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Commentary

ABC of Debt Ceiling
Anil Shrivastava "Musafir"
If you are like most of us, you may be wondering about all the fuss going around the US debt ceiling. Here are some fundamentals to clear your concept.
- The U.S. spends a lot more money than it takes in. ·
- This ongoing deficit adds up to the ongoing debt. ·

Mental Exercise

Flipping Chips
David Began
Start with 64 poker chips that are red on one side and black on the other. Arrange theme red side up in an 8x8 grid. The goal is to flip some chips to get an alternating red and black arrangement, like a checker board.

Oh Boy
From Russian puzzle maven Boris Kordemsky: Two diesel ships leave a pier at the same time. One travels upstream, the other downstream, each with the same motive power.

Humor

Thanks for Deluging Me with your Facebook Postings
Anil Shrivastava "Musafir"
What frightens me is that those people who believe in high tax rates for largess government entitlement programs also vote. Many of them vote once every four years in presidential elections. This is for those folks and President Obama.

Perspective

To Err is Human
Robert Bickmeyer
A friend and his wife disagreed on a rule in the card game Bridge. When he proved her wrong by showing her the rule in a book on Bridge she rebutted "That's an old book." Some people cannot be wrong. This is for those people. It was decades ago that I read Winston Churchill was a humble man, contributing to his greatness. Said Churchill, "In the course of life I have often had to eat my words and I confess that I have always found it to be a wholesome diet."

Lifestyle

Women's Health Issues in Third World Countries
Niru Prasad, MD
Worldwide, women live an average four years longer than men. In 2011, women's life expectancy at birth was more than 80 years in 46 countries, but only 58 years in the WHO African Region. Girls are far more likely than boys to suffer sexual abuse.

American Scene

Government by Brinksmanship
Dave Beagan
The trouble government is that it is full of politicians. Make that rich and clueless politicians. In 2011 the Center for Responsive Politics estimated that about 47 percent of Congress, or 249 members are millionaires. In 2010, the estimated median net worth of a U.S. senator stood at an average of $2.56 million. Here on day 11 of the government shutdown, with programs like Head Start on hold and thousands of federal government employees on furloughed, the House member's gym remains open. In monetary terms it means practically nothing. But the appearance is that the shutdown must not inconvenience the congressmen and women. They are so out of touch with the average person that they don't realize or don't care how it looks.

Publishers Desk

Divisions & Subdivisions of Nations
Bala Prasad
In the day's long gone by - I am talking the beginning of human civilization and the arrival of humanus erectus - people followed the supply of water and food for survival. Later on, they learned to farm and raise cattle. That led to their desire to settle down, which they did. Similar groups of people who were brought together for whatever reason found a homestead by claiming land to farm and raise cattle. Little communities thus developed and everybody lived in peace.

Point-Counterpoint

Third World Will Become Developed
Anil Shrivastava
Today's economy is mostly consumer based, therefore, the nations with the largest populations will keep on growing economically. That means that the present developed nations will shrink in economic power and the Third World countries will rise to become developed nations. In the past few decades the rise of countries like South Korea, Japan, and others to developed status is a point in place.
Bala Prasad
Is the rise of third world countries imminent? One can read volumes in favor and against this hypothesis. Learned men and women try to prove or disprove their point of view with the same set of facts and figures. Reading and researching did not help me reach a conclusion either. So, after having traveled extensively all over the world during the last two decades or so, my views are based on what I have witnessed myself. For society to move up, first of all our basic requirements must be fulfilled.

Essay

No Longer the Third World
Anil Shrivastava "Musafir"
The term Third World has its roots in the nonaligned movement championed by the likes of Nehru, Nasser, Tito, Sukarno, and Nkrumah in the fifties. To be exact, the above leaders met at the Bandung Conference in 1955 and collectively called for national independence, economic development, and Cold War nonalignment while basing themselves on the support of millions of followers in the under-developed nations. According to Vijay Prashad, (The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World), "France launched colonial wars to hold on to its power over Madagascar, Vietnam, and Algeria. In reaction, in 1952 the Parisian journalist Albert Sauvy pointed to a "Third World" between the first and second worlds which was in the process of initiating a global struggle against colonialism."

Editorial - Anil Shrivastava "Musafir"

The Art of Living Happily

Humor - Anil Shrivastava "Musafir"

Fast Lanes and High Places

Perspective - Robert Bickmeyer

Federal Income Taxes

Essay - Anil Shrivastava "Musafir"

It's All About Political Leverage

American Scene - David Beagan

The Puzzle of Free Will

Publishers Desk - Bala Prasad

The Good Life

Lifestyle - Niru Prasad, MD

Treating Wounds

Point-Counterpoint

Gov't Surveillance/Individual Freedom

Editorial - Anil Shrivastava

3 Steps to Mitigate Home Grown Terrorism

American Scene - David Began

Home of the Exceptional

Lifestyle - Niru Prasad

Major Behavior Problems Facing Our Teenagers at School

Humor - Anil Shrivastava "Musafir"

Air Dreams

Foreign Policy Quotes

They Said It!

Perspective - Anil Shrivastava "Musafir"

US Policy Towards The Asia-Pacific

Commentary - Robert Bickmeyer

21st Century School Violence

Point-Counterpoint

Should US Be World's Policeman?

Humor - Anil Shrivastava

Madonna Awarded Nobel for Peace!

Commentary - Visi Tilak

Playboy Pinup Sherlyn Chopra and India's Changing Morals

Essay - Anil Shrivastava "Musafir"

Morality Can Change Over Time

Publishers Desk - Bala Prasad

My Turn

American Scene - David Began

Moral Dry Rot in American Politics

Perspective- Anil Shrivastava "Musafir"

Porn Goes Mainstream

Lifestyle- Rekha Shrivastava

The Importance of Having Meaning, Purpose & Spirituality

Current Affairs - Robert Bickmeyer

Dreams, Racism and God

Editorial - Anil Shrivastava

It's Demography Stupid!

Commentary - Visi R. Tilak

Playboy Pinup Sherlyn Chopra and India's Changing Morals

Humor - Anil Shrivastava "Musafir"

Madonna Awarded Nobel for Peace!

Essay - Anil Shrivastava "Musafir"

Morality Can Change Over Time

Perspective - Anil Shrivastava "Musafir"

Porm Goes Mainstream

Lifestyle - Rekha Shrivastava

The Importance of Having Meaning, Purpose & Spirituality in Life

Publishers Desk - Bala Prasad

My Turn

American Scene - David Began

Moral Dry Rot in American Politics

Editorial - Anil Shrivastava

It's Demography Stupid!

Humor - Anil Shrivastava

My American Neighborhood

Perspective - Anil Shrivastava

Life's Lessons at Indy 500

Book Review - Swami Chinmayananda

Mundakopanishad

Book Review - Neil deGrasse Tyson & Avis Lang

Space Chronicals

Essay - Anil Shrivastava (Musafir)

Space Lore

Publishers Desk - Bala Prasad

What Good is a Space Station?

Mental Exercise - David Beagan

Interrupted Hibernation

New Century - Mat Williams in the Guardian

The Future for American In Space

Point - Counterpoint

The Case for Space

Commentary - Bob Bickmeyer

Keep Social Experiments out of the Military

Editorial - Anil Shrivastava

Amused by Trivia

Humor - Anil Shrivastava

Keep Away!

Perspective - Anil Shrivastava

Where on Earth is Kiribati?

Publishers Desk - Bala Prasad

Food, Education & Pursuit of Healthcare

American Scene - David Began

Not So Trivial

Essay - Cara Santa Maria

What Happens After Death?

Point - Counterpoint

Should We Destroy Iranian Nukes?

Mental Exercise - David Began

Secret Stone

Lifestyle - Niru Prasad, MD

The Unkindest Cut of All

History Trivia

Point in Time

Essay - Anil Shrivastava

Global Citizenship

American Scene - David Began

Triumph of the Nerds

Lifestyle - Niru Prasad MD

Toxic Baby Bottles

Mental Excercise - David Began

Mental Exercise

Social Scene

Being More Creative

Perspective - Robert Bickmeyer

Media Bias

Book Review - Susan Cain

Quiet - The Power of Introverts

Editorial - Anil Shrivastava "Musafir"

India Still Emerging

Editorial - Anil Shrivastava

Remembering 9-11

Commentary - Anil Shrivastava

Corporate Responsibility

Humor - Anil Shrivastava

Running out of Excuses

Publishers Desk - Bala Prasad

They Also Ran

American Scene - David Began

Steve Jobs

Essay - Jayant Pandya

Gandhian Econonics

Lifestyle - Niru Prasad MD

Precautions for Senior Citizens

Observations - Motor Trend

Steve Jobs as Henry Ford?

Observations - Umesh Rashmi Roahtgi

India Governance Issues

Mental Exercise - David Began

Mental Exercise

Editorial - Anil Shrivastava

Human Behavior - Nature & Nurture

Humor - Anil Shrivastava

What's in a Nickname?

Perspective - Robert Bickmeyer

Our Freeloader Society

Publishers Desk - Bala Prasad

The Land of the Nile

American Scene - David Began

My Dad's Better Than....

Lifestyle - Niru Prasad MD

Poison Proof Your Home

Point / Counterpoint

Middle East Peace

World View - Rishi Shrivastava

The Amazing Land of the Rising Sun

Essay - Maria Andersen

The World is my School

Current Affairs

Facts About Debt Ceiling

Editorial - Anil Shrivastava

Jobs in Jeopardy

Humor - Anil Shrivastava

Overdose of Culture

Perspective - Anil Shrivastava

Desperately Seeking a Math Guru

Commentary - Anil Shrivastava

Learning from the Japanese

Observations - David Began

Thoughts on Learning

Publishers Desk - Bala Prasad

A History of Education

Lifestyle - Niru Prasad

Too Much Fat

Essay - Maria Andersen

The World is my School

Book Review - Dan Ariely

Predictably Irrational

Book Review - Amy Chua

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

Editorial - Anil Shrivastava

Mood of the nation

Humor - Anil Shrivastava

A Tale of Two Souls

Book Review

Decision Points

Point Counterpoint

Preemptive Strikes

New Century - David Gibson

Playing God

Lifestyle - Niru Prasad

President Obama's Health Care Plan

American Scene - David Began

Culture of Innovation is Still Alive

Mental Exercise

Puzzling Questions

Editorial - Anil Shrivastava

Human Migration is Inevitable

Humor - Anil Shrivastava

Letter from a Global Idiot

Perspective - Anil Shrivastava

Alexander the Great

American Scene - David Began

Family Migrations

Short Story - Anil Shrivastava "Musafir"

Dreamland

Publishers Desk - Bala Prasad

The Changing Economy

Observation - Robert Bickmeyer

Kudos to Arizona

Lifestyle - Niru Prasad

The Story of Modern Medicine

Point Counterpoint - Anil Shirvastava "Musafir"

Should US Naturalize it's Undocumented Citizens

Mental Exercise - David Began

Train of Thought

Timeline

Trendsetting Tomorrow's World

Humor - Anil Shrivastava

Wanda Meets God

Editorial - Anil Shrivastava

Reason or Religion?

Commentary - Sri Nikhilananda

Religion & Philosophy According to Hinduism

Essay - Dev Raheja

Fullness is Emptiness, Emptiness is Fullness

Observation - David Began

Science and Hinduism

Point Counterpoint

Eastern Philosophy - The Cure All?

Forgotten Science - David Began

The Most Intriguing Mathematical Formula

Publishers Desk - Bala Prasad

Twain Shall Meet

Lifestyle - Niru Prasad

Alternative vs. Traditional Medicine

Editorial - Anil Shrivastava

Essence of Management - Revisited

Humor - Anil Shrivastava

Desperately Seeking The Meaning of Derivatives

Perspective

How Would Leonardo Da Vinci Write His Resume?

Short Story - William A. Phillis III

Johnny Johnson & The James K. Polk Road Race

Current Affairs

Mr. Khan Comes to America (Again)

Point Counterpoint

Corporate America

New Century - David Began

Misadventures in Management

Lifestyle - Niru Prasad

The Survival of Health Care In A Changing Environment

American Scene - Musafir

UMANG Is The Word

Publishers Desk - Bala Prasad

The Changing Economy

Commentary - Anil Shrivastava "Musafir"

A Birthday Wish

Humor - Anil Shrivastava "Musafir"

Gandhi, Hef & Deadwood

Essay - Tyler Cowen

Last Man Standing

Current Affairs

A Tale of Two Decades

Point Counterpoint

America on the Brink?

Forgotten Science - Mike Flynn

A Brief History of Time

American Scene - David Began

Computer Wars

Publishers Desk - Bala Prasad

Rise & Fall

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