One thing we all know for sure is that despite our similarities,  men and women and very different. A key difference between genders has always been how we socialize with one another.  Sociologists have long pointed out men tend to mix best while in the midst of an activity of some sort. Women, on the [...]

  For many travelers,  Kathmandu’s immediate impact is exhilarating. The sights, smells and sounds of the bustling city overload your senses the minute you set foot out onto the street.  Whether you make your way through the crazy polluted traffic in a taxi or hit the narrow labyrinth-like streets of old town in a rickshaw, [...]

It’s been over a year since the start of the healthcare debate, and for all the progress made there is little to yet show for it; however, President Obama released an outline for what he expects from a healthcare overhaul bill and while his direct intervention, however late, is welcome, it is not without problems.  [...]

A YouTube comedy classic here, as random Americans on the street are stopped by a fake news reporter who is in fact part of an Australian TV program geared towards making fun of the United States. Yes, these morons  may have been cherry-picked and anyone who gave an intelligent answer to the questions asked were [...]

The town of Roubaix, located in northern France, has a problem. The problem is turkey bacon. Turkey bacon, it seems, is grounds for discrimination in France. The town council has filed a formal complaint against a chain of fast food restaurants known as Quick that serves only meat conforming with Islamic dietary laws at their [...]

The day before yesterday marked the beginning of the holiest time of year for Christian’s worldwide. But Christmas, isn’t that in December? Yes, Christmas is in December, and with all the snow the U.S. received these past few weeks it might have felt like December.  In actuality, however, the holiest holiday for Christians is Easter. Easter is [...]

Since our launch in June of 2009, RELATIVITY OnLine has continually attempted to reveal the multiplicity of perspective; global viewpoints that make our multi-colored neon kaleidoscope world the wondrous embodiment of humanity’s spirit and soul. This week marks the first inclusion of our Photo of the Week, an image of a single moment from somewhere across our planet that [...]

From Gibbs Burke…   Are you a smoker? Have you tried the patch, the gum, or the smokeless water vapor electronic cigarettes and still can’t quit? If so, the American Federal Government has found the cure – it’s called a Blackberry®.     Now you don’t have to worry about the numerous studies on nicotine’s addictive [...]

Greece is in serious financial trouble, thanks in no small part to Goldman Sachs, and is hoping for a bailout not from within, but rather from its European Union partner nations – causing an uproar throughout Europe and the Western World in general.  This has many implications, most of them obvious, but for one specific [...]

Ukraine is a country that long suffered under the boot of oppression. Under the Soviet regime, millions were killed in Stalin’s Famine Genocide and those who survived were threatened with death for as little as speaking their own language. But throughout their long history Ukrainians have always been resilient  and no matter what they had to endure, their thirst for freedom never [...]