You might think that it’s a no-brainer why one should live an honest life. But it’s apparent to me that a life of integrity is the exception rather than the rule. How many people do you know who are honest all the time? We could make a case about the morality and the “rightness” of [...]
Do you ever feel afraid? Being alone in the dark freak you out? Whether it’s the fear of small spaces or even the number thirteen, it would be safe to say we’re all afraid of something. To be afraid of certain things is part of being human. Some fears, however, became obsessive and debilitating, interfering [...]
Throughout human history, political leaders of all kinds have been killed for a variety of reasons. Sometimes they’re killed because of the threat to authority they represent to those in power, while in other cases they are murdered due to a controversial stance they have taken. In the most extreme cases, the killer is simply [...]
While politicians, military leaders and entertainers come and go throughout history, religious figures last for all time, millions still following, respecting or worshiping them thousands of years after their deaths. The list below does not just include what theologians would call prophets, but also lists figures who had a significant impact on real world religiosity. [...]
With Libya now in the hands of its own factions, for better or for worse, the fate of the country will be decided by the many and not the one. Moammar Gadhafi, the crazed and eccentric dictator, is done. He has blamed his downfall on America, Al-Qaida, foreign influence, jealously and even drug use. People [...]
There are thousands of movies made every year, with ten of thousands of actors playing out roles to the best of their ability. In every generation, there are a few actors who stand above the rest. Once every few generations, a cultural icon of international proportions is born. Actors like Humphrey Bogart, James Dean, Audrey Hepburn or Marilyn Monroe [...]
Most of us would rather be at home at any given point during the day, but work is an unfortunate fact of life. We will spend our best years and most alert hours of lives in the workplace, but sometimes we simply have to move on to the next job. These are many reasons why you might [...]
So you’re out at a club with your friends and you see the a girl across the bar. You get the nerve to go over to her and say, “Is your dad a theif?…because he stole the stars out of the sky and put them into your eyes.” So then what happens? Does she laugh, [...]
Last year overall global tourism shrank by approximately 4%. With that said, just under a million people still left their home countries to take a vacation on foreign soil. When visitors come they do one thing that makes the host country very happy – spend money – and this is no doubt why many countries [...]
From radioactive fallout, lead and other chemical toxins, depleted ozone layers and oil spills, along with the simple gluttonous waste of daily life in a post-modern world, humanity has been slowly destroying its own environment for much of the last century. The onset of the Industrial evolution, followed by the development of the automobile, the [...]
Sunday, February 5, 2012