The problems facing human survival can be solved. The fossil record of the humanoid sphenoid bone, tells us that each time that bone changes its shape, a new humanoid species emerges. It has been clearly observed that it is now changing shape, and therefore the current human species is entering into a new phase of […]
Safeguards of Creditors
INTRODUCTION: This essay seeks to find out that in present day loan transactions what measures can ensure the repayments; and how effective they are. The essay looks at the customary way of protection: the security _ by way of mortgage and charge; the nontraditional and smart ways that have evolved with the passage of time: […]
Sun Tzu for Success by Gerald Michaelson With Steven Michaelson – Book Review
Title and Author: Sun Tzu for Success by Gerald Michaelson with Steven Michaelson. Synopsis of Content: Sun Tzu’s Art of War was written by an ancient warrior-sage in China over 2500 years ago. It was first inscribed on bamboo strips around 500 B.C. It is the oldest book ever written. It has been studied by […]
English Literature: Why Should We Study It?
When we dip into the rich variety of novels, poems, and plays which constitute English Literature we are reading works which have lasted for generations, or centuries, and they have lasted because they are good. These works say something worth saying, and say it with artistry strong enough to survive while lesser works drop into […]
Critical Analysis of the Garden of Forking Paths by Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges is an acclaimed author of Latin American Fiction. He is known for the style of presenting his works through the literary device of magic realism. Throughout his works, he is fascinated with incoherent magical gaze of time, the multiple realities existing in labyrinths and he is adept to write commentaries on imaginary […]
Etymology of ‘Martial Art’
THE FAR EAST TRANSLATION The Oxford Dictionary defines ‘martial art’ as: Various sports, which originated chiefly in Japan, Korea, and China as forms of self-defence or attack, such as judo, karate, and kendo. Dictionary.com defines it as: any of the traditional forms of Oriental self-defence or combat that utilize physical skill and coordination without weapons, […]
Dr Aziz – An Indian Character in an English Novel "A Passage To India"
Dr. Aziz, the main character of the novel, is a young Muslim Indian Physician who works at the British hospital in Chandrapore. He has got certain distinct qualities which make the study of his character interesting. He is a skilled person in his profession on one hand and a man of contradictory emotions on the […]
Near East Paintings – Indian Painting – The Myriad Art Styles
Indian Painting – The History Indian Painting dates back to 5500 BC, with the earliest existent examples of the Pre-Historic Indian Art being in Bhimbetka Caves in the Madhya Pradesh state of India. Since then, the Indian Painting style has witnessed various shifts from rock paintings, palm-leaf paintings, to contemporary styles, like glass paintings and […]
The Mormon Alliance With Boy Scouting, the Issue of Homosexuality, and the Sophistic Robert Gates
The Mormon Church, a nickname for the officially designated Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), has had an affiliation with the privately established, and operated, Boy Scouts of America (BSA) since late in the year of 1938, an affiliation hardly known among the American public. The Mormon relationship with the BSA began quite […]
Meadowlark Economics: Sustainability, the Economy and the Environment
Is it possible for the economy and the environment to survive and thrive in harmony? “Yes,” says Professor James Eggert in his new book, “Greenspan’s Anguish (Thoreau as Economic Prophet and Other Essays).” “Ecology and economics have the same prefix, eco-, from the Greek oikos, which literally means ‘household.’ The original definition of economics therefore […]