By: Dennis Siluk Ed.D. | 2010-04-04 | Politics I suppose this is an ongoing question,"Why do people denounce Democracy?" In America this is often looked upon as a mortal sin, almost, and as President Bush would proclaim: the world at large should be under such an umbrella. Anybody's guess is good here though, but let me try to explain my opinion, and of course it is just that, an opinion, and perhaps too opinionated. read more
By: Nathalie Hudgens | 2010-02-01 | Health & Fitness The 89th Miss America Pageant took place on 30 January found its winner: Miss Caressa Cameron from Virginia was crowned the Miss America by last year's winner Katie Stam. read more
By: Mark A Stanley | 2010-03-30 | News and society Picture this: A society has hundreds, even thousands of sources to receive its news. The "marketplace of ideas" is truly becoming democratized. Nearly anyone can have their voice heard in the marketplace, and a wide plethora of varying perspectives are presented. A far cry from the days when Edward Murrow was on air and a few major corporate players dominated the mass media - a good thing, right? read more
By: Jolie Crussel | 2011-01-13 | Business News Pentawards is the international competition for packing designed forms of all products. The event takes place annually and attracts everybody who is associated with creation and marketing of packaging. All packing designs from all countries are submitted and judged by an international jury. The prizes are divided into smaller categories including diamond, platinum, gold, silver and bronze Pentawards based on the creation and quality of the design. Participating in the notable competition, companies’ reputation will be promoted internationally and the winning designs will be delivered prestigious awards which demonstrate the expertise in public as well as throughout the world. The ceremony of 4th Pentawards competition is held at Belgium-EU pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 on 30 September, 2010. The best design award of 2010 goes to Hoyu3210 – Japanese hair products’ packaging. read more
By: Ben Cowell | 2010-03-09 | Movies The 82nd Annual Academy Awards Sunday night taking place at Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, has found out the winners of 2010 Oscars. read more
By: Tinny | 2010-03-15 | Golf Jim Furyk Jim Furyk hasn't won on the PGA TOUR since the 2007 RBC Canadian Open. This is more anomaly than anything else. He racks up top-10s the way that lesser players rack up cuts. He is a four-tool player (out of a possible five). Furyk will never be long but then again, he never has been. read more
By: Lisa Dunlop | 2010-04-04 | Politics For a political science class, I was asked to investigate democracy and capitalism. No the quality of democracy is heavily influenced by capitalism, but to what extent? In "Democracy for the Few", Michael Parenti discusses the relationship between "want" and "wealth" in a capitalist society. read more
By: Charles Delvalle | 2010-04-04 | Politics Now I definitely understand the advantages of the democracy we have. I learned that in school years ago. But what they didn't teach us was that a democracy has its drawbacks. read more
By: Georgi Dagnall | 2010-04-03 | City Guides Democracy Monument represents a watershed moment in modern Thai history when the country began its course to becoming one of the leading nations in Southeast Asia. While other countries in the region were subject to European colonialism, Thailand has always flown its own flag. The Thai people are fiercely proud of this fact. They independently developed a strong national economy and a modern society. read more
By: schmelmer thiessen | 2011-04-01 | Internet Marketing A famously controversial American TV personality recently discovered the hard way that more power now rests in the hands of average people than at any other time in history. read more
By: Thesigan Nadarajan | 2010-11-25 | Politics Whistle blowing is justifiable in the practice of democracy. It restores the power of the public (citizens) to make informed decisions, which many times are taken from them through deceit and manipulations that are totally undemocratic. read more
By: Katerina84 | 2011-08-14 | Politics As the President dabbles in European politics, pension reform continuing government opacity raise alarm bells back home. Yet, amongst ever-growing dissatisfaction, Party of Regions demonstrates that criticism will not break its stride, whilst the opposition demonstrate their total inability to offer anything worthwhile read more
By: tishbite | 2011-04-11 | Politics This is a question which only time will answer but I personally believe that it will. Another question which I believe will have an effect on this is the degree to which the Egyptians align themselves... read more
By: Dr. Robert Sprackland | 2010-04-04 | Politics Is the U.S. really a democracy? Considerable evidence shows us that even though they don't have titles, American politicians are indeed a new nobility. read more
By: Marco Miranda | 2010-04-04 | Politics A brief review of political parties and tendencies in the country. The Professor's opinions are always worth reading. read more