Home arrow Commentary arrow OPINIONS arrow Society + Culture
Society + Culture
Nov 03 2008
What Do You Really Want?
Society + Culture
By Christine Smith   

A man or woman is is not defined by any relationship (or lack thereof) in their life, just as I do not evaluate a person by the type of work they do or the income it may or may not produce.  But society does judge people by such things among others, proof that repression and conformity are still quite ingrained in the American psyche. 

Comments (2) | Quote this article on your site | Views: 370


Tags:  Christine Smith Sheppard-Towner Act ACLU American psyche
CONTINUE...
 
Nov 03 2008
My assessment of American politics today
Society + Culture
By MWC NEWS   

It is stark. I see the election for president as equal in importance to any political decision in American history, equal to many of the crucial decisions in world history. It rivals those such as Lincoln vs. Douglas, Hoover vs. FDR.  In Europe, the difference is like that between Mussolini and Giolitti in Italy or Hitler and Papen in Germany.

Comments (1) | Quote this article on your site | Views: 342


Tags:  Joe Deane American imperialist American politics Liberalism
CONTINUE...
 
Nov 01 2008
The Psychology of Denial in the Age of Consumerism
Society + Culture
By MWC NEWS   

Dr James Lovelock is now in his 80s. Many years ago he coined the term Gaia to describe how the air, the ocean and the soil are as much part of life itself as every living thing. He understood that the combination of everything creates a single giant living system that keeps the Earth in the most favourable state for life.

Comments (3) | Quote this article on your site | Views: 734


Tags:  John James Royal Society Age of Consumerism Dr James Lovelock
CONTINUE...
 
Oct 29 2008
Cristina’s Plunder
Society + Culture
By MWC NEWS   

I recently suggested that the U.S. government’s bailout of the financial system, which includes the de facto nationalization of several banks, would arouse populists around the world and give them the perfect alibi to confiscate private property. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of Argentina has been the first to confirm my prediction.

Be first to comment this article | Quote this article on your site | Views: 303


Tags:  Alvaro Vargas Llosa Cristina Kirchner Argentina
CONTINUE...
 
Oct 29 2008
A short response to Muthukat's doomsday scenario
Society + Culture
By MWC NEWS   

I can't disagree with Muthukat's description of the earth's problems and causes, but he leaves out an important cause: the reversion to irrationality in the form of religion and "New Age" spirituality as well as the "personal growth" movement; and the corollary: the failure of people to prize, protect and promote secularism and rational thought.

Comments (2) | Quote this article on your site | Views: 658


Tags:  Lorna Salzman Muthukat doomsday scenario
CONTINUE...
 
<< Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next > End >>

Results 11 - 20 of 418
 

Translate

Enter Amount: