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- Featured Editorial- Pelajaran dan Pembelajaran dari Musibah Tsunami- By michael on 31/12/2004 - Tidak perlu lagi digambarkan betapa pilunya penderitaan para korban gelombang tsunami di Asia selatan. Gambaran tragis pemicu iba detik demi detik mengudara di gelombang televisi dan radio. Yak, kita hanya bisa iba dan tergugah untuk memberi bantuan, tidak lebih. Simpati dari berbagai penjuru dunia mengalir deras, namun hanya segelintir yang sanggup ber-empati. - Category: Editorial 
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Twenty-three Years of Learning and Moving On
Twenty-three years—a flash in time for some, an eternity for others. For me at the moment, it’s simply my entire living journey—a journey in which I am grateful for all its joy and sorrow, its hardships and pleasure, as well as its passion and madness.
								
				Posted in Contemplations  Tagged Life Experience 
			Oleh: Tjahjo Sasongko
Semua menunjukkan waktu. Kelahiran dan kematian seperti suatu pertanda dari perjalanan masa. Seperti yang tertulis dalam salah satu prasasti yang ditulis dalam bahasa belanda kuno,"Soo Gy. Nu Syt. Ik Voor Deessen Dat. JK, Nv Ben Svlt Gy Ook Weesen." Yang artinya,"Seperti anda sekarang, demikianlah aku sebelumnya. Seperti aku sekarang, demikianlah juga anda kelak".
								
				Posted in Guest Writers, History  Tagged Taman Prasasi, Tenabang, waktu 
			Oleh: Franz Magnis-Suseno
Banyak pengamat menolak sebuah RUU antipornografi dengan argumen-argumen yang cukup kuat. Akan tetapi, di sini diandaikan bahwa dalam masyarakat seperti Indonesia UU tersebut masih diperlukan. 
								
				Posted in Guest Writers, Indonesia  Tagged pornografi, RUU, Undang-undang 
			Menyambut hari kasih sayang
Apabila Anda merasa aneh, geli, atau bahkan mentertawakan judul diatas, maka tertawakanlah bahasa kita sendiri. Entah sudah berapa dekade ungkapan ‘lucu’ semacam itu sebenarnya dipakai secara luas dalam bahasa Indonesia, baik sebagai ungkapan perasaan yang paling romantis, syair lagu dan puisi, sampai ke slogan-slogan pemasaran komersial.
								
				
			A Research Outline
This research proposal was submitted and approved as the Bachelor thesis research International Business Administration -Erasmus University Rotterdam. Due to technical practicalities the original footnotes and appendices are omitted. 
								
				
			Virginia Plan vs New Jersey Plan
The following fictional newspaper articles depicts the fundamental differences between Virginia and New Jersey Plan that became the main issues during Philadelphia Convention in 1787. This convention may well be one of the early pillars of modern democracy. 
								
				Posted in History  Tagged bicameral, New Jersey Plan, Philadelphia Convention, unicameral, United States, Virginia Plan 
			A Semi-Fictional Script
In 1830, young Oliver Holmes wrote a contradictive poem entitled 'The Old Ironsides'. The poem was about a United States Navy battleship USS Constitution that was about to be dismantled. This fictional script adopts the setting similar to that of a television talkshow. Although the characters represented in the script are not completely accurate and some even blundered for comedy effects, the facts about Mr Holmes and USS Constitution are real.
								
				Posted in History  Tagged Old Ironsides, Oliver Holmes, Oliver Wendell Holmes, US Navy, USS Constitution 
			
Banyak yang bilang aku kotoran kota 
Banyak yang tuduh aku bandit kecil 
Banyak yang vonis aku anak rusak 
Biarlah... aku toh tetap senang
								
				Posted in Contemplations 
			
 
 
 
 
 
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