Author: Charles L. Wang
The Pursuit of Happiness (Wealth? Health? Wait for it…)
Since the dawn of time, men (and women) –- after their biological needs were met – have been searching for this illusive happiness. Mankind pursues happiness with vigor. Everyone wants it: it is even written within our constitution. As a…
Why Organized Religion Needs to Stand Aside Sometimes
Why Organized Religion needs to stand aside sometimes to make spiritual room for personal experiences to shape the existential perception of God through his/her personal journey called life. The question of God is an eternal mystery for mankind — with…
Why Do We Still Need Homeland Security in America?
Despite of all the controversy, bureaucratic waste of money, and the violation of personal rights, privacy, dignity, and freedom, why do we still need Homeland Security in America? “Every year, 475 million people, 125 million vehicles, and 21 million import…
A Visit to the Modern China in 2009 on its National Holiday
Today is Beginning of China’s National Holiday — 10 day vacation. There’s so much patriotism everywhere you go. Chinese Flag shops are being robbed (figuratively). A lot of people are very happy with China, its future, and its current leaders….
Chinese Media Censorship VS. American Media Censorship
If you have lived in China for a while, you will notice that its media is heavy-handedly censored by the government. Media Censorship in China proves to be very annoying at times. Commercials during children’s programs do not advertise the…
American Democracy (What is it, What Does it Mean?)
When Alexander Hamilton signed the Constitution of United States in 1775, he defined democracy and freedom in the following way: “The sacred rights of mankind, [human freedom,] are not to be rummaged for, among old parchments, or musty records. They…
Why the Middle East War will continue never-ending support & funding
People’s natural social instinct to cognitive flaws — a few main ones Accepting More Responsibility for Success Than Failure, for Good Deeds Than Bad Time and again, experimenters have found that people readily accept credit when told they have succeeded…
Safety of Genetic Engineered Food Argument: Not a Scientific debate but Rhetorical dispute
Throughout history, the essence of technological progress has been its unpredictable applications (e.g. polluting industries and printing presses). Innovations are always a double-edged sword. In the past, technology innovations have taken humanity forward beyond anyone’s imagination. Thus some people argue…
Does God Exist?
What kind of Question is this? Are you Nuts? You might as well as ask a windy person, say, what’s the answer to: what’s the ultimate goal in life? why are we here? what’s the meaning of life? and so…
Rooting Out the Drug Problem
Sudhir Venkatesh, born in India, began to pursue his PhD in sociology at University of Chicago in 1989. He was studying under the eminent poverty scholar William Julius Wilson and volunteered to do field work on the causes of Chicago’s…