Human Rights Watch condemns gay death sentences in Iran

(Fri Nov 13th, 2009, by Gary Cosby)

Three Iranian men are facing the death penalty for having gay sex when they were teenagers. Nemat Safavi, Mehdi P and Moshen G are currently on death row and human rights campaigners warn that their executions are imminent. Under Iranian law, “Lava...

A Guide To Travelling The Boston Freedom Trail

(Thu Nov 5th, 2009, by Brad Alexzander)

The BostonFreedomTrailmakesfor an interesting walkthrough UnitedState...

So what is a citizen ... and a global citizen?

(Thu Nov 5th, 2009, by Christiaan Roos)

This article from the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy gives a clear and concise description of the term "citizen" and a good overview of what debate there is around the issue. The most basic definition is: "A citizen is a member of a political ...

Strong Words of Wisdom From Leaders of Our Past For Our Youth

(Thu Nov 5th, 2009, by Peter Wong)

The young leaders of the nation today have still a lot to learn from the old leaders of the past, the spirit of togetherness and oneness for people of various races, religion, and country can live together in peace, unity, understanding between one a...

Copenhagen at the Crossroads; Adaptation or Mitigation?

(Wed Nov 4th, 2009, by Klaus H Hemsath)

The Copenhagen Climate Conference 2009 was intended to commit world governments to a common purpose and approach on reducing climate changes. Already before the meeting, it is becoming obvious that such an agreement cannot be reached. The reason is s...

Importance of Communication in Election Campaigns

(Wed Nov 4th, 2009, by Ethan Hill)

There is no doubt that good communication is the key to win an election campaign. From there, then it is vital to design a communications strategy that will guide you through the whole process and that the campaign does not become a contest of occurr...

Economist Magazine - Well Educated Well-off Readers Only Please

(Wed Nov 4th, 2009, by Konstantinos Papahatzis)

For more than 160 years the Economist informs a worldwide audience with Economic Financial and Political news that affect economies at a local and global level. We examine the main characteristics of this established publication. The first year of t...

Jailed Father on Hunger Strike to Protest Denial of His Parental and Other Constitutional Rights

(Tue Nov 3rd, 2009, by Shane Flait)

Dr. Amir Sanjari, was divorce after a 17 year marriage. He's a UK Citizen who was originally invited to the United States to Stony Brook University, New York for a research position.Now he's destitute and on a hungar strike in jail to protest the unc...

Crisis Management for the Government

(Tue Nov 3rd, 2009, by Ethan Hill)

We could say that the Government is like a big company. And to the extent that it has grown in size, positions and responsibilities to those it governs, the need of a good crisis management is of high priority. The themes that run governments are di...

Canada - No Fall Election

(Mon Nov 2nd, 2009, by Bryon Zirker)

It turns out we will not have a fall election after all. I am glad. Four elections in five years is just a big waste of time and money. The Liberal Party has been trying to win an election for years and failed. The best they have been able to accompl...