Amazon began in 1994 in founder Jeff Bezos’s garage. The company originally operated as an online book store. Amazon sold its first book in 1995. Nearly 20 years later it is the world’s leading retailer, offering not only online shopping, but media cloud storage, direct downloads of movies and music, and streaming entertainment.
Photo by Joi 4. Qatar Qatar has been positioning itself as a defender of Muslim rights around the world, especially criticizing Western countries for the supposed discrimination toward their Muslim minorities. The Al Jazeera news channel has been promoting these kind of stories around the clock, most of them vastly exaggerated. What Qatar doesn’t want…
Every March the nation is transfixed by the specter or young athletes competing for their schools and states in the NCAA college basketball tournament. Students travel the country competing in games that generate more ratings than some professional events. March Madness sweeps the country, advertisement is geared towards it, and big companies vie for the…
Photo by eugevon 4. Modern Democracy No single force made a bigger contribution to the development of modern democracy than the rise of guilds in Northwestern Europe toward the end of the Middle Ages. A guild is an association of artisans or merchants who control the practice of their craft in a particular town. The…
Photo by Roozbeh Rokni 4. San Diego, California San Diego is a much better version of Los Angeles. It’s a big city with small town flair, and a visit is all about relaxing and enjoying some of the best weather and beaches in the nation. Its biggest attractions are the city’s famous zoo and sibling…
Should Black Friday be a national holiday? Henry Ford wrote in his biography of the mutually beneficial partnership of Capital and Labor. He opposed labor unions because he felt they undermined that partnership and turned the two sides against each other. In this regard, Ford was right. Capital needs Labor, and Labor needs Capital. …
Photo by GotCredit 4. It Will Benefit the Economies of Both Countries Immensely Economically, our countries are already one another’s biggest investors, customers, and suppliers. Canada ships more oil to the United States than any other country, roughly 2.5 million barrels a day (out of the total consumed of 19.4 million barrels daily), and is…