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  • Being John Malkovich
    The basic question is "whose brain is it, anyway"? Does John Malkovich OWN his brain?
  • A Dialog about Anti-Semitism and the Fate of the State of Israel
    Rabid anti-Semitism, coupled with inane and outlandish conspiracy theories of world dominion, is easy to counter and dispel. It is the more "reasoned", subtle, and stealthy variety that it pernicious. "No smoke without fire," - say people - "there must be something to it!".
  • Chavez's Inspiration - Simon Bolivar
    Simon Bolivar (1783-1830) is a Latin American folk hero, revered for having been a revolutionary freedom fighter, a compassionate egalitarian and a successful politician.
  • The Aung San Family in Myanmar
    Aung San Suu Kyi is a much revered opposition leader in Myanmar (Burma) (born 1945). She has bravely resisted - and still does - the murderous military regime in her homeland and has won the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize.
  • The History of Calendars
    Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on January 7. Their "old new year" is a week later, on January 14. It is all Julius Caesar's fault ...
  • Myths of the American Civil War
    The Civil War (1861-5) has spawned numerous myths and falsities.
  • Microsoft Embraces the Web - Encarta Premium 2006
    Microsoft was long derided by its critics for having failed to fully grasp the Internet revolution. It was late in developing Net technologies such as a proprietary search engine and in coping with security threats propagated through the Web.
  • Microsoft Student 2006
    The previous versions of Encarta included a host of homework tools. These have now been made into a separate product called Microsoft Student.
  • Crime Fighting Computer Systems and Databases
    As crime globalizes, so does crime fighting. Mobsters, serial killers, and terrorists cross state lines and borders effortlessly, making use of the latest advances in mass media, public transportation, telecommunications, and computer networks. The police - there are 16,000 law enforcement agencies in the Unites States alone - is never very far behind.
  • Ian Fleming - James Bond's Creator
    Ian Lancaster Fleming (1908-1964), the author of the James Bond 007 novels, was the grandson of a Scottish banker and the son of a Conservative MP (Member of Parliament). His father died in the first world war. In his will, he bequeathed his property to his widow on condition she never remarries.
  • Abusive Relationships - Planning and Executing Your Getaway
    Do not leave unprepared. Study and execute every detail of your getaway. This is especially important if your partner is violent. Be sure to make a Safety Plan - how to get out of the house unnoticed and the indispensable minimum items that you should carry with you, even on a short notice.
  • America's Second Civil War
    Ironically, the much-heralded conflict took place not between the USA and its enemies without - but within the United States, in a second and devastating Civil War.
  • Domestic Violence Shelters
    Shelters are run, funded, and managed either by governments or by volunteer non-government organizations. According to a 1999 report published by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, there are well over 2000 groups involved in sheltering abused women and their off-spring.
  • Another Look at Mahatma Gandhi
    Many myths abound about Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand known as Mahatma "Great Souled") Gandhi (1869-1948).
  • The First Serial Killer - Ed Gein
    Ed Gein is also known as The Butcher of Plainfield, The Plainfield Butcher, The Mad Butcher, The Plainfield Ghoul.
  • Add Me to the List, Mr. Blair
    The terrorists are winning. Gradually but perceptibly, the USA and the United Kingdom (UK) are shedding their liberal democratic veneer, axing their traditions, reinterpreting their constitution (USA) and case law (UK) and, thus, becoming police states.
  • How Victims are Affected by Abuse
    Repeated abuse has long lasting pernicious and traumatic effects such as panic attacks, hypervigilance, sleep disturbances, flashbacks (intrusive memories), suicidal ideation, and psychosomatic symptoms. The victims experience shame, depression, anxiety, embarrassment, guilt, humiliation, abandonment, and an enhanced sense of vulnerability.
  • Indifference and Decompensation in Pathological Narcissism
    The narcissist lacks empathy. Consequently, he is not really interested in the lives, emotions, needs, preferences, and hopes of people around him. Even his nearest and dearest are, to him, mere instruments of gratification.
  • Old Reference Works Revived
    Why are people so interested in outdated and outmoded reference, typically rendered obsolete by subsequent research?
  • The Solow Paradox
    Named after the Nobel laureate in economics, it was stated by him thus: "You can see the computer age everywhere these days, except in the productivity statistics".
  • The Myth of Mental Illness
    Descriptive criteria aside, what is the essence of mental disorders? Are they merely physiological disorders of the brain, or, more precisely of its chemistry?
  • Knowledge and Power
    "Knowledge is Power" goes the old German adage. But power, as any schoolboy knows, always has negative and positive sides to it.
  • Cannibalism and Human Sacrifice
    Cannibalism (more precisely, anthropophagy) is an age-old tradition that, judging by a constant stream of flabbergasted news reports, is far from extinct.
  • The Encyclopedia Britannica 2006
    The Encyclopedia Britannica 2006 (established in 1768) is a completely revamped product.
  • The Economics of Spam
    Between one half and three quarters of all e-mail messages are spam or UCE (Unsolicited Commercial Email)
  • Anarchism for a Post-modern Age
    Politics, in all its forms, has failed. The notion that we can safely and successfully hand over the management of our daily lives and the setting of priorities to a political class or elite is thoroughly discredited.
  • The Democratic Ideal and New Colonialism
    "Democracy" is not the rule of the people. It is government by periodically vetted representatives of the people.
  • Ethical Relativism and Absolute Taboos
    Taboos regulate our sexual conduct, race relations, political institutions, and economic mechanisms - virtually every realm of our life.
  • The Semi-failed State
    A failed state is a country whose government has no control and cannot exercise a monopoly on the legitimate use of force over a substantial part of its territory or citizenry.
  • The History of Previous Currency Unions
    People felt the need to create a uniform medium of exchange as early as in Ancient Greece and Medieval Europe. Those proto-unions did not have a central monetary authority or monetary policy, yet they functioned surprisingly well in the uncomplicated economies of the time.

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