Today, communism and socialism exist in China, Cuba, North Korea, Laos and Vietnam—although in reality, a purely communist state has never existed. Such countries can be classified as communist because in all of them, the central government controls all aspects of the economic and political sy...
1), a long-time and influential member of the Nobel Prize institution, said this [1], “Nobel’s Testament clearly states that one prize should be given in chemistry and one in physiology or medicine. Most probably what Nobel or the ones who advised him on this point meant by physiology...
The Soviet Union had “secret cities” where they shipped scientists to, but if they had the choice they would probably want to go somewhere nice, with good music, restaurants and lots of free thought. Maybe good coffee does make good science. A Post Soviet Example Creative cities are not ...
As terrible as it is to live in a nation where the press in known to be controlled by the government, at least one has the advantage of knowing the bias is present, and to adjust for it. In the United States of America, we are taught from birth that our press is free from such g...
The country was split in two after WWII, but the story really goes back to a time long before that. The history of the Korean Peninsula is a tale of a small kingdom being pushed around by much larger powers again and again. The split between the North and the South is ...
In the 1880s, a British meteorologist named Douglas Archibald experimented with large canvas kites for studying wind velocity. He also rigged a camera to the kite and activated the shutter through a long cable attached to the kite’s string. Archibald’s aerial photographs were some of the earl...
In that context, he summarized the values of democracy behind the bipartisan consensus on international involvement that existed at the time. A famous quote from the speech prefaces those values: "As men do not live by bread alone, they do not fight by armaments alone." In the second half ...
Do you know someone – perhaps in your own family – who has spent time in a rehabilitation facility? Maybe after an illness or operation? Lots of people – and particularly older people who live alone – find themselves in rehab or long term care facilities. These are somewhat different fro...
The other definition of democracy is a reference to the specific political system, such as what existed in the Greek city-state of Athens. Noah Webster's 1828 Dictionaryhas the definition: "DEMOCRACY, noun [Greek. People, and to ...
The city of Charlotte, North Carolina has anine-page applicationfor anyone wishing to propose a public monument. Among the criteria spelled out for consideration are the following: "(1) The monument shall have historic, aesthetic or special character or interest to the general public and shall no...