Perma-tanned Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is right in the eye of the press freedom storm. Media have been grinding him to a pulp lately. He even says that he feels sorry for his country because media report “the opposite of reality.” Hence, Berlusconi has brought more than one local newspaper to court. His lawyers [...]

The dwindling of Michael Jackson’s millions is as mysterious as the cause of his death. Posthumously for the singer, Thriller has sold nearly a million more copies since his death a month ago. That Michael Jackson can rake in millions of dollars in income, dead or alive, is no mystery. He captured the fancy and [...]

In feudalism, political and economic elements merge seamlessly. The upper class controls the government, the production of goods, and the distribution of goods. Power is an offshoot and natural outcome of either being into the power born or through the granting of power contracts. Ordinary citizens work for the benefit of the upper class. The [...]

In this day and age when education is seen as ticket to a wealthier future, the true purpose of education is missed. In a time when education has come to simply mean a good passage to a higher-paying job, the lofty goals of education are put on the sidelines. There is a dire need for [...]

Pride renders in a proud man’s mind the idea that he has more rights than others, since he is deemed to be in a superior position. He, therefore, has the right to amass wealth more than the others. Pride leads to greed and gluttony, two more deadly sins, because pride gives the false impression that [...]

The world goes haywire, that’s for sure. Money is beneficial in its utilitarian role. It is also meant to be circulated so that an economy can thrive. Problems start when people keep their money, instead of bringing it back into circulation as it should be. But the rich wouldn’t have become so without stashing their [...]