Blast From The Past: Are Modern Cars Too Complex?
The current problem of Toyota could be the expression of a wider short coming of technological advancements in the automotive industry. Car makers went within a few decades, starting in the early 1970’s, from putting the accent on long term durability to favor performance, some mechanical innovations, but mostly started making vehicles which were not […]
Foreign Kleptocrats And Former Dictators Living Large Abroad
Too often in our societies, which value more what people have than what people are, money can get people to be complacent to corruption, and even crimes for the sake of profit and greed. Deposed foreign leaders, formers dictators and even mass murderers end up quite often in safe heavens such as Europe or America, […]
Haiti: Sarkozy To Scrap Debt And Announce Aid Package
French President Sarkozy will visit Haiti on Wednesday. He will be the first French President to visit the Island since Haiti, a former French slave colony, became the first Black Republic in 1804. Haiti has the unique historical background to be the only slave revolt leading to the creation of an independent state. Before the […]
US Launches Massive Attack On Taliban Despite Olympic Truce
In ancient Greece, the Olympics festival were a sacred time of truce. For the duration of the games, the conflicts between cities such as Sparta and Athens were resolved within the Stadiums, not on the battlefields. When the founder of the modern Olympics, Pierre De Coubertin, organized the 1896 Olympics in Athens he had the […]
Afghanistan’s “Freedom Fighters” Best American Friend Is Dead
Charlie Wilson died today at the age of 76. The Texas Congressman was known in Washington as “good time Charlie” for his appreciation, some time excessive, of beautiful women, booze, cocaine and hot tub. But again who can blame him, this was the “swinging 70’s”. However, Congressman Wilson had a deadly serious side to him, […]
