News & Society

Barack Obama – Senator to President-hopeful, President of the United States

By Rel Adviser · 16 years ago

Relationships! The definitive Advice as to whether a presidential candidate would win the election and eventually become the President of the United States could be verified, among other things, by computing whether there is any ...

Why They Talked, and What They Want

By Bill Murphy Jr · 16 years ago

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 ...

Business.gov: Your Tax Dollars at Work

By Charles Cooper · 16 years ago

It isn't often that this page has something good to say about the Federal Government, but the Small Business Administration (SBA) has always held a place of esteem in as much it is one of ...

Free STM news service for professionals in the scientific and medical industry

By John Craig · 16 years ago

STM publishing market grew 4.4% to $14.7 billion in 2007 (Source: Simba). There are hundreds and thousands of publishers who compete for a share of this market pie. Thanks to the emergence of technology enabled ...

American Anti-Terrorist Campaigns 1908 - 2008

By Bernard Fleury · 16 years ago

The capture of badly wounded Papa Faustino Ablen, his subsequent recovery, trial for brigandage (thievery, abduction, extortion, etc.,) and his execution in August of 1907 broke the back of the Dios-Dios Pulahanes as a major ...

Dewan Eboo Pirbhai

By Ibrahim Machiwala · 16 years ago

Period: (1905-1990) Dewan Sir Eboo Pirbhai, the first Chairman of the Leaders' International Forum, was born at Bombay on May 27, 1905. His father, Pirbhai Gangji belonged to a noble family. He came in Nairobi ...

Debunking the Myth of the Oil Crisis

By Robin M Mills · 16 years ago

The opening years of the 21st century are marked by milestones in the world of oil: the war in Iraq, the Shell reserves downgrade, Hurricane Katrina, and the breaking of the once unthinkable $100 per ...

Drinking Water Purification Systems: Don't Wait for Another Hurricane Ike!

By Olivia Romero · 16 years ago

Have you read about this recently? Thousands of victims of Hurricane Ike are still without basic services like electricity and clean water. This devastating event certainly puts the spotlight on inadequate drinking water purification systems. ...

Charitable Giving Tips

By Jon Klemin · 16 years ago

Giving to charity can seem like a very stressful thing to do. Especially when so many requests come in at once. Toward the end of the year so many charities are racing to meet their ...

How Hurricane Ike Underscores the Importance of an Effective Water Purification Process

By Olivia Romero · 16 years ago

I'm shocked. I was listening to a radio news story about the aftermath of Hurricane Ike in the south Texas area. In an effort to provide local citizens with clean drinking water, a spokesman was ...

The Career in Politics

By Bobby James · 16 years ago

Why do candidates for Congress spend millions of dollars for an office that pays $169,200.00? Between 2004 and 2006, members of Congress' net worth increased an average of 84% - book advances, speaking engagements, stock ...

The Mythos of the Large Hadron Collider

By Maanna Stephenson · 16 years ago

Billions of years from now, a father and his young daughter may be enjoying the twinkling beauty of a clear summer night when she asks, "Dad, how did all those stars get there?" To which ...

How Gentrification Saved Harlem

By Judith Matloff · 16 years ago

Recently homeowners in my corner of Harlem held a soiree in someone's garden. We form a warm group of 130 people who represent the changing neighborhood -- black old-timers with a growing number of whites. ...

The Explosion of Hurricane Gustav

By Mark Boardman · 16 years ago

Hurricane Gustav is the 3rd of the 2008 hurricane season, and as it heads out into the Gulf of Mexico it is already being described as this years’ Katrina. Hurricane Gustav formed on the 25th ...

Is America Ready for Barack Obama to be president?

By Simon Jones · 16 years ago

On June 3rd, 2008 Illinois Senator Barack Obama claimed the Democratic presidential nominee, and with this honor Obama become the first black candidate ever nominated by a major political party for the nation's highest office. ...

Freedom and its Price in the Georgian Conflict

By Joseph Gill · 16 years ago

Normally the articles I write deal with sports, photography, or sports memorabilia preservation. Now, given that the Beijing Olympics are in progress, the general assumption is that I have an unlimited number of topics to ...

The Obama Health Plan

By Diane Carter · 16 years ago

The Democratic National Convention (www.demconvention.com) week officially kicks off today in Denver, Colorado and concludes on August 28, 2008. Delegates from all fifty U.S. states and from American dependencies and territories such as Puerto Rico ...