Articles

Queen Elizabeth II: Duty Comes First

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:23:31 GMT

Despite controversies in recent years, history will probably record that Queen Elizabeth's reign has been one of the most successful in British history.

To Be a Village

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:43:36 GMT

An old African proverb observes that it takes a village to raise a child; but in our fragmented, pressured society the traditional village that would support a growing child or teenager is a rarity.

Obesity Epidemic Continues to Expand

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:33:47 GMT

The Surgeon General's Call To Action To Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity was one of the first attempts by any government to draw attention to the current health news of obesity as a public health crisis.

Digging Wonderland

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:55:20 GMT

After about two months of Martian days on the surface, NASA’s Phoenix robotic lander is well down the road to completing several important aspects of its mission.

The Teaching of Moral Values

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:10:21 GMT

The school system has not only changed with the times in regard to the teaching of morality, but has openly advocated a more moral relativistic approach to students.

A Vision for the Future: The Obesity Epidemic

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:40:04 GMT

In 2001, the United States released the Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity. The Call to Action included a section titled “A Vision for the Future.” Now the future is here, and the suggestions found in this report continue to be promoted in current health news around the world.

Teen Pregnancy: One Is a Tragedy, Thousands Only a Statistic

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:51:20 GMT

Teen pregnancy statistics can be very misleading. Making sense of them is somewhat like assigning meaning to tea leaves: they can say almost whatever you want them to say.

The War to End All Wars

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:14:12 GMT

World War I has been described as the war to end all wars. The ensuing years—most notably, the Second World War—showed that this thought was ridiculously naïve. In reality, the war was a colossal mistake, caused by a series of astonishing blunders.

Theodor Herzl: Founding Father of Zionism

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:11:25 GMT

In 1896 Theodor Herzl published The Jewish State (Der Judenstaat), the basis for his reputation as the father of political Zionism.

The Founders and Foundations of Zionist Thinking

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:10:26 GMT

Broadly speaking, Israeli political philosophy follows two main schools of thought: a) the political Zionism of Theodor Herzl and its subsequent synthesis in the political and practical-socialist Zionism of Chaim Weizmann and David Ben-Gurion; and b) the revisionist Zionism of Vladimir Ze’ev Jabotinsky.