On January 14, 2012, the American media reported that the U.S. Pentagon would bring home two brigades from Europe. That would reduce the U.S...

A region of one of the large E.U. states may split off to become a new state. For a U.S. state to split into two would require the approval...

With observers on the ground in Syrian cities, the Arab League conceded at the beginning of 2012 that the monitors had “failed to halt the l...

According to the Texas constitution, the government must provide funds for a “general diffusion of knowledge.” This is a worthy purpose in a...

“Google’s popularity was built on its ability to help people find just the right Web pages. Then came the social Web, led by Facebook.”[1] ...

The overextension, or hypertrophy, of one part of a governmental system—whether a level, branch or even a particular office—can be seen in t...

Relative to the U.S. dollar, the euro of the E.U. was not in as dire shape in 2011 as was typically presumed. As the euro celebrated its te...

Concerning the legal environment of business, the lawyers who teach as full-time instructors in American business schools affirm that manag...

Joschka Fischer, a former foreign minister of the state of Germany, said the agreement under which 17 state governments accept more oversig...

In the U.S., states can get waivers from having to comply with regulations, depending on the particular law; federal legislation is not pas...

“Newt Gingrich is up, Herman Cain is out, and the attacks are getting sharper as the GOP primary campaign enters the final month.”[1] The f...

In November 2011, European leaders began to talk about amendments to the E.U. that would “change the fundamental structure of the union.”[1]...

The method being referred to in  A Dangerous Method  (2011) is psychoanalysis, as pioneered by Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). The danger referr...

Political protocol can take some time to catch up to changed political realities. For over two hundred years, it has been assumed that U....

“The moment of truth has come.”[1] This was said by the head of state of the E.U.’s third largest state, Italy, in a televised address just ...