A US Congressman once proclaimed that, “There can be no doubt that the transportation sector is the most critical sector of our economy.” I know exactly what he means. In this day and age, access to transportation is considered a…
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The bottom line is that most humans never live the lives that are presented by the news media, by academics or by travellers. There is no universal description of life experience or lifestyle that can be relied upon to describe…
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In his seminal work, Le Suicide, French sociologist Émile Durkheim (1858–1917) examined suicide from a sociological perspective. A detailed study, this work fundamentally altered society’s perception of this quintessentially personal act. At that time, sociologists attributed acts of self-destruction primarily…
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The only person who is truly capable of understanding suicide, is the person who has gone through with the act of taking his own life. Sadly, the loved ones he has left behind have no means of communicating with him….
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Let’s begin with a few statistics about suicide. The most common reason for suicide, or attempts at suicide, involves interpersonal relationships. The most common age group for attempted or actual suicide involves people under the age of 35. Three times…
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Radicalism is of a nature that rejects incremental changes in society, the economy or in politics. The tendency is to confuse reformers and progressive with radicals, especially when they are calling for an incremental change that draws great attention and…
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What is radicalism in relious thought? It would seem that you almost have to be a radical in order to keep your faithful following you, and you have to be a really big voice to keep so many people involved…
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One of the most common techniques of the film or television detective is to “follow the money!” This means that motive, means and opportunity in a crime usually relate, in one way or another, to money. Someone had the money;…
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People complain about everything because so much is wrong with our world! Yet, beyond that, there are damaged people, who without realizing it, have surrendered their power, and see the world as stuff that happens to them, instead of stuff…
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The ongoing struggle faced by the Yanomami population to regain ownership to blood samples of their deceased relatives, has led them to become the focus of an ethical controversy within the world of anthropology. Representatives from parties involved including both…
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