Troop Surge in Iraq will deepen Quagmire
It looks like President Bush is going to announce a “temporary increase” in the number of American troops serving in Iraq. The President is adding complexity to a series of wrong decisions he has made since the beginning of the invasion. It is difficult to imagine how a surge in American troops... More...
Iraqi Refugee Task Force
The majority of the one million new Iraqi refugees are living abroad are residing in Jordan and Syria. They are Sunnis that are highly educated people who left Iraq with little to nothing. The Iraqi refugees are the real victims of this war and they have the most to gain in the return of... More...
Did Notorious Prison Gangs Sway Puerto Rican Elections?
In a hotly contested 2004 general election that was reminiscent of the 2000 Presidential race, the Puerto Rico Elections Commission (CEE) declared Popular Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate Anibal Acevedo Vila the winner. Yet, information has come to light that points to the... More...
Public Opinion And Mass Beliefs
Public has become more informed and consequently more proactive in matters that have wide ranging impact and does not hesitate in participating actively in voicing their opinion. Social scientists and the market have taken due cognizance of this fact and they have tried to exploit it by... More...
Power Of Society
Opinion can be substantiated in places where public discourse or information sources are available. It can be influenced regardless of where and what one is doing. If you add up all the individual views, perceptions, and attitudes using a systematic methodology, the emerging opinion that are... More...
"Performers Should Shut Up!"
The Dixie Chicks, featured on the Grammy's 2007, are still getting the cold shoulder from conservative Southern Radio for mouthing a political opinion. Actually it was a personal attack on President Bush. They still haven't learned. Martin Sheen (remember his duct taped mouth?) has been... More...
New Capitol Hill Embassy For Monaco
37,000 residents and people could be forgiven for believing that for Monaco overseas embassies were an unnecessary expense. Until now the world's second smallest country has been content to co-operate with French embassies around the world for any necessary representation. But... More...
Kant's Deontology and Categorical Imperative
For those of you who have been keeping up in my series on ethical theories, this one is very different. It is known as Deontology and the great champion of Deontology was a Prussian named Immanuel Kant. Kant has gone down in history as one of the greatest thinkers of all time but it was his... More...