Just-World Hypothesis and Psycho-Ethical Equilibrium

Melvin Lerner's concept of just-world hypothesis postulates that, for his sanity, man must believe world to be just - and that, in order to explain any given situation, invents ethical or worldly reason why different people are in the situation that they are in or why things...

China: A country where no brother and/or sister!

I have a brother or sister is a pride to me and in my culture and, perhaps, in many other countries’ culture. It is unfortunate, however, that this pride is lost long ago from China due to the regulation or...

Screen Actors Guild Supports National Equality March

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. —...

Chaos in the World and the Jewish New Year Begins a New Life Cycle.

The holiday season is upon us in Israel. There is a light headedness that appears in the air as if everyone I see is walking just a few inches off the ground. There is an openness of spirit that I sense in the...

Ministers plotting to oust Met police chief Sir Ian Blair, report says

According to reports, UK ministers are planning to request that the Metropolitan Polive commissioner of London to step down, after he has been embroiled in a series of controversies including accusations of institutionalized racism within the department."Ministers, officials...

Kids learn to share by age 7-8, study finds

Parents concerned about the selfish tendencies of their young children can breathe a sigh of relief. They may not be full-blown psychopaths just yet.A new study suggests the concept of sharing is learned later...

FCC Commissioner: Return of Fairness Doctrine Could Control Web Content

 There’s a huge concern among conservative talk radio hosts that reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine would all-but destroy the industry due to equal time constraints. But speech limits might not stop at radio. They could even be extended to include the Internet and...

Democrats – Can’t See The Forest For The Trees :: MAXINE

"The day after it was revealed that former ABC News Capitol Hill correspondent Linda Douglass was going to be joining Barack Obama's presidential campaign, "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace said this was a...

NBC Ordered to allow Kucinich in Presidential Debate

"NBC Ordered by Judge to Allow Kucinich in Presidential Debate Senior Clark County District Court Judge Charles Thompson vowed to issue an injunction halting the nationally televised debate if MSNBC failed to...

CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHT COMMISSION: International Human Rights Day

 Commentary-December 10,2007 Ottawa, OntarioFifty-nine years ago on this December 10th, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations, creating a...

CNN: Corrupt News Network

A self-serving agenda was set for the Republican presidential debates.   The United States is at war in the Middle East and Central Asia, the economy is writhing like a snake with a broken back, oil prices...

ProPublica -- New Investigative Journalism Org.

" A new, non-partisan, non-profit newsroom producing journalism in the public interest will launch here in January under the name ProPublica. Paul E. Steiger, former managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, will serve as president and editor in chief. ProPublica, when...

Air America: Time to Give Elliott the Boot for False Report

"Something happened to Air America talk show personality Randi Rhodes in New York. Before the blood was even dry in her incident--as yet still undefined-- Air American host Jon Elliott issued a blistering attack on "the right wing hate machine" that he said had attacked...

Thousands of student loan borrowers forced to default

Everywhere you go you find college students completely unhappy with their lack of money, difficulty in finding a job and struggling to pay back loans."Student activists say the federal government is denying Canada's most desperate student-loan recipients relief from sky-high...

FCC: Fairness Doctrine losing relevance

This is not good news and points out why portals like NowPublic are becoming more and more important to the free transfer of information on the Internet.  - The Angryindian---------------------------------------------"The Federal Communications Commission has no...

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