Conflict theory is an idea presented by Karl Marx that suggests competition for resources keeps people in conflict. Conflict theory offers one explanation for the struggle between socioeconomic groups ...

Over the second half of the 20th century, conflicts within national boundaries became increasingly dominant. One-third of all countries experienced civil conflict. Many (if not most) such conflicts ...

People don't stop being people at work. Conflict unfortunately is inevitable. But organizational conflict theory says there are several varieties of conflicts within an organization--inter-personal ...

Thomas L. Friedman said in The Lexus and the Olive Tree that no two countries with McDonald's within their borders have ever been in a war since having a McDonald's. Friedman thinks it's because ...

“Suppose you have two friends who detest each other. The resulting awkwardness often resolves itself in one of two ways: either you drop one of your friends, or they find a way to reconcile,” say ...

The Supreme Court Can Choose to Clarify Election Laws in Advance Brightline Touches the Third Rail A Preposterous Legal Assault Against Fossil Fuels Will D.C. Bureaucrats Shut Down the District’s ...

Over at his Esotika Erotica Psychotica blog, Mike explains why he’s been slacking on posting and watching Lost instead. His explanation contains a great passage from Raul Ruiz’s Poetics of Cinema that ...