Reunification of Germany On the 3rd of October, 1990 German re-unification became official. The date was designated as a national holiday by Chancellor Helmut Kohl. In 1989, a re-unified Germany seemed a long way off, although demonstrations were already taking…[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ideas’
UW Entrance Exam
(from 1908) Ancient History (Choose any eight of the following) Describe an Egyptian temple. Compare the early history of Babylonia with that of Egypt. What is an oligarchy? What did Solon do for Athens? Describe slavery in Athens. What causes contributed to Alexander’s victories? What was the[...]
From India on the intervention in Syria:
President Barack Obama’s case for intervening in Syria is legally weak, internationally divisive and morally hollow (Kanwal Sibal is a former Foreign Secretary.) from The Hindu President Obama’s plan to take military action against Syria can be legitimately questioned on legal, political and m[...]
July 15th, 2013 - 11:06 pm § in America, The Ave Scene
How High: Cartoon Stoners
Scooby doo doesn’t come on the air nearly as much as it did when I was a kid. I loved Scooby doo growing up, Shaggy and Scooby were easily my favorite characters on the show. Recently, I watched Scooby doo with my daughter and I noticed something that never caught my attention as a [&hellip[...]
June 27th, 2013 - 1:11 pm § in Misc.
Spiegel on the generation gap in Turkey
Turkish Family Split Between Gezi and Old Way The rift currently dividing Turkey also runs right through the middle of many families. SPIEGEL reporter Özlem Gezer has an uncle in Istanbul who loves Erdogan, a cousin who sleeps in the protesters’ camp and parents who sit in Germany arguing ove[...]
June 25th, 2013 - 10:59 am § in Uncategorized
Science with caution
Powerful gene-editing tool appears to cause off-target mutations in human cells Published: Monday, June 24, 2013 – 08:33 in Biology & Nature In the past year a group of synthetic proteins called CRISPR-Cas RNA-guided nucleases (RGNs) have generated great excitement in the scientific commu[...]
May 6th, 2013 - 10:51 pm § in America
Darwin Falls Down
EllenGraceJones tell us Darwin was wrong, and we need to update our model of evolution, She’s a fashion editor. An interesting experiment and indeed correct in that we are still evolving, however to attribute it to the Victorian, matter-based, Darwinian model of evolution is backward-thinking and [...]
April 29th, 2013 - 4:58 am § in Misc.
Author of “The End of History” Says Taliban NOT a Threat
Afghan, Pakistani Taliban are ”non-expansionist bogeymen”, says political scientist Political scholar Francis Fukuyama wrote the most thoughtful book of the Reagan Era .. “The Enf of Time.” In this book, Fukayama lauded liberal democracy … capitalism plus republicanis[...]
Mis-Education of Black Children
The African American community puts too much of an emphasis on youth athletics. Sports build character, and teach life lessons that kids can use throughout their life. However, playing sports should be secondary to academics. In the African American community this is far from the case. [...]