Life Essays

     When an individual feels powerless to tackle a situation, one is persuaded to act against one’s will, one experiences the importance of power; when one is able to exercise one’s  will and feels what one does is  correct, power comes to the fore again. All human relationships have implied …

            Both the letter of credit and the bill of exchange are useful documents in expressing the buyer’s interest in undergoing a contractual relationship in the international trade. However, rationality should be employed in internalizing which between the two pronounces better terms in such interest.  Letter of Credit (LC) refers …

Most people throughout the centuries have pursued happiness one way or another. Even ancient texts support this claim. There are different means of achieving happiness though. This all depends on the way that happiness is understood and defined. The books of Gilgamesh, Odyssey and Augustine’s Confessions all have different definitions …

Abstract Human aggression is a subject of interest not only in the social sciences but also in other fields of the academe. Although there is a common definition of what human aggression is, there are different views regarding its causes. It follows also that there are different approaches to its …

The concept of beauty has in the past gone through a lot of evolution and transformation. There are different aspects by which people look at the concept of beauty, and changes over the history also altered this concept. And nowadays, vanity has taken its place in the minds of the …

         What is a “complete woman?”  The thought-provoking question opens the door to matrophobia, a term Adrienne Rich coined in her work Of Woman Born.  Rich stated that matrophobia is the fear a woman feels of becoming her own mother, and that “the mother stands for the victim in ourselves, the …

Question 1: Why do you think Coca-Cola has had one ethical issue to resolve after another over the last decade or so? Introduction: There is not single crisis situation for Coca-cola over last decade. The organization has been questioned in different areas of its operations from product to the relationship …

There are a great many myths and misunderstandings about the Civil War and the Radical Reconstruction Era. While most are familiar with these tumultuous times in American History, there are many facts that people are not familiar. Furthermore, the lack of familiarity is exacerbated when the lack of familiarity revolves …

             The Book, “The Choice:  A Fable of Free Trade and Protectionism” by Russell Roberts, according to a book review of the same literature is more than just a book.  The review likewise stated that a book becomes more than just a book when the idea presented within it is …

Robert F. Kennedy was already a man of significant political power in 1963.  In 1961, Kennedy had been elected Attorney General of the United States, serving during the presidency of his brother, John F. Kennedy.  As a powerful man in his own right, Robert Kennedy asserted his political influence in …