Politics
Obama's Strategy on Afghanistan
By Jerome Grossman · 14 years ago
Obama's Strategy on Afghanistan
By Jerome Grossman
It is difficult, even impossible, to accept President Obama’s "New strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan" as described by him in a formal speech on March 27. It fails ...
Power - What Good Is It?
By Steve Gillman · 14 years ago
We all want power, although not everyone freely admits it. It is common to think what one would do if he or she was a king or the president. We imagine that we would do ...
Would The Government Printing Money Cause Inflation?
By Kieron Mcfadden · 15 years ago
We’re in a recession. A recession occurs when there is a shortage of money circulating in the economy. Money gets a bit too scarce for people to be able to buy all the goods that ...
Recession – what should be done?
By Kieron Mcfadden · 15 years ago
One thing you can be sure about is that you will NEVER fully understand a situation if you rely on the press for your information. Helping you understand things is not the role of the ...
Does Religion Cause War? Part Three.
By Kieron Mcfadden · 15 years ago
How does a group founded with the goal to do good works wind up as a vehicle for murder and pillage?
To sum it up in a nutshell, it goes like this:
A group is ...
Does Religion Cause War? Part Two
By Kieron Mcfadden · 15 years ago
In part one of this discussion, we established that many of the wars of the past century were not religious in nature and their motivation was in fact about as non-religious as one could get. ...
Does Religion Cause War? Part One
By Kieron Mcfadden · 15 years ago
One often hears the lazy argument that "Religion" is responsible for Man’s wars, the implication being that if we got rid of religion, all would be peace and harmony. Presumably then, if all men abandoned ...
Exclusionary Rule? Get Rid Of It!
By Steve Gillman · 14 years ago
The exclusionary rule need to be thrown out! This body of law basically says that evidence obtained illegally cannot be used in a criminal prosecution. The idea is that this will prevent the police and ...
Economic Stimulus Package For Your Personal Economy and Mental Mind Set!
By Matt Barnes · 15 years ago
Economy, Weak Economy, Recession, Economic Stimulus Plan, Stimulus Package,
Obama's Stimulus Package, Government Stimulus, Government Bail Out, Bank
Bailout, and Auto Industry Bailout! Wait! Stop! Enough! My brain is being
overwhelmed by these terms... Are ...
The Afghan Cemetery
By Jerome Grossman · 15 years ago
President Obama indicated through his press secretary that his administration would review its policy toward Afghanistan before making a decision about sending additional troops to fight in that country. Richard Holbrooke, his envoy, was in ...
President Barack Obama – What Does it Mean?
By Nate Gillespie · 15 years ago
This January, Barack Obama became the President of the United States.It was truly a remarkably moment in our history, for a wide variety of reasons. Obama’s inauguration marked a dramatic reversal in our national politics, ...
Obama’s Speech: How Does it Stack Up to History?
By Nate Gillespie · 15 years ago
In January, Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States, taking his oath of office on the steps of the Capitol before what is believed to be the largest crowd ever to witness ...
American History in Obama’s Inauguration Speech
By Nate Gillespie · 15 years ago
As anyone who saw a campaign poster in 2008 could surely tell you, Barack Obama is all about change. Change in the White House, most profoundly in the simple, yet stunning, fact that we now ...
Embryos Leftover from in vitro Fertilization Efforts: Are They Trash or Research Material?
By Yvonne Perry · 15 years ago
There's a big buzz in the scientific community because President-elect Barack Obama plans to issue an executive order allowing federal funding for new embryonic stem cell research.
In an article by Reuters on February 15, ...
CPSIA - If ever there were a time to ask questions, the time is NOW.
By Tristan Benz · 15 years ago
As things stand with CPSIA now in effect, there is no time to waste - ALL citizens should be interested to learn how this law impacts WE the PEOPLE and our children (and their future) ...
How Vice President Joe Biden Dealt With Grief
By Abel Keogh · 15 years ago
On November 7, 1972 a relatively unknown lawyer named Joe Biden pulled off a big political upset. By just over 3,000 votes he defeated two-term incumbent U.S. Senator J. Caleb Boggs and, at age 30, ...
Internet and Peace Political Campaign
By Evyta Ar · 15 years ago
In the past, political figures relied upon the news in the form of television stations and even newspapers to release information to the public, example direct to the electorate. Now with the invention of the ...
The Obama Effect
By Roland Laird · 15 years ago
During a recent segment on an ESPN sports show, Andre Iguodala of the Philadelphia 76ers was being interviewed by one of the show's reporters. As the hour wound down, the in-studio host asked Mr. Iguodala, ...
Obama’s Administration to impact the World
By Jeff Jarred · 15 years ago
Ever since his nomination, many people all over the world expressed a sigh of relief to their problems, why? After his inauguration many people had expectations and many viewed him as the messiah and expected ...
Oil, Chávez, War and Terror
By Michael Rowan · 15 years ago
A half century ago, Juan Pablo Perez Alfonso, the Venezuelan who started OPEC, said, "Ten years from now, twenty years from now, you will see: oil will bring us ruin . . . Oil is ...