Venezuelan President Chavez is "Hugo" on nepotism

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been busy lately. He has already served 8 years in his office and is attempting to extend his term even...

Obesity: The dark side of western Affluence is rising in China

When a country develops economically its wealth and prosperity rises to levels it had never known before. It's standard of living increa...

Stock in Monsanto has soared in last five months

Here is another company that is in the food business sort of. Monsanto (MON) is into bioengineering crops. They help farmers grow more and b...

Effects of global warming coming on sooner than expected

It may in fact be the most pressing issue that is facing mankind in the near future. How to deal with the issue of global warming and the th...

Sun Life can brighten an investors portfolio over time.

Do you know the nice safe feeling you get when you know you have insurance and you know your covered? Sun Life Inc. (SLF) is a company that ...

Columbine Massacre Revisited

It is hard to believe that in about 5 months it will be 9 years since the Columbine Massacre took place. It is equally difficult to believe ...

Another stock on the long term rise

Have you ever heard of Tesco? (TSCDY) Most people in the United States have not. They are the Number one retailer in Britain. They run over ...

April 1945 - Turning point month in world history

One of the most important months in the history of World War 2 easily was April 1945. It was not the end of the conflict yet. The war would ...

December 8, 1980 - The worst day in rock and roll history

For music lovers who were alive at the time this cold day in the fall of 1980 is a day that will never lose its ability to bring up a feelin...

An affordable chinese oil stock to consider?

Do you happen to know anybody who needs oil? You know to either fuel their car or heat their home? We all do and in china the number of peop...

Military vets too often see suicide as a solution

People who have never served in the military can only imagine the emotional toll that the stress of combat can take on those who have. The e...

How Hurricane Katrina worsened global warming

We are all familiar with the images of death and destruction that were brought to all of our television screens in the late summer of 2005. ...

Why we will likely never again elect a bald president - sorry rudy

In the history of the United States there have been 43 occupants of the oval office. They have been of various shapes and sizes. Some presid...

Shares in Apple more than double in just one year

Well everyone on the planet practically has heard of Apple. (AAPL) It has been quite an impressive company both in terms of its technical ac...

NYC murder rate continues a pattern of decline years in the making.

In the last 15 years something that was thought to be impossible has been occuring in the city of new york. The rate of serious crime has be...

another stock that has been steadily rising the last few years

Do you know anybody that likes to eat? The people at Yum brands inc. do. (YUM) They are the largest food operator in the world. They own ove...

Did you believe they put a man on the moon

It was 38 years ago last summer that mankind embarked on one of the most difficult and exciting challenges in its long history when the uni...

How high is Google stock going to go?

If you have not heard of google yet it is time for you to crawl out from under your rock. This company is one of the most impressive success...

was the Kennedy assassination the result of a government conspiracy?

The assassination of president Kennedy took place on November 22nd 1963 in Dallas Texas. Ever since that day and that famously shocking even...

Why the presidency of George W. Bush is a failure

The presidency of George W. Bush is coming to an end. His term will expire in a little more than a year. So it is not too early to begin ass...

a stock tip for those who are interested-and its good for you and the planet you live on

There are over 14,000 stocks listed on the new york stock exchange. Some are winners and some are losers but some of them start out good and...