America did not rise to the top of the heap with these attitudes, and we will not stay at the top very much longer with them. We have become conditioned to speaking in riddles because to talk plainly will inevitably offend someone. How can we claim that diversity is an asset when we constantly argue over our differences? The right to choose means nothing if we don't have the right to prefer. We are all shareholders in the government-Uncle Sam Incorporated. What better source of cash than all you other taxpayers-uh, sorry, I meant to say the government. We want warning labels on...

With the advent of Web 2.0, we are seeing dramatic changes in the way people interact with each other via the Internet. Blogs, Wikis, online communities, social networks, and distributed teams are just some of the ways these technologies are shaping our interactions.

David Coleman is an expert in the area of collaborative processes and technologies and Stewart Levine is an expert on how to get people to work together more effectively. Together David and Stewart encompass a holistic view of these new technologies and processes and help groups, teams, departments and organizations to work...

This volume brings together a team of leading scholars in Spanish studies to interrogate the contemporary significance of the medieval past, offering a counterbalance to intellectual withdrawal from urgent public debates.