News & Society
The Explosion of Hurricane Gustav
By Mark Boardman · 17 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 · 17 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 · 17 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 · 17 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 ...
The Effects of Condensation on Windows
By Greg Ringer · 17 years ago
Condensation is caused when the water from the skies starts going back to the earth, it can be through snow, rain or dew. It creates an effect of coolness, but it can be very damaging ...
The Myth of the Oil Crisis
By Robin M Mills · 17 years ago
There are some things most people today know about oil.
* Global oil output is going to plummet
* Prices are going to rise forever
* The transition to alternative energy will be long and ...
Some Reflections on Bob Woodruff's China White Wash
By Peter Navarro · 17 years ago
"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 ...
A powerful strategy to bring down the Crude Oil prices
By Sudhir Goyal · 17 years ago
All of us are hit hard by high and rising Crude Oil prices. Since the grains are being used to produce bio-fuels, food prices too has risen sharply. Due to rise in both food and ...
Philosophy and Ideas: Media Exposed
By Donald Winchester · 17 years ago
When we read the news, we expect the papers to tell us what they see. This may have been the case decades ago, according to Guardian journalist Nick Davies, but is no longer true. In ...
Local Firm Cleaning the Air for Beijing Olympics
By Larry M Edwards · 17 years ago
Posted: 03/10/2004 at 12:00:00 AM PST
by Larry M. Edwards
SAN DIEGO -- Four years from now, when athletes from around the world descend on Beijing, China, for the 2008 Olympics, the air quality will ...
Obama Vs Mccain On The Economy
By Darryl Cherness · 17 years ago
In a previous post, I discussed Obama’s positions on key economic issues. In this post, I will compare and contrast the two candidates on those same economic issues. After reviewing these issues, I am confident ...
Are Meat and Milk From Cloned Animals Really Safe To Eat?
By Sandy Powers · 17 years ago
Are Meat and Milk From Cloned Animals Really Safe To Eat?
By Sandy Powers
The cloning process for cattle is almost identical to human embryo cloning techniques. The process, known as somatic cell nuclear transfer, ...
Halt Global Warming by Stopping Fossil Fuel Combustion
By Klaus H Hemsath · 17 years ago
After years of warning the world about global warming and its dire consequences, Al Gore, the Nobel Prize winner, has finally taken the next, logical step. He is proposing a solution.
Mr. Gore has realized ...
A-Z of Global Warming - Kyoto Protocol
By Simon Rosser · 17 years ago
This article is taken from The A-Z of Global Warming deals with the Kyoto Protocol. A major political force which brought global climate change to the fore was born from the Rio Earth Summit in ...
I Think The Dogs Knew All Along
By David Chaves · 17 years ago
Another 10 years of drought conditions in Los Angeles has brought back the very good but very unwelcome idea of recycling wastewater into drinking. It’s been given the unpleasant name "toilet to tap" by mainstream ...
What is AskSunday?
By Steve Lancer · 17 years ago
It used to be that personal assistants only worked for celebrities or the wealthy. Thanks to AskSunday.com, they now work for you. AskSunday.com is revolutionizing personal productivity by making personal assistants available to busy people ...
What’s News At Atlantic City This Summer?
By David Kaleky · 17 years ago
Given the nature of problems that seem to have beset the U.S economy of late, it is only natural that Atlantic City feels the brunt of these economic downturns to a certain degree. In addition ...
Comrade Lenin: Alive and Well
By Daniel Silva · 17 years ago
The New Russia may have finally embraced free-market capitalism, but Vladimir Lenin, founder of Soviet communism and one of the great murderers of the twentieth century, still casts a long shadow across the Russian landscape. ...
Biofuels Are A Potential Low Carbon Energy Source.
By Christopher West · 17 years ago
Biofuels were invented by Nazi Germany prior to WWII; check any book on history and you will see. Germany is land-locked country with no oil fields. Biofuel is a contentious subject. The amount of land ...
Hurricane Bertha, a Prophetess of Doom?
By Mark Boardman · 17 years ago
The first named storm of the hurricane season is trundling west across the Atlantic. Are we in for a big storm season?
Currently Bertha is heading slightly north west and is expected to then swing ...