History is an important and essential part of society and individuals. Learning history is necessary and very difficult. It is necessary because the past is the only data we have from which to gather patterns of behavior whose endurance as features of human natures, presumably, make them relevant to our own times and problems (Garfinkle, 2001). If...

Japanese xenophobia should be understood properly prior to jumping to any reactive conclusions. Xenophobia is not really racism, although it can occasionally cross the line in Japan and both are occasionally evidenced. For Japanese society any xenophobia is more of a fear of the unknown and a fear of being overpowered by that which is unknown. In...

If families are the foundation of society, ancestry is the foundation of modern life. Many modern people want to better understand their history and the family that created them. Learning about your family and ancestry is great fun. People are frequently surprised at the interesting bits of genealogical gold they pick up along the way. You never...