Mark Miceli-Farrugia

 

What Transformed Cultural Islam into Militaristic Islam?

2016-05-10

When writers refer to Islamic Caliphates, they often fail to distinguish between the enlightened and tolerant Arab cultural Caliphates of the 8th & 10th centuries and 'Suleiman the Magnificent''s brutal and militaristic Ottoman Caliphate of the 16th century.

 

Achieving the correct cash-flow balance

2013-02-04

“To be successful, a company should have a portfolio of products with different growth rates and different market shares. The portfolio composition is a function of the balance between cash flows. High growth products require cash inputs to grow. Low growth products should generate excess cash. Both kinds are needed simultaneously.” 

 

Europe's Oldest Civilization: Malta's Temple Builders

2008-11-12

Seven thousand years ago, a mystical people appeared in Malta. Within 1400 years, this society started producing there, using Stone Age tools, the earliest and most wondrously constructed, free-standing megalithic architecture in the world. What is astonishing is that their surviving World Heritage sites predate the better known Giza Pyramids and Stonehenge by 1000 and 1500 years respectively!

 

Are People Naturally Aggressive?

2019-01-24

Are people naturally aggressive? Is that why there is so much violent conflict in the world? An imagined three-cornered discussion between Hans Morgenthau, John Burton and Ted Gurr.