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Politics, News & Issues > Politics in Asia Is North Korea a larger threat to world peace than Iran?: 9 of 15
Despite its wildly unpredictable leader and history of stubborn transgression against all standards of international law and diplomacy, North Korea poses far less of a threat to the world than does Iran. That is certainly not to underestimate the North Korean potential for instability and even armed conflict. The simple fact... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory America should clean itself up before meddling in other countries affairs: 4 of 6
What a truly bad idea. The notion that America needs to attain some level of arbitrary perfection before it can point out other injustices, other oppressed peoples, other victims of intolerance and bigotry, is wrong. If we all waited until we solved every single one of our own problems before we would ever help anyone else, ... More..
Autos > Fuel Economy How oil prices are determined: 2 of 3
Oil prices today are determined by many factors. As a commodity, oil is of course priced by market forces: supply versus demand. However, oil is subject to several distorting factors which can lead to vast swings in price. Oil requires a lot of processing to turn it into a useful form. Crude oil is a complex soup of differen... More..
Computers & Technology > Hardware (Other) What is bus speed?: 2 of 3
In a personal computer, a "bus" is a pathway for transferring information from one component, such as the CPU or memory, to another. The bus speed refers to the frequency with which data is passed from one component to another. The most common use of the term "bus speed" refers to the "front-side bus" which connects the CPU ... More..
Personal Finance > Stock Market First-time home buyer tax credit: 13 of 19
Nobody enjoys thinking about taxes. In fact, personally, the less I have to think about them, the better. The First-Time Home Buyer tax credit is worth a few minutes consideration, however. The 2008 tax "credit" was available to a maximum of only $7500, and was fully repayable. What that meant was that over the 17 tax years ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Canadian History A look at the deportation of the Acadians in 1755: 6 of 8
The Acadians were victims of the long conflict between the United Kingdom and France which sputtered off and on throughout the 18th century. From the mid-1500's, various small French settlements were founded and failed. Although the bitterly cold weather in the northern reaches of the continent formed the greatest challenge ... More..
Business > Finance & Insurance What are macroeconomics: 6 of 8
All the clues you need to understand the difference between macroeconomics and microeconomics are right there in the words themselves: micro means "small" and macro means "large", and that is exactly what macroeconomics is, economics on a large scale. Microeconomics is all about individual transactions and how they work. Why... More..
Politics, News & Issues > International Politics (Other) Are nations defined as socialist, democratic, or capitalist really what they claim?: 9 of 11
Socialism and Capitalism are economic systems, democracy is a philosophy of government. Setting aside that little quibble, all modern capitalist societies contain elements of socialism, and no completely socialist society has ever existed. Dealing with democracy first, however, most nations which claim to be democracies real... More..
Arts & Humanities > History (Other) Introductory overview on the history of Nicaragua: 7 of 8
Since time immemorial, Nicaragua, placed as it is between North and South America, the Atlantic and the Pacific, has been a crossroads, a meeting place of cultures and civilizations, and a land of conflict and contrasts. The area of Central America, which was to become Nicaragua, was settled thousands of years ago. Both Maya... More..
Arts & Humanities > Canadian History Who were the Beothuk?: 7 of 8
The Beothuk were the inhabitants of Newfoundland at the time of European colonization. Their love of red ochre as a paint for both body and dwelling lent the term "red indian" to the language of the era, and their extinction as a result of disease and armed conflict with gun-toting Europeans was an early example of the impac... More..