The ancient Greeks regarded ignorance as evil; but that view should be clarified. Ordinary ignorance - ignorance that is willing to learn and to stop being ignorance - is a correctable condition. The real problem is with aggressive ignorance - ignorance that is not...
Rear View Girls: Asscam Knows Where You're Looking Reanin Johannink and Jessie Gurunathan, two New Zealanders calling themselves Rear View Girls posted a video to Youtube showing off the "Asscam", which, as the name...
opinion by Jordan Yerman | 51 wks ago | updated 51 wks ago 1407 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
The modern socially successful individual of the 2000s can take several forms, two of the most prominent of which are the “bobo” and the “winder”. But what is the difference between them, and why are they important?
Socially successful individuals have been...
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When Twilight, the four part novel written by Stephanie Meyer first appeared as a book in 2005, then in film in 2008, similarities between this story and other legends and myths were evoked. One tale that comes to mind is of the young maiden Persephone, kidnapped by Hades...
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Social anxiety in gay and bi-sexual men may be linked to risky sex according to a Ryerson University HIV researcher who claims to have found a link between social anxiety and unsafe sexual activities." Dr. Trevor...
End-time passions find fertile soil in the United States according to Alexander Riley, a sociology professor at Bucknell University who has incorporated the study of the 'end-times', known as Eschatology, into his...
By, Uwe Paschen. The Race for the first manned mission to Mars has begun. The six volunteers from Russia, France and Germany chosen out of some 6000 candidates have started the first simulated trip to mars in...
created by Uwe Paschen | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 2204 views | 81 recommendations | 10 comments
British culture. When it comes to youth culture youth sometimes gets a bad press. Most young people are actually and self-evidently good but the media often chooses to run endless stories on anti-social, binge...
opinion by Paul Conneally | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 383 views | 22 recommendations | 4 comments
Is it better for empty property to be left to gather dust and mice or for someone broke and broken to "break in" and shelter there for a while ? I spent a bit of time homeless recently , during the winter of 2006 ...
opinion by Sputnic | 3 years ago | updated 2 years ago 271 views | 6 recommendations | 2 comments
"How do you imagine an archetypal crowd of people - say at a concert, a sporting event or a demonstration?If you picture an irrational, spontaneous, suggestible, emotional and even potentially dangerous group then...
created by mtippett | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 453 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
I give here my opinion about the Mediterranean 43 nations gathering under the auspices of President Sarkozy. In Israel there is no great enthusiasm when seeing the receptions at the Champ Elysee. The...
created by korzac | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 399 views | 7 recommendations | 3 comments
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know for a minute I thought this was a joke, then I realised Silly me, I live in British Columbia, where the joke is a University which recently got it's University...
created by Barry ORegan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 3867 views | 20 recommendations | 10 comments
I often hear the tired, old mantra, "Illegal immigrants are the source of all crime in our most blessed country, "X". However, according to a recent studied published in the peer reviewed journal Criminology...
created by ScienceDave | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 847 views | 20 recommendations | 8 comments
As social networking sites grow in popularity among a younger user group, parents are no doubt concerned about the safety of their children, often citing possible abduction, rape, or something worse as their...
created by ScienceDave | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 669 views | 17 recommendations | 2 comments