Tragic story from South Korea about a Chief Executive of a savings bank chain who leapt to his death after his company was shut down by the government. Jeil 2 Savings Bank had come under investigation for bribery, bad loans, and risky investments in property. Depositors at the bank were queuing to withdraw money at […]
Read More“Associated with Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) and his followers, notably in England Francis Herbert Bradley (1846-1924). See also Coherence Theory of Truth. This is a form of idealism whereby, reality, though mental or spiritual, does not depend on the human mind in particular but comprises a single spiritual entity: the Absolute (hence the name, absolute […]
Read MoreSlovakia’s Freedom and Solidarity Party, one party in Slovakia’s four party ruling coalition, has threatened opposition to Slovakian approval of the expansion of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) rooted in a dedicated belief on Freedom and Solidarity’s part in laissez faire capitalism. Arguing that the expansion of the EFSF is the first step on […]
Read MoreSlovakia’s Freedom and Solidarity Party, one party in Slovakia’s four party ruling coalition, has threatened opposition to Slovakian approval of the expansion of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) rooted in a dedicated belief on Freedom and Solidarity’s part in laissez faire capitalism. Arguing that the expansion of the EFSF is the first step on […]
Read More“Doctrine that all relations are internal to their bearers, in the sense that they are essential to them and the bearers would not be what they are without them. Some relations are clearly internal in this sense (four would not be four unless it were related to two by being its square), and some relations […]
Read MoreEgypt’s Health Ministry is reporting that 23 people are dead and many others wounded after clashes between Egyptian Security Forces and Coptic Christians near Maspero state television station in Cairo. The fighting is allegedly in retaliation for a September 30th attack on a Coptic Christian Church in Merinab, Aswan about the church’s right to build […]
Read MoreWhat if another country or a terrorist organization were able to deploy military drones with capabilities similar to those used by the United States? This is a possible reality that Micah Zenko from the Council on Foreign Relations thinks about when he questions the practice of the Bush and Obama administrations of sending these drones […]
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