SOCRATES OF ATHENS -- A MAN WHO CHANGED THE WORLD
Socrates, (469-399 B.C.), unlike Alexander the Great, (356-323 B.C.), who conquered and changed the world with his military might,...
ATHENS -- DEMOCRACY -- PERICLES, 430 B.C. AND SOLON, 690 B.C.
Here is a little more of what Pericles and Solon were saying centuries ago about democracy, wealth and laws. Their ideas have been...
PERICLES ON DOMOCRACY--430 B.C.
I have been reading lately again in the Greek classics and history. Here are some excerpts from Pericles' famous funeral oration given...
ON GUN CONTROL
A recent report says that between 2005 - 2014 just oer 310,575 Americans died from guns. (source: Gun Policy.org) 1. 190,792 or 59.5%...
ON AUTOMOBILE CONTROL
On average fore the last eleven years n America, about 36,209 died each year in auto related accidents. That's over 398,308 in the last...
ISLAM IN NEED OF REFORMATION
In her Wall Street Journal essay (3/21/15) well known author and former Muslim, Ayyan Hirsi Ali, says Islam is in serious need of...
VIOLENT TEXTS IMPLICIT WITHIN ISLAM
Ayyan Hirsi Ali, well-known author of the bestselling book, Infidel, wrote that violence is implicit within the sacred texts of Islam, in...
ISLAM COULD BE DOMINANT IN U.K. IN 10 YEARS.
The Muslim population in the United Kingdom has increased form 3.0% to 4.8% from 2001 to 2011. Over 600,000 Muslims arrived in that time...
SOURCES OF ISLAMIST EXTREMISM – Part II
WAHHAB, MUHAMMAD ibn Abd al (1703-1792) One of the principal sources of Islamist extremis is the 17th century Islamic reformer, Muhammad...
ORIGINS OF ISLAMIC EXTREMISM
Sayyid Qutb – (1900 – 1960) One of the most prominent and influential figures of Islamic extremism was Sayyid Qutb of Egypt. He is often...
