David McCullough, famous historian, has published a new book called the Greater Journey. The book describes how much the United States owes to France. Many critics nowadays tend to question the French contribution to our culture.
What is truly amazing about this story is that it plays out every day, in every town, in every city, in every building, in every park, in every household around the world: the love we share for our children and our elderly.
In times of crisis, self-help books and videos begin to flourish as a real solution to modern-day problems. But are motivational speakers, self-help professionals and authors of these videos/books promising the impossible?
The world of technology seems to change practically every day. No wonder we already have the first generation of M2M technologies to lead the way. M2M or machine to machine technology is not new, but the proliferation of such technologies to mobile devices is.
The head of the Homeland Security Administration (HSA) of the United States strongly questioned the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) about their policy of "patting down" young children at checkpoints inside airports.
Today we have received more reports of political unrest throughout the Middle East. The common ingredient seems to be summed up in one word: change. The question on everyone's mind is ... what kind of change can we expect?
This week premiering at the Cannes Film Festival, is a documentary directed by British filmmaker Keith Allen. The documentary would not be as noteworthy if it were not for the fact that the entire film makes a very feasible case that Princess Diana was indeed "bumped off" before marrying her new fiancé, Dodi Fayed.
Last week we featured an international Spanish architect. This week we would like to introduce you to Mr. Jacques Thienpont, owner of Le Pin vineyards in a tiny village located in Southwestern France.
One of the most prolific architects of our time is Spanish. His name.... Santiago Calatrava. We caught up with Santiago explaining his latest projects on the Charlie Rose show. Calatrava explains to us the importance of buildings and how they reflect the image of our cities.
The Italian government is up in arms after comments from German PM Merkel voicing her objection to a new Italian immigration policy, whereby thousands of Tunisians and North Africans would relocate to France, instead of being deported back to their homelands.
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