Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Mass Shootings in the U.S.: Why Are Americans So Angry?

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Even though the United States account for less than 5% of the world’s population, 31% of the total number of mass killings worldwide betwee...

Is God the Father Marginalized in Christianity?

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The name of Jesus (or Christ) is common on Christian lips. “Jesus saves” is a typical expression, whereas expressions highlighting the Fath...
Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Migrants Overwhelming Europe: Unfairness Impeding the E.U.

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More than 100,000 migrants, many of them refugees from conflicts in the Middle East and Africa, entered Hungary from January to August 2015...
Sunday, August 23, 2015

American Consumers Using Gas-Savings to Reduce Debt: Frugality or Responsibility?

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The steep drop in the price of oil in July 2015 was a concern for traders. Drillers and other energy companies comprise a significant porti...
Saturday, August 22, 2015

Humans As the Intense Predator: Unbalancing the Food-Chain Unsustainably

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By 2015, humans—the homo sapiens species in particular—had become “the dominant predator across many systems”; that is to say, the species ...
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

On the Pretentiousness of Senior Water Rights in California

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California water regulators proposed a record $1.5 million fine on July 21, 2015 against the Byron Bethany Irrigation District (BBID) in th...
Sunday, August 16, 2015

Koko the Gorilla Meets Mr. Rogers

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Koko, a western lowland gorilla held in captivity, learned over 1,000 signs from American Sign Language, and achieved a "sophisticated...
Friday, August 14, 2015

Educating Kids in American Schools: Early-Morning Zombies Subject to the Status Quo

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It is natural to assume that the people in the business of educating children are highly committed to the dissemination of knowledge. That ...
Sunday, August 9, 2015

Analysis of Inferences and Assumptions: A Homework Assignment for “We the People”

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Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both strongly believed that the continued viability of a republic depends on an educated and virtuous citiz...
Friday, August 7, 2015

An Ex-CEO on U.S. Presidential Leadership: Dissecting Ted Turner’s Pessimistic Stance

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The founder of CNN and TNT, two American television networks, Ted Turner maintains that presidential leadership at the federal level is elu...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015

The Natural Wealth Model of the Modern Corporation: A Basis for Sustainable Organization

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Going to the Humanities to construct a sustainable organization based on ecological theory, this essay presents a theory of the firm that i...

Coal Industry Challenges Lower Carbon-Emission Targets: Human Nature on Full Display

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With heat-waves underway and glaciers melting, climate-change was undeniable in the summer of 2015. Human nature itself was on full display...
Saturday, August 1, 2015

Political Contributions in the U.S.: Political Bribery Beyond Access

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What exactly does a large political contribution do for a contributor? The standard line is that access is “bought.” Being far removed from...
Sunday, July 26, 2015

Apple’s CEO Manufactures a Human Right

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People with disabilities represented 19% of the U.S. population in 2015—exactly 25 years after the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) be...
Thursday, July 23, 2015

Management: Helping vs. Controlling

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I submit that subordinates typically view managers as having control issues—by which I mean that managers tend to be obsessed with maintain...