Culture and Society

When Dick Bruna came up with the idea of Miffy in 1955, he never would have guessed that over 50 years on she was going to be a super cool bunny and a worldwide phenomenon.

Mesopotamia was perhaps the first civilization to create art in the form of huge structural creations and sculptures. This art has helped each oncoming civilization grow, but how much has this art influenced our modern culture?

Death waits for no one. Here we see contrasted the life and death of two very different people.

Personalized gifts take gift-giving to the next level. While anyone can walk into a store and buy a generic gift, a personalized gift conveys a whole different message to the recipient.

Experts and commentators are talking about world class Indian companies but how much these claims are correct. Indian consumers are still searching for world class products and services which are still elusive.

Insurance companies continue to earn massive record profits, there's nothing wrong with that it's the free enterprise system at work, but people are being misled and ripped off. All insurance is not bad, in fact you'd be crazy not to have many forms of insurance, but that certainly doesn't apply to dental insurance.

Gift ideas for common occasions like birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays are easily found.

The age of political correctness is upon us. Who defines what is correct and what is not? Your simple right to carry a pocket knife is constantly attacked and questioned. Why is this such a hot topic and why are folks worried about a pocket knife? Does every issue where a difference of opinion is demonstrated need to be regulated by complicated laws and by government officials?

Diamonds are small, easily transportable and command high prices. These characteristics have made diamonds a good source of funds for coup leaders in Africa and elsewhere. These smuggled diamonds have been labeled "conflict diamonds" and many consumers are wary about using a product that they think may be related to the suffering of innocent people.

For hundreds of years, what is now the Detroit area was so important to commerce between Native American tribes that only traders were allowed into the territory.