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Politics and Beaches
It is one of the great ironies of Western culture and its most pervasive arm, globalization that it has created a massive tourist industry that has altered traditional land pricing systems in many places in the world. Where once beach … Continue reading
The Politics of Natural Resources
Malthus was the first economist to point out the widening gap that occurs over time between population number and agricultural resources. He was convinced that there would be a time in the future where human numbers would place an unbearable … Continue reading
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Tagged Ehrlich, natural resources, population, Simon, technology. environmentalism
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Prostitution in Thailand
Anyone who has spent even the smallest amount of time in Thailand will have noticed that it is a country with a prostitution problem. All countries, even those with the most sanctimonious records, have the skin trade. Many of these … Continue reading
Politics of Abortion
The right of a woman to seek an abortion for an unwanted pregnancy is pregnant with politics. In 1973 the ground breaking case of Roe vs. Wade in the USA legalized abortion in federal law. 5 States in America including … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, crime rates in the 1990s, Donohue, Freakonomics, Levitt, ontological, politics, teleological
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The Politics of Food
Food is nourishment for all living things and yet when it comes to our food we generally discount the notion that we are not the only animals with expectations of nourishment and sustenance. The food chain contains the ultimate political … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, coconut oil, consumer choice, corn, food production, food quality, GM crops, Kraft, MacDonald's, major food companies, Nestle, PepsiCo, politics of food, staple crops, Tyson
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Oil, Politics and the Arab Spring
Oil is the resource that produces the most politics. It breeds ugly and two-faced things called foreign policy and covert operations. It is oil that starts wars often under the guise of religion or democracy. The 2005 film Syriana captures … Continue reading
Books in the Past, Present and Future
Libricide, more commonly referred to as book burning, is a phenomenon both very real and also fictional. The most recent publicized occurrence was the burning of a Qur’an in Florida in March 2011. [Terry Jones] said the punishment — burning the … Continue reading
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Barack Obama Toasts the Queen
President Obama’s gaffe while toasting Queen Elizabeth II was not really his fault but it does make for a bit of a chuckle. The Royal band started their rendition of God Save the Queen during one of Obama’s pauses, rather … Continue reading
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Conspiracy on Wikipedia
While reading about the Thai Junta crack down of the media just after the coup d’état on September 19th 2006 on Wikipedia I tried to follow to links from the article. The first was to the website of www.19sep.org – … Continue reading
The Politics of Sustainability
Sustainability is a concept that everyone can understand? it means being able to continue some action for an indefinite time. There is no net loss thus there is no danger of running out of a resource and causing a cessation. … Continue reading
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