Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Problems with the world today

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In the early twentieth century Gilbert Keith Chesterton, the genial social commentator and novelist, published a collection of essays he titled, "What's Wrong With the World." He might have summarized his opinion with a pithy "just about everything," but that would have left the public (in the words of Anna Russell), "as bef... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the Middle & Near East Will the current peace process in the Middle East yield lasting results?

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While laudable, current efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East are ultimately doomed to failure. There is a seemingly inherent avoidance of the single most important factor in the peace equation: the dignity of the ordinary human person. All current and past solutions are based on the assumption that one side can onl... More..

Personal Finance > Personal Finance (Other) Making money: The path to becoming a millionaire

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"The rich are different," declared F. Scott Fitzgerald. "Yes," replied Ernest Hemmingway. "They have more money." Not to dispute with Papa, but what the rich have in general is not more money, but more ways to make money. This is what the financial pundits and others describe as "thinking rich" as opposed to "being rich... More..

Arts & Humanities > Philosophical Concepts Is the concept of freedom overrated?

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The concept of freedom can only properly be understood within the overall framework of rights and duties, especially natural rights, such as life, liberty ("freedom"), and access to the means of acquiring and possessing property. Without this essential understanding, the exercise of any right - especially liberty - can and w... More..

Hobbies & Games > Hobbies & Games (Other) Dumpster diving: An introduction to the hobby

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The key to effective dumpster diving is the same as in any other hobby or business: creativity. From the perspective of America's foremost design science engineer, R. Buckminster Fuller, all waste is misdirected or unused resources, raw materials with which to create human artifacts to fill our wants and needs. To be a succ... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Politics in Latin America The future of Socialism in Latin America

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After the fall of communism and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the final years of the 20th century, capitalist pundits loudly proclaimed the "victory" of capitalism. From the presidency of Ronald Reagan to the pontificate of Pope John Paul II and his issuance of the encyclical "Centesimus Annus" on the 100th annivers... More..

Business > Small & Home Business Building your social network while working at home

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"Man," Aristotle remarked 2,500 years ago, "is by nature a political (that is, 'social') animal." What we see when people work at home is not a denial of human nature, but a partial negation of it. Isolation at work is not a new thing. Once upon a time (i.e., before the Industrial Revolution), it was unusual NOT to work ... More..

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