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Politics, News & Issues > News Industry Do mainstream media outlets favor bad news over good news?: 1 of 61
Reporting bad news seems to be a practice internationally. For some reason tragedy seems to catch people's attention. The Japanese news program, NHK, broadcasts some of the most disturbing crimes and misdeeds. Japan is supposed to have a low crime rate, but what gets attention? Precious minutes in a 30 minute program are con... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture What is the greater challenge in accepting Christianity: Intellectual or moral?: 1 of 17
The intellectual case for Christianity is very strong: so strong that St. Paul would say that the unbelievers are without excuse. God has given us external and internal proofs of his existence and will. The creation is an external proof of God's existence and the law written on our hearts gives us an indication of his will. ... More..
Education > Secondary School Issues How much education is enough to succeed: 1 of 10
Informal vs. formal education. Some thoughts Formal education is not necessarily opposed to informal education. Besides what may be considered informal may have a certain formality to it, such as apprenticeships or internships. But education should not stop at formal education. The late Martyn Lloyd Jones (technically ... More..
Jobs & Careers > Jobs & Careers (Other) Is experience always necessary to getting a job: 2 of 14
During the 2008 presidential election, critics pointed to the lack of experience on the part of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. And most recently some have raised concern about the recent appointment of John Roos as ambassador to Japan since he does not h... More..
Jobs & Careers > Getting Ahead Should workers be held back by lack of formal schooling?: 5 of 22
While formal education may give some idea of a worker's competence that may not tell the whole story. Each individual is different. Some people have been able acquire knowledge by self study. The scholar Wang Yun Wu, had only 5 years of formal education, yet he became a university professor at age 19 and compiled a Chinese l... More..
Arts & Humanities > 20th & 21st Century US History A look at the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor: 1 of 4
A providential protection at Pearl Harbor? While Pearl Harbor was a disaster to the American fleet in 1941, it could have been much worse. A few years ago while doing research on the Battle of the Coral Sea for a military history class, this writer ran across Samuel Eliot Morrison's work on the history of the U.S. Navy... More..
Sciences > Sciences (Other) Can we separate science from ideology?: 6 of 22
The problem with science is that it is conducted by finite fallible humans. Science is always conducted in an ideological framework. At first the ideological framework is called a hypothesis, with more evidence it is called a theory. With even more supporting evidence it is called a law. A scientist is supposed to make obs... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Expelled, No Intelligence Allowed: 3 of 7
This is a very visual movie. Some of the images are most disturbing and thought provoking. It profiles people who have been expelled or blacklisted from academia for questioning the sacred cow of Darwinism. The opponents of I.D. say they are closet creationists who want to introduce the Bible. In actuality the I.D. people h... More..
Arts & Humanities > History (Other) Why we should study history: 5 of 10
Why study history ? Probably one of the best reasons for studying history is so one does not get burned. Wise people learn from other people's mistakes. People can avoid getting burned by reading how others got burned and hopefully learn how to prevent the same thing happening to them. Dr. Lewis Spitz in his book T... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in Asia Looking at the power shift in Japan: 1 of 2
This writer does NOT profess to be a professional political analyst, but an interested observer of what is going on in Japan. Unfortunately it is not really a simple matter of liberal/ conservative. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has been criticized as being neither Liberal nor Democratic. However the strong alliance ... More..