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1. Ancient Greece: A Unit Study Ah, the Ancient Greeks! What a wonderful subject to explore! From Ancient Greek Mythology to the Philosophies of Socrates and Plato, from Euclid's Geometry to the origins of Democracy, this is a unit study for middle schoolers that can easily be...
2. American Supremacy In my recent discussions with some friends, I realized that my whole premise is wrong in assuming that they understood history and the significance of the American experience. In some people's mind, our country is on equal footing with other nations...
3. The Economist Magazine The first The Economist magazine was published in London in September 1843 to take part in "a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress". Editorial offices of the Economist...
4. Maverick CEO Ricardo Semler of SEMCO SA, Brazil Grupo Semco
5. Independence Day Around the World - Celebrate Freedom in Other Countries As an American, I think of Independence Day as July 4th, when the United States signed the Declaration of Independence and declared its freedom from Great Britain. Of course, we're not the only ones who have won our freedom from another country or p...
6. David Miliband In September 2008 it was widely thought that David Miliband was gearing up for a Labour Party leadership challenge, which if successful, would have ousted Gordon Brown as Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He is a member of the Pri...
7. Marisa Angelis - Artist Designer Writer Poet Philanthropist Humanitarian Promoter Marisa Angelis is an Australian Visual Artist, Painter, Designer, Writer, Poet, Philanthropist, Humanitarian and Promoter, who promotes her beloved country Australia, Cultural Diversity, Multiculturalism, is a strong believer in Democracy...
8. David Horowitz: Author and Civil Rights Activist David Horowitz is a nationally known author and lifelong civil rights activist. He was one of the founders of the New Left in the 1960s and editor of its largest magazine, Ramparts. In the 1970s he created the Oakland Community Learning Center, an in...
9. People of Peace Modern societies often come to view the concept of peace as merely the temporary absence of war. People regularly dismiss the notion of a stable, lasting, world peace in which people enjoy both security and freedom as being at best, unrealistic. The...
10. William and Mary (The Glorious Revolution) William III (1650-1702) was a king of the Netherlands who overthrew King James II of England in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He was offered the English crown by the English parliament (opposed to the Catholic King James II of England) and he inv...
11. Aung San Suu Kyi - the Great Freedom Fighter As a freedom fighter, one of Suu Kyi's most theatrical speeches was in 1995, soon after she was freed from just about six years of house arrest, when she beam to a global women's conference in Beijing. She didn't seem at the conference, but spoke to...
12. The Terrorism - Its Roots and Dangers Terrorism, as a method to achieve political aims has gained world wide popularity, but its motivating forces may be different. The main aim of the activities of the terrorists is to create conditions which may necessiate a change in the political se...
13. Ted Kennedy - Democratic Senator from Massachusetts On May 20, 2008, it was announced that Ted Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor, diagnosed after he experienced a seizure at the Kennedy compound in Hyannisport, Massachusetts the previous weekend. Saddly, on August 25, 2009, Senator Ted Kennedy succu...
14. The SixtyOne - Online Music Game for New Music The SixtyOne is a fun, online game which helps you find new music. It's a bit like Digg, but for music tracks. If lots of people digg (called a heart on T61) a track, it will hit the homepage. 'heart' are points within The SixtyOne web...
15. Who is Patricia Storms? I'm making this page about Patricia Storms because I like her illustrations and cartoones. Patricia is not only humorous illustrator, cartoonist, avid wish-maker, bibliomaniac, but recovering peanut butter addict, currently being creative in Toronto,...
16. FISA Amendments Act Here are the fundamentals of what you need to know about the FISA Amendments Act: 1. The law retroactively legalizes a massive electronic operation to spy on the personal communications of millions of Americans - within the United States 2. The law...
17. Voting should be compulsory Voting should be compulsory. To be a true democratic society, all citizens should be required to vote.
18. Intercultural communication My motivation to do what I do is generated by the hope that this world could be a better place if different cultures had the freedom to interact in equal reciprocity. For a culture of inspiration, diversity and passion in answer to inequality, power...
19. Legalize Freedom!! Legalize Freedom!Left Wing, Right Wing, Conservative, Liberal, Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, it just doesn't matter any more. They all are trying to pass more laws one way or another to dictate how we think, how we live, restricting how they thi...
20. Government, Do We Need It? Why are you paying taxes and fees? Do you get any benefit from it? Doesn't seem like it, so why do we need government? How much government do we need? This article sheds some light on the subject and also reveals some fat that could be trimmed for th...