The primary drawback of living in an automobile dependent community is that we need to be fit to drive our vehicle at any time. Emergencies by their very nature can occur when we least expect them and immediate access to…
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“A MAN is shot dead while sitting at a bar in Prague, in the Czech Republic. Why? The gunman was annoyed by the loud music the victim was playing on his personal cassette player. A motorist is clubbed to death…
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Suburbs have led to a new form of racial segregation and class divisiveness. When people first started moving to suburbs they were clearly looking for better living standards. And most of these people moved out of cities. Moving to cities…
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These are chaotic times for political scientists, given the chaos that has been created by the Gulf Oil Spill. The job descriptions reside in the political alliance or the neutrality of the political scientist. The tasks, challenges and opportunities are dependent upon…
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The pros and cons of planned communities are as diverse as the people who choose to live in them. Planned communities are exactly that, communities which have every single detail well accounted for. Planned communities are usually constructed on underdeveloped…
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One guilty pleasure in the life of a curious person is indulgence in the world of conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories serve an important purpose for one major reason: they contain plenty of truth or of verifiable fact in resistance to…
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Gender identity, as any transgender person can attest to, is inherently biological. It is not chosen by the individual or instilled in any way by family or society. It is important to understand the distinction between gender identity and gender…
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While many of the toxic substances we have expelled into our environment since the Industrial Revolution can be found anywhere, including in polar bears in the Arctic Circle, there is no denying that the air quality in city areas is…
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Organized crime can be defined as a group of people who engage in illegal activities that include, but are not limited to drug/weapons smuggling, extortion, prostitution, money laundering, contract murder and lots of other illicit ventures. Members of these groups…
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The Gulf, or BP, oil spill has consequences that are obvious and immediate and it has consequences that are very hard to relate to the spill. There will be future consequences that will reverberate throughout the world for as far…
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