Voters are to Blame for Bad Politics

The politics of running for and holding elective office is influenced too much by the politics of power, influence, and money. But whose fault is it that such a condition exists? I believe voters have no one to blame but themselves.