I have several essays that I have started and then discarded for various reasons, usually I ended up finding another topic I wanted to write on more but I have still put in some effort in these one...
A paper on the framing of news by mass media, first presented at a Keio University Symposium, Tokyo; aimed at students of media and members of the public fascinated by the processes of news product...
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All religions teach Harmony. But institutionalized religions may not respect each other. Each religion claims they are the true messenger from God. That position can...
Introduction
A nation's foreign policy is one of the most significant factors that determine a nation's shape and architecture. A nation with a foreign policy whose objective is to trade, only res...
Discourse efficient in challenging prevalent and covetous ideologies with observations relative to male appreciation of the female designating recognition of the lesbian.
The Orwellian Law of the Republic By Francis Todd
I �And Cain talked with A�bel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against A�bel his brother and slew ...
Op-ed article published for NEWSBLAZE on 10/31/09 by contributor Tracy E. Tomlinson, regarding the terrorism phenomenon and how it relates to other acts of war by Europe and the US in the 20th cent...
(III) Harmony, China’s ancient cultural essence and soft power
From the perspective of harmony, human civilization is the progress in resolving relationship conflicts between:
1) Human and nature...
The central concern of this article is how the search for formal structures with universal values functions ideologically, addressing Zizek's claim that East-West syntheses may represent the domina...
This is a short story of my perceptions of war. Bearing in mind that I have never experienced it myself. However i like to think that my stories convey deeper meanings. Hopefully you enjoy it, beca...
In this June 2009 WPR feature article, Sumantra Bose examines the Kashmir conflict in the context of competition between Indian and Pakistani elites over Kashmir's national identity. Bose maintains...
This is the penultimate version of a chapter published in Was Ireland a Colony? Economics, politics and culture in nineteenth-century Ireland, edited by Terrence McDonough, 2005. It draws on contem...
A reference document for elements of logic, critical thinking and a introduction to argumentation. Intended to be used as a quick reference during an argument. It is a good reminder for anyone us...
Study by Middle East Strategic Information MESI about Hamas has been promoting a process of gradual Islamization, designed to further its vision of establishing a Palestinian state based on Islamic...