Politics
Alternatives to catching criminals
By Mike Scantlebury · 17 years ago
Working in the community can be hard work. Doing good isn't all that easy, especially when there's very little money and hardly any support to go round. Inevitably, a lot of time is spent trying ...
Hillary Clinton: First Viable Female President
By Frank Vanderlugt · 17 years ago
A former First Lady and a six-year New York senator who’s the first viable female candidate for President of the United States, Hillary Clinton stands out among the dozens of presidential candidates for the 2008 ...
Dark Secret About Education Part II
By Gary Eby · 17 years ago
In my previous article called the Dark Secret About Education, I used four of my five steps (from a coaching process I call successful living )to focus on the need to reform our educational system. ...
Green Card Lottery Visa
By Frank Vanderlugt · 17 years ago
A Green Card Lottery Visa. Boy, what a mouthful! Yet, when you pick it apart and get down to the details, it is really a very simple program. Every year, the United States allows a ...
Is This the Age of Hillary Clinton?
By Frank Vanderlugt · 17 years ago
As she has become a prominent political figure, many people wonder whether this is the age of Hillary Clinton. Many people feel that she has the potential to be the first female President of the ...
Why was the fall of USSR without blood shed?
By Konstantin Schemelinin · 17 years ago
When would the people of Russia, Ukraine and Byelorussia be prepared to
carry out a large war?
Why was the fall of USSR without blood shed?
During the consideration of the first question you would ...
Famous Filibusters in U.S. Political History
By Garry Gamber · 17 years ago
The filibuster as a political delaying tactic has been a part of the American political process since the adoption of the U.S. Constitution. Though it was not used in the early years of the nation, ...
What is the Filibuster All About?
By Garry Gamber · 17 years ago
The filibuster has been a tool available to U.S. Senators during Senate floor discussions on legislation and appointments since the U.S. Constitution was ratified. Both the Democratic and Republican parties have valued the filibuster as ...
The Political Wit and Humor of Will Rogers
By Garry Gamber · 17 years ago
Will Rogers was an amazing person and one of the wisest men of any generation. His accomplishments include being a champion lasso thrower, a performer on the Broadway stage, the star of 71 movies, a ...
How to Become a Legal Immigrant in America: The Green Card
By Garry Gamber · 17 years ago
The process for a foreign citizen to legally acquire a green card and eventually become a legal naturalized citizen of the U.S. is difficult, time consuming, and expensive. Many critics of the system maintain that ...
A Heck of a Job: A Compassionate President, With a Bird's-Eye View
By Neal Thompson · 18 years ago
The New York Times, Aug. 4, 2007: President Bush got a bird's-eye view Saturday of what remained of a highway bridge that collapsed last Wednesday over the Mississippi River, and planned to later tour the ...
2008 Presidential Election Betting Hits The Online Sportsbook Campaign Trail
By Luken Karel · 17 years ago
Not that members of the sports betting industry needed it but when Chris Matthews, the loquacious and assertive host of MSNBC’s Hardball, quoted odds on the 2008 race for President of the United States, the ...
What happened to Our Democracy
By Jim Desrocher · 18 years ago
Dwight Eisenhower warned against the United States becoming predominately dependent on military power as a means for its security. The biggest change in American democratic history came about as a result of World War II ...
Global Warming: Reality or Leftist Propaganda?
By Nathan Brown · 18 years ago
Information is now being discovered and disseminated throughout the planet at an unprecedented rate. So is misinformation. Global warming has all the makings of a catastrophe, but the powers that be would rather that you ...
Managing Mississauga for Almost 30 Years
By Rob Parker · 18 years ago
Canadian politics are truly unpredictable, and it is rare to find a leader that has served continuously in any capacity for a lengthy period of time. This can be particularly true in municipal politics, where ...
Core Democratic Values
By Michel Korn · 18 years ago
Here are few core democratic values which can be added to the constitution of any country in the world, and greatly improve the democracy in these states:
All civilians have the right for freedom, integrity, ...
A Late Dedication to Rosie O’Donnell
By Weam Namou · 18 years ago
“I’ve learned so much from these women. They’ve made me clarify my thoughts. Being challenged by them is an unbelievable gift.” – Elisabeth Hasselbeck (Today’s Christianity July/August 2006).
Elisabeth, amongst a list of other negative ...
Cocaine For President Bush OK
By Douglas Whalen · 18 years ago
This post will review the case of Guiles v. Marineau, 461 F.3d 320 (2nd Cir 2006) cert denied June 29, 2007, another student freedom of speech case. The United States Court of Appeals for the ...
The United States Failing War On Drugs
By Steven Cancel · 18 years ago
The United States, as well as other participating countries, declared war on the illegal drug industry by passing an initiative to combat the illegal drug trade that threatened modern day society. This never ending war ...
Health Care and Michael Moore: Who’s the real “SICKO?”
By Jeff Popick · 18 years ago
Michael Moore's movie, "Sicko," is his attempt at placing blame for the American health care crisis on the shoulders of the pharmaceutical companies and the government. Clearly, governmental agencies that are supposedly looking out for ...