Featured topics in this issue: American New Year Traditions

Dropping the Ball

Watch Night Service

Auld Lang Syne

The New Year’s Night

-- 12/31/2008 >>>

Featured topics in this issue: Christmas, Santa Claus, and Unemployment

Christmas in a Nutshell

Christmas in the United States; Facts, Numbers and History

A Rare Profession

Unemployment, Piecing the Puzzle

Collecting the Unemployment Benefits

Unemployment Insurance and its Affect on the Economy

Evolution of the Unemployment Benefits in the United States

-- 12/26/2008 >>>

Karal Ann Marling is a Professor Emeritus, a well-known specialist in American culture, and the author of many books, one of them is Merry Christmas! Celebrating America’s Greatest Holiday. Since 1977 she has been teaching at the University of Minnesota, where she was professor in both Art History and American Studies. “I think when children grow up they learn something about generosity, and generosity of spirit when they are young. They don’t have to believe in Santa Claus anymore, but they become Santa Claus and they give presents to their own children, people they love and poor people at Christmas time.”

-- 12/26/2008 >>>

Featured topics in this issue: Thanksgiving and the Economic Outlook

The Financial Crisis: Causes and Consequences

Thanksgiving: In Search of Origin

Turkey Day

Why Turkey is called Turkey?

Black Friday

-- 11/28/2008 >>>

In a Gallup poll, 26 percent of people in 82 countries answered “Yes” to the question: “If you had the opportunity, would you like to move permanently to another country?” -- 07/03/2008 >>>

The President of Moldova, Vladimir Voronin, expressed his opposition to renaming the Moldovan language to Romanian and renouncing Moldova’s communist past for the sake of easing integration into the European Union. -- 02/26/2008 >>>

While analyzing the treatment of journalists during the 2007 Ukrainian Rada elections, experts at the Institute of Mass Information in Kiev came to a conclusion that among the “gravest” violations of journalist rights in Ukraine was the widespread economic and political pressure on media publications. -- 10/01/2007 >>>

In a poll conducted by A1 Plus information agency, a “true friend” of Armenia was said to be France by 31 percent of respondents. -- 07/16/2007 >>>

Nearly 23,000 Byelorussian tourists visited the Bulgarian Black Sea resorts during summer 2006. -- 07/16/2007 >>>