Organized crime is no longer something can be thought of on a local scale. It transcends neighborhoods, cities, states, and countries. The distribution of drugs through organized crime operates much like a transnational corporation. James Mittelman eludes to this in his work on Global Organized Crime. According to a Wired Magazine Article, in 2011, the cooperative activity … [Read more...]
Shrinking Messages in a Shrinking World
In Microstyle, a book about how to write effectively online, Christopher Johnson claims that we are in the "age of the Incredible Shrinking Message" (1). The internet allows for endless amounts of information to be produced, transmitted, and viewed at any given time. In this age of information overload, the focus is no longer on the information, but how the information is … [Read more...]
The World Championship
Have you ever noticed that every major sport in the United States ends with a World Championship including basketball, American football, and baseball (NBA, NFL, MLB)? I don't believe any of these sports deserve the title of 'world championship' because as William W. Kelly shows in his work examining baseball, these are not truly global sports. All these sports have undertaken … [Read more...]
