Politics

Balanced Budget: Theory vs Reality

By Lee Eldridge · 13 years ago

I've long made a joke that credit cards are evil. But that's not true. When a person who is responsible with their money uses them responsibly, they are not evil at all. Try renting a ...

It's Time for a Budget Surplus Again

By Lee Eldridge · 13 years ago

A showdown is looming in Washington. And it's all about debt. Just to put this into perspective, our national debt stands at about $14 trillion. According to the national debt clock on brilling.com, the debt ...

Bill C-23 Proposing Suspension of Criminal Records in Lieu of Pardons

By Pat Boardman · 13 years ago

Erasing a criminal record in Canada may become tougher with the drafting and introduction of a new Act into Parliament. Bill C-23, titled "Eliminating Pardons for Serious Crimes Act" is the proposed amendment to the ...

Peter Orszag's early life

By Lori Baxter · 13 years ago

Peter Orszag, the famous American economist and currently the vice chairman of global banking at Citigroup, has a long professional history, and after being born in Lexington, Massachusetts has ascended from success to success. Prior ...

Pardons Are a Privilege Not a Right in Canada

By Pat Boardman · 13 years ago

It may just be that the Canadian justice system could include more people in the process of rehabilitation and reform by seeing that they are guided through the pardon system and motivated to become productive ...

Why do 1 in 5 Americans perceive Obama as a Muslim?

By Atasi Hazra · 13 years ago

US President has turned up a hornet’s nest with his suggestion that a mosque be built on ground zero where the twin towers of the World Trade Center existed in New York. Now speculations are ...

The Event: The cause and effect of the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.

By Free Robert · 13 years ago

On January 8, a shot targeted at Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has caused that at least 6 people were killed and 13 injured.And compared with the shooting two years ago in the US, this time occurred ...

Why CSR alliances with local government is more important than a weak COP16 pact in a new age of austerity

By Philip Monaghan · 13 years ago

As expectations for a solution still at an all time lows the dust settles on the latest round of climate negotiations at COP16 (UN Climate Change Convention, Cancun) with world , it is timely for ...

Will Health Care Reform Be Repealed In 2011?

By Elliot Bigman · 13 years ago

That is the question, in a bid to flex their new won muscle the first attack of the year by the Republicans will be on the Healthcare Reform Bill passed last year. But can the ...

Missouri's Proposition B is Bad for Business

By John Smith · 13 years ago

"Shall Missouri law be amended to: -require large-scale dog breeding operations to provide each dog under their care with sufficient food, clean water, housing and space; necessary veterinary care; regular exercise and adequate rest between ...

NHS Locums and the Great Healthcare Debate

By Meredith Herminosity · 13 years ago

The recent criticism of the increase in the amount spent on locum doctors by the NHS over the last two years and the subsequent speculation over whether or not patient care has suffered as a ...

Kanye West Says Bush is not a Racist – What Do You Think?

By Team Afro · 13 years ago

A couple of days ago on the Today Show Kanye West, one of the most outspoken black men in America, was interviewed by Matt Lauer and was asked to apologize to George Bush for calling ...

What Motivates the Tea Party? Fear of a Black Planet

By Team Afro · 14 years ago

Tea Party Pundits Before we can talk about what the tea party is scared of we must first define who the tea party is. Contrary to misconceptions perpetrated by the media, the tea party is ...

How We Lost America :: A Brief History in Ten Points

By Bruce Arnold · 13 years ago

Preface: For anyone of predominantly White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (i.e. European) heritage to bemoan "How We Lost America" is the height of hypocrisy. But for the sake of the Cherokee blood in my veins mixed with ...

John Olshefski Runoff, Huntsville City Council District 3

By John Olshefski · 13 years ago

For more information about John Olshefski's Campaign for Huntsville City Council and his position on South Huntsville issues visit: http://www.voteolshefski.com http://voteolshefski.blogspot.com Hey Everyone, Much has been going on this last week of the campaign. We ...

John Olshefski Huntsville City Council Candidate talking points

By John Olshefski · 14 years ago

http://voteolshefski.blogspot.com/ and http://www.voteolshefski.com/ John Olshefski: Short Bio With nearly 30 years of executive experience in service to our country and more recently with the Tennessee Valley communities and businesses, John Olshefski will bring his passion ...