China: Triumph and Turmoil
By Sam Burt The most insightful documentaries about China’s journey through the 20th century were all made before the 2008 Olympic Games, before China was…
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Obama and the Middle East
By Ben Lazarus Barack Obama came into office having promised to distance America from the neoconservative philosophy of George W Bush’s presidency. As a senator,…
How Deeply the Fish Knife Cuts: Coloniality and Its Discontents
A response to ‘Decolonial Aesthesis: From Singapore, To Cambridge, To Duke University’ by Walter Mignolo By Jorel Chan Whenever we engage in discourse on how…
Why Donald Trump is the Worst Presidential Candidate for the US
Soon the United States will have a new president. After two terms of Barack Obama’s presidency, the country expects the new leader to not only…
The Reasons Why America Joined WW1
The beginning of the 21st century was stained with one of the most tragic events in human history: the First World War. Although it started…
Is Hillary Clinton Electable?
Hillary Rodham Clinton might become the first female President of the USA—formerly being the First Lady, a senator, and the Secretary of State—as she is…
Differences Between Tokyo and Kyoto
In recent decades, the title of one of the most popular cultures worldwide should be definitely given to Japan. Millions of people all over the…
How to Participate in Student Government Elections
Being a student means not only studying hard, but also actively participating in one’s social life and in the life of your campus. Being a…
Effects of the Chinese One-child Policy
In the 21st century, the majority of problems that scourged humanity for centuries have been pacified by science and medicine. Diseases are being successfully cured;…
Censorship and the Freedom of Speech in the United States
The First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States guarantees every American citizen the freedom of speech, which means a right to freely express…
Is America Becoming a Third World Country?
America has been considered to be a country with one of the highest life standards in the world. Not only in the US, but globally…
Impeachment
On October 16, calls for the impeachment of U.S. President Barack Obama sounded once again. Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, and Texas Lieutenant Governor David…
Reasons Standing behind Poverty
After the global economic crisis of 2008, many people around the globe faced one of the worst social phenomenons: poverty. In the United States alone,…
What is Justice?
Individuals are different in terms of their opportunities, physical and mental capabilities, financial and social statuses, and by other criteria. At the same time, most…
The Decay of Western Culture
Though many of us have become accustomed to seeing culture as an aggregate of an artistic and historical heritage, this is a rather broad term.…
The Ethical Value of Political Correctness
In 1948, a renowned British journalist, George Orwell, wrote his famous novel 1984, in which he described a totalitarian society where people had no freedom…
Education as a Key Factor of Democratic Rule
Modern people worship a number of idols: private property, freedom of choice, psychoanalysis, entertainment, the global economy, and many other domains of life. Perhaps the…
Strategies to Fight Global Terrorism
Terrorism is defined as the “use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims” (Oxford, 2010). There is a phenomenon of ruthless individuals…
The Terracotta Army
Chinese civilization has produced an uncountable number of artifacts valued the world over and considered to be humanity’s cultural heritage. For an example, one needs…
Have You Lost Faith in Politicians?
I remember the time, a little over three decades ago, when I crawled on the ground to hide from stray bullets showering in all directions.…
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