The Duty and Meanings of the Master in Chinese Culture

When we refer to Chinese education, Confucius can be a key figure in Chinese education history. His status as a teacher and his education concepts have deeply rooted in Chinese people’s mind, while his fame and his ideas of teaching even spread overseas.

Anthropology, Sociology, Mythology, Nursery Rhymes, and What We Should Be Thinking Here

Far too often cultures clash because they do not understand the significant of the other. Interestingly enough, many cultural, religious, or spiritual realm norms of a past, present, or future society or civilization has deep meaning, and it is completely relevant. I’d like to send your mind on a quick journey and into a thought process of such topics, even if you are not one to care much for the subject.

All Hail the Last of the Baby Boomers – They Are the Key to Our Future

Not long ago, I spoke with someone and they told me that; “I am 47 and have lived in the Dallas area for the last 23 years.” And I reminded them that Dallas is a nice area, especially the suburbs. 47, well that makes you one of the last baby boomers, so you are unique, and very important to our society to bridge the gap, between the differences in generations, and as we can see there are big differences.

The Paradox of Gated Communities

Many folks equate humor to irony and paradoxes, and that makes sense, it also makes jokes and comedy rather easy to remember, as those sorts of things seem to imprint well in our minds. Try this sometime, ask you go through the day watch for paradoxes.

An Introduction to the Theoretical Perspectives of Sociology

Sociologists have covered a broad amount of material in their accumulated studies. Some, like Karl Marx, studied broad topics related to the whole of societies. He theorized that the root of human misery lies in the uneven distribution of wealth in society. Others, like Emile Durkheim, focused on more concise topics. He concentrated much of his effort on determining why certain sects of people are more apt to commit suicide than others. Still others, like Max Weber, studied patterns in culture throughout history to determine how much a social group can affect one’s life. Though many sociologists study different topics, all use their recorded data to produce theories. These theories suggest how certain parts of the world fit together and how they work. If you break theories down further, you can sort them into three distinct categories: symbolic interactionism, functional analysis, and conflict theory. All three can use different observations to prove the same point.

Daddy, Where Did I Come From?

Dinosaurs tramped the earth a mere 70,000,000 years ago. Henry Gee, senior editor at the scientific journal “Nature,” reports that a human-like skull has been found in Chad which could be as old as 7,000,000 years. The significance of this find is that it is of such great age, it comes from a time when modern humans hadn’t long diverged from the time when chimpanzees would have emerged.

We Must Close and Secure the Mexican-US Border Immediately to Prevent Swine Flu Pandemic

With the Mexico City Swine Flu Pandemic breakout, the US is put into a terrible position. Many people are leaving the city and need somewhere to go. Since many Mexican families have relatives in the US, it makes sense that many are headed here. As the come to the United States to run away from this H1N1 Swine Flu, some will have already been infected and they may bring it back with them. In fact, even if we close the borders now it could be too late.

The Gardener Is Constantly Growing GM Crops – H1N1 Pandemic Coming to a Town Near You

Mexico City looks different today; everyone is wearing masks? It looks like something out of a science fiction novel or a BioTerror action drama movie. The problem is a rather bizarre strain of H1N1 Swine Flu virus. A re-combination of several different influenza viruses from Asia and Europe, that really shouldn’t combine like that. Is it a bio-engineered virus created by bio-weapon scientists dropped off in the over populated unsanitary Mexico City?

Earth Anthropological Survey, Translation 2 – Economic Subjugation

How would an outsider view our world? What would a visitor to Earth make of the shenanigans that pass for human affairs? This article is a translation by me as best I could manage of transmissions from an orbiting Arcturian survey ship to its “Mission Ops” on Arcturus IX and the replies received thereto. This is a work of pure imagination on my part. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it…

Money is a Mathematical and Sociological Anomaly

Why do we need and want money? Because it is synonymous with power and freedom. The power to influence those around us and the freedom to do anything we please. But let’s but a spin on that for you…because you may well decide we’re right…

The Myth and Truth of Race – Time For the Other Side to the Story

I want to put to death an ancient myth that there is a superior race, once and for all. I dream of a united people, where color and religious preference is not a basis for judging someone’s character, and I know that many of you have this same dream. According to recent studies in genetics the question is not where did the black race come from, but where did blue eyes, white skin, and blond hair come from? And I want to help bring into the light scientific evidence against the racist assumption that any race could be subhuman.

How to Read a Person Like a Book, A Humorous Look at Social Science

There are 10 attributes to observe in reading a person. You may know of more but these 10 will suffice to tell you all you want and need. Each item can be scored producing a person-revealing value (PRV.) Then, massaging in a “finagle” factor, you can know that the person you have read is honest and sincere or mean-spirited and evil. Never forget that the person you are reading is probably reading you!