From Thinking Outside the Boxe’s Sydney Correspondent: Many people in the first world today live in societies that are 'problem' oriented. The prevailing mindset is that there is something wrong, or a variety of things wrong with us, and with society itself. It seems almost that having problems are a badge of honor. Do so many … Continue reading Becoming a Solution Based Society
Citizen Journalism: Scourge or Saviour?
From Thinking Outside the Boxe’s Sydney Correspondent LAS VEGAS – “A group of several dozen ‘Occupy Las Vegas’ protesters camping on Clark County land located under the final approach to Runway 19 at McCarran International Airport today narrowly missed being injured when a 50 lb. slab of ‘blue ice’ reportedly landed within feet of their … Continue reading Citizen Journalism: Scourge or Saviour?
Does Any Country Really Need a Space Programme?
From Thinking Outside the Boxe’s Sydney Correspondent: The original so called 'space race' between the USSR and the United States was really a by-product of the cold war. It was never about mankind conquering space or getting to the moon. The importance was the prestige of doing it first. The Russians got the jump on the … Continue reading Does Any Country Really Need a Space Programme?
Is the United Nations a Vast Failure? Part II
From Thinking Outside the Boxe’s Sydney Correspondent Much like China and Russia in the example cited in part one of this article it is easy to condemn or reject the actions or inactions of the UN but it is much harder to offer solutions or alternatives, something the Russians and Chinese failed to do in … Continue reading Is the United Nations a Vast Failure? Part II
Is the United Nations a Vast Failure? Part I
From Thinking Outside the Boxe’s Sydney Correspondent: The United Nations was formed in 1945, following the Second World War. The UN is mainly known for its peacekeeping efforts but is also actively involved in disaster relief, disarmament, the promotion of democracy, the promotion of gender equality, as well as a number of other things. The … Continue reading Is the United Nations a Vast Failure? Part I
Adoption & Child Trafficking
From Thinking Outside the Boxe’s Sydney Correspondent: The United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons defines human trafficking as: (a) [...] the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the … Continue reading Adoption & Child Trafficking
Slavery in the Modern World
From Thinking Outside the Boxe’s Sydney Correspondent: When many of us think of slavery our minds often focus on African Americans toiling on cotton fields in the south of the United States; or perhaps we envision slaves in the ancient world, usually building monuments dedicated to the glory of the Pharaoh. In fact slavery still exists … Continue reading Slavery in the Modern World
Cheap Chinese Labor: How Can U.S. Businesses Compete? Part II
From Thinking Outside the Boxe’s Sydney Correspondent: In the first part of this article we saw the many difficulties that American manufacturers are faced with in trying to compete with their Chinese counterparts. It is difficult, if not impossible, to tell an employer who is forced to lay off a large number of workers or close … Continue reading Cheap Chinese Labor: How Can U.S. Businesses Compete? Part II
Cheap Chinese Manufacturing: How Can U.S. Businesses Compete? Part I
From Thinking Outside the Boxe’s Sydney Correspondent: For at least a decade now American manufacturers have been fighting what in most cases has been a losing battle against a tidal wave of cheap Chinese imports. There are a number of reasons why Chinese imports are so much cheaper than goods made in the U.S., and pretty … Continue reading Cheap Chinese Manufacturing: How Can U.S. Businesses Compete? Part I
A Herman & Chomsky Approach to the Joy Behar Show
Submitted to Thinking Outside the Boxe from a Pennsylvania Correspondent Herman and Chomsky suggest the media is made up by elitist for elites. What does this mean? In their book Manufacturing Consent they structure a “propaganda model” which purposes five filters that sift through the media before it is distributed to the general population. The … Continue reading A Herman & Chomsky Approach to the Joy Behar Show
