Current Immigration Poli...

The United States’ current immigration policies need to be ratified, so they are constitutional and are not in violation of human rights set forth by the United Nations. The current policies in place have created a system that allows for exploitation and legal slavery under...

Whale or Beef?...

“The Cove” is a great documentary, and it deserves all of the awards that it has won. It, however, is a bit extreme in its overall criticism of Japanese fisherman. Eating whale meat is not my thing. I have tried it, and, to me, its taste is equivalent to that of a pencil eraser....

BP is guilty, but what a...

So, BP has accepted full responsibility for its actions in the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon on April 22, 2010, and its actions that have created the largest oil spill in U.S. history in the Gulf of Mexico. Are they totally to blame? Where are Transocean , Cameron, Halliburton,...

BP At Fault?/It May Be T...

Anyone who sits down and thinks about the Gulf of Mexico’s current oil disaster for more than five minutes realizes pretty quickly that British Petroleum has the most to lose of anyone involved. The oil deposits off the Gulf Coast are the largest in North America. Can a logical...

The Gulf Disaster: BP or...

The worst environmental disaster to hit North America is upon us. We are seeing the best and worst of America in its midst. The hope, undoubtedly, is to restore the ecology and families that have suffered at this mishap. We are all to blame. Clearly, the processes that lead to...

Eastern Europeans’...

Eastern Europeans are extremely interesting people. I have found that their hard science is a lot better on average then people from North America and Western Europe. Their world view, correct or incorrect, is a bit different from anything that this author has experienced in North...

The Ethics of Circumcisi...

Female genital mutilation is the altering of female genitalia for non-medical or religious reasons. Circumcision is the removal of foreskin from a male’s penis for perceived medical or religious reasons. Although FGM is recognized internationally as a form of sexism and discrimination,...

Asia’s Achilles....

The beauty of the shift of economic power from Europe and the Americas to China is that a lot of folks who have never seen luxuries or lived above the poverty line will see a change in their lives. I do not think that we will see the United States become weaker overtime, but I do...

Nobel’s Safety Pow...

With the spotlight on the Nobel Peace Prize that the current U.S. president has won for 2009, it is important to note the individual that that the award is named after. Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist, who studied in North America, and invented dynamite. Dynamite is the Greek...

The Social Networking De...

The social networking dilemma is real, and it will grow larger as people become more connected with future technological developments and globalization. Social network designs are altruistic, but they fundamentally violate individuals’ privacy, either by relation or association,...