In AD 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted and buried the Roman city of Pompeii, as well as nearby Herculaneum. The disaster killed many of the citizens, but also preserved many aspects of their lives, creating one of the greatest archeological sites…
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Tremors still shook the ground, but the people of Pompeii knew aftershocks were normal after a big earthquake. The earthquake the day before had been larger than the quakes happening today and no cause for alarm. The day of August…
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Workaholic widows around the world have Wayne Edward Oates to thank for recognizing that chronic overwork was as much an addiction as alcoholism. The word comes from the title of one of his 57 books, “Confessions of a Workaholic” (1971), which…
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Politicians enter government to gain power and too see their ideology put into practise. Many countries have two main political powers which oppose each other in government. This polarises the people to support one side or the other in most…
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Social Evolution: Herbert Spencer and Lewis Morgan Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) was a proponent of organic analogy, which equates societies, and their progressions, to biological processes and organisms. In Spencer’s eyes, societies, and the cosmos as a whole, began as homogeneity…
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Corporate crime explained The underlying cause of corporate crime is, of course, direct financial benefit to the parties concerned. This may be in the form of increased income but it can also be the product of trying to save a…
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The Scapegoat: A Perspective Circumstances and emotional breaks often create criminals. A child might grow up in tough poverty and have a parent or two who has tried to instill a certain respect in that child, but the environment conducive…
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The US Civil War was fought over 100 years ago over issues about state’s rights and because of a fundamental difference in the societies of the North and South. It is quite clear that the United States faces several very…
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Discounted utility is a term that describes the way in which people place more or less value on a reward. In discounted utility, time is the major element. Future or past reward is valued differently, and generally more, than the…
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As a social unit consisting of kith and kin related folks, the family is by far the oldest human institution on earth. Its relevance in today’s world speaks volume of the rich endurance and innate survival intelligence with which it…
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