The Causes of War
Wars have gone on since the dawn of time, it seems. They are terrible and catastrophic, yet we seem to not know how to stop…
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First Lady Melania Trump
Melania Trump is the current First Lady of the United States, but how much do we know about her? Besides being the first non-native First…
Why There Must Be Qualification Tests for Voting
In western democratic societies, people have gotten used to almost absolute freedom: of speech, consciousness, self-expression, gender roles, and so on. Freedom of political will…
Better Schools for All?
By Anwar Oduro-Kwarteng Introduction In the midst of the government’s ‘reform’ agenda in which the NHS, higher education, welfare, and schools are to be radically…
The End of the West: The Once and Future Europe
By Angus Kennedy Europe might not be dead yet, but the patient is on life support and all its vital signs seem to be crashing.…
Multiculturalism: A Very Short Introduction
By Maahwish Mirza The emergence of the English Defence League, attacks motivated by a far-right ideology in Norway, and a controversial denunciation by Prime Minister…
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…
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 United States of America—formerly being the First Lady, a senator, and the Secretary of…
Factors for China to Become a New World Leader
When the opposition between the United States and the USSR kept the world in tension, there was no single world leader. There were areas of…
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,…
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