Culture & Society - Current Affairs

Dec 2, 2008

ID card software is designed to help you create your own personalized ID cards. This type of software makes it possible for anyone to design and create your own identification cards for any business whether it is large or small. Not only does it make this task easy but it can be lots of fun as well. Using ID software gives you the opportunity to be creative and professional when making badges for your company.

Oct 24, 2008

A great gulf exists between American military and civilian societies. But paradoxically, it can be hard to tell young veterans of our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from their peers who haven't served. As I wrote a book about West Point recently, I would visit with vets who had left the Army and were attending some of America's most prestigious universities. I was struck that the veterans were often the ones walking around campus with the longest hair, and the most stylish clothes.

Oct 23, 2008

October 21, 2008 Despite a faltering economy, authors and book publishers are continuing to pursue creative and effective marketing campaigns. One such campaign run by FSB Associates, an Internet marketing firm, is securing publicity for their clients on sites ranging from Huffington Post to The Washington Post.

Aug 20, 2008

While Tibet has played the role of China's "rock star" to human rights activists around the world, China's Xinjiang Province has been treated more like an unwanted stepchild. One reason is that Tibet has a true rock star in the exiled Dalai Lama. Another reason is that the strife in Xinjiang involves Muslim ethnic minorities with alleged ties to the most hated man in the Western world -- Osama Bin Laden.

Aug 14, 2008

There are some things most people today know about oil.

Aug 12, 2008

“So near to the truth, yet so far.” That’s the feeling I came away with after watching Bob Woodruff’s recent China Inside Out documentary for ABC news. It’s regrettable that a journalist of such a high caliber as Woodruff can get so close to a story and not really see it -- while helping to perpetuate a number of dangerous myths about China.

May 16, 2008

Illegal immigration is such a monumental and profound issue that to arrive at and enact long-term solutions will require us to raise the level, temper the tone, and deepen the wisdom of the current discussion. Specifically, there are three destructive tendencies that must be eliminated from the anti-illegal immigration stance in order to raise the level of the debate and find real and lasting solutions. These are...

May 16, 2008

In a world of over six billion people, how does one individual have any impact? How can you help reform society and be an influence for good in a rapidly declining world?

May 9, 2008

The subprime mortage sector of the U.S. economy has taken huge losses over the past several months as many high-risk loans have defaulted. A new fund aimed at stabilizing this sector unfortunately just repackages the same problems under a new name- the "Master Liquidity Enhancement Conduit." Can this fund have a positive impact?

May 9, 2008

Flowers for the Man in Your Life. The man in your life will love receiving flowers.

May 8, 2008

When homeowners in California viewed videos of the arson fires that plagued their neighborhoods, some could see that their homes were burned to the ground. The videos that provided these images were taken by news groups in helicopters and from people that lived on hills that were quite a distance from the fire.

May 8, 2008

This article discusses the Federal Reserve's recent third interest rate cut and its likelyhood to stem a future recession.

May 8, 2008

Even my elderly saintly mother-in-law's patience has a breaking point when it comes to governmental red tape!

May 8, 2008

The Politically Correct really aren't that much fun. Whether you celebrate Christmas or any other December holiday, you and all you greet can enjoy brighter moments when you discover why and how to join The League of the Politically Inept.

May 8, 2008

We've been taught violence is a taboo subject. The results of being ignorant of the realities of violence are devastating. If you view violence as merely a tool available to everyone you can seriously improve your personal protection.

May 7, 2008

There are many reasons why a building, bridge, or structure may be designated as one of the most popular of their kind.

May 7, 2008

There seems to be a push for Made in the USA products and a turn away from Made in China products. This article will give you a fresh and funny perspective from three different categories of people touched by this supplier scapegoat syndrome!

May 7, 2008

Outside of the academic environment, a harsh and seemingly ever-growing debate has appeared, concerning how mass media distorts the political agenda. Few would argue with the notion that the institutions of the mass media are important to contemporary politics.

May 7, 2008

It rained! It poured! They prayed and it rained some more. God heard Georgia and He answered, Yes! I will send rain! Yes!

May 7, 2008

The United States Immigration and Naturalization service is an agency of the U.S. government and is operated under the administration of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.