Archive for the 'Activists' Category

Your Firm and the Community - Improving Your Standing with Volunteer Work

Monday, November 16th, 2009

Volunteering - building a community bond, and assisting your local needy. As they say, charity begins at home. Yet, scheduling this kind of event is not as straightforward as one would think, and before you know it you don’t have nearly as long left to actually do some good. Of course, when you volunteer as part of a team effort with friends or co-workers, it will be far more fun.

The ABC's Of Mesothelioma Cancer: Uncommon Cancer

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Mesothelioma is a rare cancer of the tissue that lines people’s internal organs. Nearly 2,000 new cases are diagnosed every year in the whole United States. From these, about75 percent of instances involve the sac around the lungs, referred to as the pleura. This type of cancer is called pleural mesothelioma. In almost 10 to […]

Individual and Institution in the Modern Age

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Societies are made up of individuals. In turn, individuals form small groups like the family: an important institution of society. Individuals also make other institutions like the state and the economy. These ‘thick institutions’ have separated themselves from the individuals. A strange situation arises in which individuals feels dominated by the very institutions they made […]

The Disunited Nations

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Arab nations plan to table a resolution at the United Nations General Assembly condemning the U.S.-British led “invasion” and “occupation” of Iraq and calling for immediate troop withdrawal. A similar effort at the Security Council last week failed, doomed by the veto powers of both alleged aggressors.
This is not likely to endear the organization to […]