Global View of Corporal Punishment

Is it right to discipline kids with spanking and other forms of corporal punishment? Opinions vary greatly from country to country and the subject is often a source of great debate.

One Year Later, Roofing Supplies Still Reflect the Effects of Katrina

One year after Katrina made landfall in late August of 2005, the effects are still rippling through the construction industry, especially the roofing industry. All manner of roofing material and supply prices are up 10 to 20% over the last year. Many are in short supply nation wide.

Annan the UN's Big Fat Frog: Not One American Dime for Lebanon

Here we go agian, Annan is in the News, he gets my goat. Dennis

Racial Profiling - The Right Accelerator?

Racial profiling is of present interest because of the increasing demand for security around the world. (Racial) Profiling is practiced especially at airports at the moment, or at least that is where the critique is.

To Detox or He-tox -- Turkish Super-model Deniz Akkaya Needs to Know

After an intense search, Turkish paparazzi found super-model Deniz Akkaya at the exclusive Richmond Nua Spa Detox and Yoga Camp in Sapanca near Istanbul -- undergoing detox and yoga treatment to relieve stress. But was Deniz really Detox-ing, or was she He-toxing...

PART II - If Life is So Good, Why Do We Complain So Much?

We are inundated with news any more, and you get contradictory reports at every turn further confusing the issues, but one that I caught my ear the other day told of the decrease in vacation time that Americans take each year. Sadly, we are down to an average of eight days ... per year!

Watching vs. Enjoying Time

Ever since the wristwatch became the most common type of watch–worn on the wrist and safely fastened with a watch strap or watchband,

Regionalization of Biotech Investments the Only Hope for Africa

The article argues for regionalization of biotechnology research in Africa.

Steve Irwin: The Passion We All Want

Steve Irwin was an incredible person. His passion for animals and nature was unrelenting. Most people live lives nothing like that. A man to follow in life though he is no longer here.

The Aesthetics of Atrocity: Remembering 9/11

Getting the aesthetics of atrocity right by committee has taken five years with nothing to show for it. Estimated costs of completing the 9/11 memorial at Ground Zero is closing in on a billion dollars. It has been our contention from the beginning that the inspiration was always there right in the committee's collective faces, staring back in stark, abject horror at them and anyone who looks back at it: the still standing remnant of shattered dreams and lives in a building once known as the World Trade Center.

The Declaration of 9/11

A testimony on the five year anniversary of 9/11

Five Years On From Ground Zero

Former Al Jazeera journalist, Afshin Rattansi, is interviewed about progress on the war on terror

Ten Important People Of The Twentieth Century

Some of the leaders, entertainers, builders, scientists and icons of the 20th Century include Einstein, Henry Ford, Churchill, Estee Lauder, Mother Terasa, Lucille Ball, Muhammad Ali, Rachel Carson, The Beatles and Margaret Thatcher.

How to Design a Lunar Base Station; Practice Online

To promote space exploration with the next generation NASA is indeed stepping up its efforts to get kids interested in math and science and this is a positive step as our next generation will take us to new worlds for sure. NASA announced its new Program

Beware of Your Imagination, It May Tell on You

How pictures affect our ethical behavior