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Korea : Challenge and Response by Rene Wadlow 25 April 2013 As the professor of economics Milton Friedman wrote "Only a crisis - actual or perceived - produces real change." When the crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around. That, I believe, is our basic function: to (1 comment) | Part Six: An Imaginary Conversation between Aristotle and Freud by Dr. Emanuel Paparella 25 April 2013 Sigmund Freud: Professor Aristotle, I have been listening over the radio to the broadcast of your conversations on the existence of God and the functions of religious belief. I find them very interesting but I wonder if I could make a contribution or two (3 comments) | Hostage rescue mission fails by The Ovi Team 25 April 2013 April 25th 1980; Tehran hostage rescue mission fails; a top-secret attempt by the United States to free American hostages held in Iran's capital, Tehran, has collapsed in failure, with the death of eight soldiers. President Carter announced the disastrou (1 comment) | Berserk Alert! #50 by Tony Zuvela 25 April 2013 Tony Zuvela's view of the world around us in a constant berserk alert! (2 comments) | The Color of Carnage by Edna Nelson 24 April 2013 We need a new word, because what do you call a terrorist with no political motivation? What do we call someone who doesn't have an alternative to that which they despise, yet still choose to act in a way that makes their discomfort the subject of headlin (1 comment) | The high Australian Dollar: Whose interests is the Reserve Bank of Australia looking after? by Murray Hunter 24 April 2013 With an Australian dollar 10% overvalued according to an IMF official[i], and interest rates being among the highest in the world, maybe it's time to ask the question; Whose interests are the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) looking after? (2 comments) | World Day for Laboratory Animals by The Ovi Team 24 April 2013 April 24th marks World Day for Laboratory Animals – a day to remember the millions who have been killed, and to redouble efforts to hasten the end of all animal experiments. This year, Animal Aid is planning to delive (2 comments) | Dino & Anty #310 by Thanos Kalamidas 24 April 2013 Dino is a vegetarian virgin dinosaur and his best friend is Anty, a carnivorous nymphomaniac ant. (1 comment) | Boston Bombing - the insane madness by Dr. Habib Siddiqui 23 April 2013 I like athletics although I don't run or jog these days. My younger son is a good short distance runner and has won several regional awards in hurdles and relay races. Although he is a freshman in a university now, his school records in 110m hurdles and (2 comments) | The World's Altar of Violence by Leah Sellers 23 April 2013 Oh, Bow to the World's Altars of Violence - Bow and Bleed - Bow and Bleed - Bow and Bleed - Life's Blood spilling and oozing - Into thirsty Concrete, Stone and Earth
Humankind,- inDebtedly Chain and EnSlave YourSelves (Add a comment) | Musings on the 2013 Boston Marathon Terror: a Post-mortem Analysis by Dr. Emanuel Paparella 23 April 2013 In the last few days we have been treated to a plethora of explanations, rationalizations, interpretations galore, for the horrible tragedy of the 2013 Boston marathon. The media is now in Monday morning quarterback mode. Some of these reflections sound (8 comments) | Scientist finds Aids virus by The Ovi Team 23 April 2013 April 23rd 1984; Scientist finds Aids virus. The discovery of a virus which may cause Aids, the fatal disease sweeping through America, has been hailed as a "monumental breakthrough" in medical research. The development was announced in Washington by US (Add a comment) | This Violence, this Web of Evil by David Sparenberg 22 April 2013 The poem that follows is not intended to reach only an aesthetic elite. Like a cupid's arrow it is aimed at the universal human heart. The world is increasingly violent. At the same time we are all and always responsible for making choices. At the ro (4 comments) | The Secrecy of Voting at Federal Elections by Eleana Winter-Irving 22 April 2013 I wonder at why certain people refuse to divulge who they are going to vote for or have voted for at elections be that Council, State or Federal. I have even met people who said that they didn't want to say. (Add a comment) | | newer 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 older |
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