Sir Thomas More ranks in the upper echelon of heroes of the humanist movement. His greatest work, Utopia, focused on people's curiosity concerning the New World. The premise of Utopia is a conversation that More had with Raphael Hythlodaeus, a sailor who traveled with Amerigo Vespucci to disc...

Euthanasia is the practice of ending a life painlessly so as to release an individual from an incurable disease or intolerable suffering with their agreement. Voluntary euthanasia involves a request by the dying patient or that person's legal representative to help him to die e.g. turning off the li...

Censorship, a controversial word that has been with us since who knows when. Ancient dictators would burn books because they didn't like them and force people to believe what he did. The question I ask myself though is if censorship in Libraries and schools is justified. My answer is no, and ...

"Islam: Empire of Faith": An Evaluation In the wake of the tragedies of September 11, 2001, millions of Americans found themselves questioning the meaning and nature of a 1,400 year old religion practiced by nearly a quarter of the world's people. Producer/director Robert Gard...