Church to make posthumous apology to Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin created a big controversy with his evolutionary theory and powerful church leaders castigated him. Now after 126 long years Church of England has realised their mistake and agreed to issue an an apology. Darwin in his theory had said that man descended from the...

Reflections on Democracy and Violence

"The irrational individual enjoys complete liberty in a democracy to play out his irrationality; in the Palace polity, a culture of subordination as well as a bureaucratic hierarchy and notions of kingship work to restrain his impulses. It is argued here that the Holocaust,...

China's sixth most powerful leader dies

Just wondering how the Bush administration will spin this...--------------------------------------"BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese Vice Premier Huang Ju, who rose through the ranks in Shanghai to become number six in the ruling Communist Party hierarchy, died early Saturday at the...

The Real World Survivor Fiji – Cultural Icons Suffer :: MAXINE

"Island nation cultural history and methods on how societies operate and evolve is an extremely important component to island life. Anyone who has traveled the Pacific knows that the undercurrent of how things operate is colored in island tribal tradition and that this is...

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The Catholic Church and Child Abuse

"According to the Pope there is a "mysterious evil" abroad in the church today. It is not a mysterious evil. It is not a mystery. It is child abuse by priests. There is no mystery - it is sexual abuse - pure and simple."

Asian Teams Disappoint

"For those of thought Japan-Korea signalled the start of a new new hierarchy in world football Germany 2006 will demand a rethink. Four years ago Senegal shocked France in the opening game and went on to the quarter-finals. Meanwhile Turkey and South Korea found their way to...

Secret Societies

Beneath the broad tides of human history there flow the stealthy undercurrents of the secret societies, which frequently determine in the depth the changes that take place upon the surface.