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2007 April

Are DVD’s Going the Way of The Video Cassette?

According to Josuha Freed of the Associated Press, DVD movies Are poised to follow music onto the Internet and to avoid the hurt that was felt with downloaded music retailers such as Wal-Mart have launched their own download movie sites. Retailers are concerned about this new technology because they have traditionally been able to use [...]

Ethanol: An Alternative Fuel Source That Needs Government Support

The alternative energy industry is experiencing a rapid growth but for it to continue industrial experts from
Brookings, S.D. claim the levels of ethanol used in fuel blends needs to be increased. According to Don Endres, chairperson of Brookings-based Vera Sun Energy Corp., “approximately half of the gasoline sold in the
United States is blended with 10% [...]

You’ve Earned It, Don’t Lose It: Mistakes You Can’t Afford to Make When You Retire by Suze Orman

Financial advisor, Suze Orman’s revised and updated You’ve Earned It, Don’t Lose It provides a specialists look at retirement issues helping the reader to navigate the often-confusing course of retirement planning. It is obvious, after reading her book that Orman knows her facts and by sharing them in a concise and straightforward manner, she makes [...]

American Detective by Loren D. Estleman

Estleman in his novel American Detective, the 17th novel in a series that he began in 1980, has done a superb job in creating private eye, Amos Walker. Estleman’s Walker is reminiscent of Raymond Chandler’s classic gumshoe, Philip Marlowe in that Walker defies authority, works without a side kick, and wisecracks in the face of [...]

Biotechnology: Its Positive and Negative Potential for Humankind and Its Possible Religious Connotations

Science often appears as a close cousin of sorcery bringing to life images of Merlin the magician of old. This is no where so clearly evidenced than in the explosive advances of Biotechnology where Biotechnologists may well prove to be the ”Sorcerer’s Apprentices” of the 21st century. Their advances have raised challenging issues of ethics, [...]

Can John Edwards be the Next Abraham Lincoln?

Like Abraham Lincoln, John Edwards comes from humble beginnings and knows how the working person must struggle to make ends meet. He is a self-made man whose political career consists of one term as the Democratic U.S. Senator from North Carolina and an unfortunate failed bid for vice president in 2004.  After Edwards and John [...]

Who is Benefiting from Bush’s War on Terror?

From the beginning, the American citizenry understood that the War on Terror involved more than simply finding and bringing to justice those who had planned and executed the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. However, at that time we were told that American’s strategy involved destroying the larger al-Quida network, chasing down and capturing Usama [...]

Militant Christianity vs Militant Islam – What is the Difference?

In Abandonment Theology, a compelling expose by John Chalfant, readers are encouraged to engage in a spiritual battle to rally America back to greatness by identifying what he sees as the problem and then fighting to preserve what he believes is our religious heritage. However, the reader must be aware that this book is geared [...]

RFID Payment Card Vulnerabilities

After reading a technical report regarding RFID Payment Card Vulnerabilities by Thomas S. Heydt & Kevin Fu (University of Massachusetts at Amherst); in conjunction with Benjamin Daniel V. Bailey and Ari Juels (RSA Security); as well as, Tom O’Hare from Innealta, Inc. I believe that the typical RFID payment cardholder does not understand that their [...]

Does Wicca, a Neo-Pagan Belief, Threaten Christian Values

George W. Bush denounced Wicca, an earth-centered religion, in 1999, when as Governor of Texas; he insisted, “The military should rethink their position regarding Wicca because it was not a religion”. Given that statement, one has to wonder what frame of reference or political stance, he used as a basis for his argument since the [...]

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