This is a real historical story of the ceremony of Japan’s surrender to General MacArthur in Tokyo Bay.
The general’s voice is real. We had never seen this event as real.
We always had seen only photographs of the event but never a Video.
Historical documentary: the signing of the Japanese surrender aboard the battleship “Missouri” on Sunday [...]
Tyrants are Illegitimate Rulers
The word “tyranny” comes to the English language from the Latin tyrannuswhich means “illegitimate ruler.” The definition is a person who rules over people against the best interests of the people, by force or coercion. Historically, in Greece the tyrants were influential opportunists that came to power by securing the support of segments [...]
As the Tea Party’s first national convention gets under way, members are united in their anger but divided over the future of the movement. The convention is marketed as an opportunity to bring Tea Party leaders from across the country together to network and support the movement’s goals.
But some see the high-ticket convention, organized by [...]
The Media Would Rather Us Watch Tiger’s Downfall Than to Govern Ourselves
Did you hear about Tiger? The strange circumstances surrounding his middle of the night, low-speed car wreck? How about the odd twist of his wife, Elin, using a golf club to smash out the rear window of his SUV to pull him [...]
Role of Psychiatrists in Terrorism
By: jatinder
“Unspeakable acts of terror, torture, and mass murder are not so much the results of individuals who have lost their minds as they are of individuals who have lost their conscience. If, indeed, it turns out that the heinous suicide-attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon are traced [...]
Education and educators are highly regarded in India, which makes teaching a pleasure and a privilege
by Marshall Goldsmith
During a recent trip to India, I had the opportunity to work with many dedicated professionals at the Indian School of Business (ISB) in Hyderabad.
ISB is an amazing place. It is a new institution that was formed with [...]
By: Christopher Curry
Assistant Editor, The Signal
University of Houston-Clear Lake
October 26, 2009
Documentary warms up controversy
Environmentalism has always had its fair share of supporters, but a new documentary “Not Evil Just Wrong” attempts to reveal a darker side of the movement that is making some viewers take a second look at the costs of going green.
This documentary, [...]
South Korea and partners in development
An extraordinary example
Alfredo Ascanio (askain)
The widening gap between the developed and developing countries has become a central issue of our time.
The attempt to do something about this gap was based on the assumption that economic underdevelopment countries would yield to a determined national effort to change it, with external help [...]
October 11, 2009
One of these things is not like the other. One of these things just doesn’t belong.
Martin Luther King Jr. – Leader of the Civil Rights movement.
Nelson Mandela – The end of apartheid.
Henry Kissinger – Negotiated a cease fire in the Paris Peace Accords, ending the war and restoring peace in Viet Nam.
Mother Teresa [...]
October 9, 2009,
By: Michael Rowan; El Universal
Opinion
Fidel Castro wanted a pre-emptive Soviet nuclear strike against the United States in 1982, according to recently disclosed documents of Soviet General Andrian A. Danilevich. Castro was only dissuaded when Soviet scientists explained to him that fallout from the blasts could cause millions of deaths in Cuba itself. [...]
A historical video of the Japanese surrender in 1945 | 
Tyrants and Tyranny | 
Tea Party Movement: United Movement or Ticking Time Bomb? | 
The Tiger Distraction | 
Role of Psychiatrists in Terrorism | 
Education and educators are highly regarded in India | 
Not Evil Just Wrong - review | 
SOUTH KOREA and partners in development | 
Obama Nobel Peace Prize | 
Chavez supports Iran's BOMB | 
