Politics
"America's Goliath, IRS code sec 501(c)(3)?"
By Randall Fisher · 18 years ago
Has anyone noticed all the hoopla recently about the non profit status of the church? Many have become concerned. It seems that ministers have not read this code. The censorship in this code, is in ...
North Korea – Yes, you have our attention
By Richard Stoyeck · 18 years ago
North Korea has tested a low yield nuclear device with 4% of the destructive power of the bomb that the United States dropped on Hiroshima, Japan at the end of World War II. Some believe ...
Disney / ABC deserve credit-Sept. 11th ABC movie
By Richard Stoyeck · 18 years ago
It is rare, rare indeed when a major media entity bucks the trend, and does what it believes in. Recently ABC under Disney’s guidance aired the $40 million production, “The Path to 9/11”. This was ...
Afghanistan given up to the warlords
By John Taylor · 18 years ago
Fifteen thousand American soldiers, helped by two thousand back-up troops of the allied troops, try, without much success, to ensure a pretence of order in Afghanistan. The presidential election wanted by Washington is quite unable ...
Sept. 11th ABC movie-Historically accurate
By Richard Stoyeck · 18 years ago
Sometimes Hollywood does get it right. The landings at the beaches of Normandy in the Steven Spielberg movie, “Saving Private Ryan” is a vivid, stunning, blood and gore portrayal of the horror that young American ...
The War on Truth
By Amy Goodman · 18 years ago
President George W. Bush has long preferred illusion to reality. "See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to ...
What Does It Really Mean To Be A Real U.S. Citizen?
By David Maillie · 19 years ago
It means we have rights. Rights that many have fought for and given their lives for. Unfortunately in current America there is, for the most part, two separate classes of citizenship, a bipartisanship if you ...
For the Love of Charity! The Economics of Parasitism
By Croydon J Hounslow · 18 years ago
Britain’s urban centres have been invaded by ‘Face-to-Face Fundraisers’ over the past few years. Termed ‘chuggers’ (shorthand for ‘charity muggers’) in popular parlance, these brightly-tuniced purveyors of bubbly roadside patter are the ambassadors of a ...
Nuclear Terrorism
By Andrew Horan · 19 years ago
The major obstacle to nuclear terrorism is not obtaining the weapon. It is obtaining the terrorist group. A single terrorist fired the weapon that ignited World War 1. When the Archduke Ferdinand died, Europe erupted ...
Gas Prices To Come Down Unless George Bush And Big Oil Intervene
By David Maillie · 19 years ago
The average price of gasoline has now reached an all time high in the United States at $3.03 per gallon. Higher even than in the Hurricane Katrina aftermath. The recent cease fire and UN agreement ...
The Arrogant Path To Extinction
By Nancy O'connor Phd · 19 years ago
If the richer developed Nations don’t help the poorer undeveloped nations on planet earth we are just speeding up the extinction of our species. People from the underdeveloped countries will continue to move legally or ...
Truths about the Nehru Dynasty
By Anjanesh Lekshminarayanan · 19 years ago
At the very beginning of his book, The Nehru Dynasty, astrologer K.N.Rao mentions the names of Jawaharlal's father and grandfather. Jawaharlal's father was Motilal and Motilal's father was one Gangadhar Nehru.
And we all know ...
A Brief History of Flags
By Jatin Chawla · 19 years ago
In this day and age, the origin of flags is a highly debatable matter even though flags were used as symbols thousands of years ago by ancient cultures. There is a section of people who ...
Al Gore’s Inconvenient Infomercial: A Movie Review
By James Finch · 19 years ago
Who is the chubby, aging baby boomer waddling through airport after empty airport, wearily tugging along his 2-piece luggage roller? Hey, it’s not Michael Moore (again). Why, for heaven’s sake, it’s none other than a ...
American Flag History
By Seth Miller · 19 years ago
Every flag has a history of its own and if one delves deep, a fascinating story comes to light. The American flag is no exception.
Nobody knows for sure who first designed the Stars and ...
How to Master the Art of Influence – Washington Style
By Harrison Monarth · 19 years ago
Congressman Patrick Kennedy, Representative of the People of the 1st District of Rhode Island, proved his mastery of influence with the use of a powerful influence strategy just this weekend, after crashing his car into ...
Local Government Politics - Rules of Combat
By Al Arnold · 19 years ago
If you expect to be effective in local politics, you have to know the rules and procedures.
If you expect to be taken seriously on issues, you can't afford to lose credibility by not knowing ...
Take Thousands of Bureaucrats and Call me in the Morning
By Andrew Horan · 19 years ago
The Avian Flu is the latest cause to inspire Washington to new heights of fiscal foolishness. Using the theory made famous by PT Barnum that ‘a sucker is born every minute’, Washington’s latest scam is ...
Local Government Politics - How to Be Effective?
By Al Arnold · 19 years ago
So, you have an issue with your local government. How can you most effectively convey your message? Without being able to effectively convey your message not just to the governing body, but your fellow citizens, ...
Mexican Immigration & US Expatriation: An Irony with a Silver Lining?
By Marissa Perez · 19 years ago
It’s been over fifteen years since I learned a profound lesson while in Guanajuato, Mexico with a college semester abroad program. One day during a discussion with my host family and some of their friends ...