By Protesilaos Stavrou. Emblem of the European Council. Picture credit: Wikipedia One of the most important European Council meetings is concluded and we already find ourselves in the midst of a rapid and forceful emergence [...]

Sounds like a good idea. Done with the best of intentions and for all the right reasons. What could possibly go wrong? (Part 1) Mid November 2012 in Kent, England, once again police officers are arrested under suspicion of committing crimes    in [...]

By Malik Al-Abdeh. The course of Syria’s revolution since its idealistic early days has been a painful learning experience for many young activists, says Malik al-Abdeh. The early days of Syria’s uprising in spring 2011 saw young [...]

November 2012 Are We Alone in the Universe? by Ronald Bleier   The October 2012 discovery of a planet orbiting one of the stars of our sun’s nearest neighbors, the triple star system Alpha Centuri, about 4.4 light years away, spurred [...]

By Majia Nadesan. Can This Be True? No radioactivity found in Fukushima mothers’ breast milk. The Asahi Shimbun http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201211060058 I question this assertion that no radiation was detected [...]

By Jaime Ortega. The Hypodermic Needle Model suggests, “An intended message is directly received and wholly accepted by the receiver.” In other words the “receivers” are those who watch television non stop and are shock waved by the [...]

By Ida Horner   The balance of power is a simple concept that argues that no one power should be predominant in any relationship. The assignment therefore considers the meaning and usefulness of the concept of power in the decision making [...]

By Ida Horner. Introduction Human rights are universally recognized moral guarantees that should be protected by everyone. The essay considers whether human rights are a western idea or are capable of transcending culture through a case study [...]

By Ronald Bleier. Listeners to (and viewers of) the Democracy Now segment on the escalating talk in Israel of a military attack on Iran in mid August 2012, could hear the tremble in the voice of Israeli guest, Gideon Levy, the redoubtable Ha’aretz [...]

By Ida Horner. The EU has almost reached the limits of its feasible territorial expansion – discussion. Introduction The European Union (EU) has evolved from six member states in 1951 who came together for commercial reasons, to nine members [...]

By Marilyn Tomlins. Was Yasser Arafat murdered with Polonium-210? When controversial leaders die suddenly there are always rumours of assassination. On November 11, 2004 Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestinian people for 35 years and president [...]

By Claude Nougat. We all know how the Euro crisis began: with Greece and lies about its public deficit. Then over the next two and a half years, the drama expanded to include Portugal, Ireland, Italy and Spain. Now the Spanish banking system [...]

By Jaime Ortega Simo. Facebook incorporates over 600 million users thanks to its beautiful simplicity. Who wants complicated layouts like the 25 million users using MySpace? Simple concepts are almost always better precepts for success. But [...]

 by Jaime Ortega Simo   Elias Johnson, a spokesman for the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona, said in a phone conversation that there had been a substantial increase of drug smuggling entering along the border between Arizona [...]