9/11: The Psychological Fallout

There are not enough airplanes in the universe to blow up the entire United States. That was never anyone's intent. The goal of terror is to change the enemy through the psychology of threats and fear. Each new step we take to modify our lifestyles and our dreams, because of such attacks, moves us further away from the totally free society we built so long and so painfully, and closer to the cultural imprisonment our enemies seek to impose.

Senate Bill Aims to Deny Compensation to 9/11 Heroes

On 9/11 countless men and women demonstrated the true meaning of courage. Now the government that hugged them with open arms and thanked them for their bravery aims to deny them medical coverage.

Tragedy to Triumph: One Man's Story of How He Survived Katrina

One Year after Katrina: Find out how Terry Fortia came through the storm with a new lease on life in L.A.!

US Economy – Imports – Ford Motor Company is Offering Buyouts

Ford Motor Company is offering buyouts to all United States hourly workers. Ford is struggling with the Asian competition.

The Irish in Australia

The end of the 18th -- and most part of the 19th century are marked with large immigration of the Irish born population to the British Colonies in Australia. About 50 000 Irish went there as convicts and many more thousands of people migrated due to personal connections with people already living in Australia as well as to the forced migrants.

Car Donation Tax Deductions

There are many nonprofit charitable organizations that accept car donations. Some of the vehicles are broken apart for parts, while some are used as part of a ?wheels to work? program that provides transportation to help people get to work. Other nonprofit organizations will sell your donated car and use the proceeds from the sale of your vehicle to fund important job training and employment programs for people with disabilities and other disadvantaged conditions that keep them from being successful in the workplace.

Asking for Car Donations

There are many organizations that are in need of a car donation. A car can be used in so many different ways by non-profit organizations, which are always in need of money to run their affairs. A car donation can be sold as a whole or sold off for its parts. They can then use the proceeds of the sale to fund job training for those who need it, as well as employ disabled people and help them become efficient members of the workforce.

Do Mass Media Influence the Political Behavior of Citizens

Outside of the academic environment, a harsh and seemingly ever-growing debate has appeared, concerning how mass media distorts the political agenda. Few would argue with the notion that the institutions of the mass media are important to contemporary politics.

Feminism: Yesterday, Today, Future

As long as women had subordinated they resisted that subordination, thus feminism existed at all times in a sense.

Skilled Migrants May Face Tougher Visa Tests

OVERSEAS students seeking to remain in Australia as permanent residents may face strict new visa conditions as part of a government rethink of the skilled migration program.

In Search of Atlantis -- Getting Closer

New studies help to locate the lost ancient city of Atlantis.

Social Exclusion

Social exclusion is a notion that acquires importance while discussing the problems of the society as a whole. This notion is to review and study all the social defects that are adequate for the modern society, or at least their majority, for example: unemployment, discrimination, segregation, financial needs and poverty. Social segregation is often viewed as multi-aspect approach to the problem of poverty. Poverty and social exclusion should be approached as two interacting concepts that reflect different measures of everyday situations.

Funeral Procession Rules Are Strict

Regardless of any local tensions, specific laws and rules apply for funeral processions. They have the right of way, and you must never obstruct or interfere with funeral processions in any way. Instructions of the official motorcycle escorts should be obeyed. Drivers in a procession must have an official sticker on their windshields, must turn on their headlights, and sometimes, their hazard lights also.

Who Was the First Egyptian Pharaoh?

There is considerable confusion in published literature as to who the first Pharao of Egypt was. This article makes an attempt to resolve the confusion.

9/11....Five Years Later

Is it not yet clear that by accepting that tenet of Islamic teaching that prohibits criticism, we are in fact surrendering our tenet of free speech? I say Muslim Islamic rage be damned; my memory is simply too good to collude in any apologies. My memory tracks to 9/11.