Politics
If You Want Government to Listen, You've Got To Make the Ask!
By Stephanie Vance · 16 years ago
One of my main messages for advocates is "make the ask." In my opinion it is almost always a waste of time to talk to an elected official without asking for something.
Believe it or ...
Alternatives to GM foods
By Mike Scantlebury · 16 years ago
In England, GM foods will always be associated with lies and deception. That's for a very good reason, because everything we have been told here about GM over the years is provably untrue. Take one ...
A river Ran Through it
By David Chaves · 16 years ago
I live in Southern California. People here may be more aware of the need for conserving water that in other "wetter" places. Overall, water conservation is vital. I’m not talking about doomsday prophecies about not ...
Barack Obama Shirts are a hit with the younger voters
By James Smith · 16 years ago
When it comes to reaching out to the public Obama can achieve the unity he wants, as a candidate Obama was not even known less than a year ago. However, he was able to use ...
Excess Oil Profits or Healthy Economies?
By Klaus H Hemsath · 16 years ago
Market prices for petroleum are moving upwards. This movement can be stopped only when alternate liquid fuels will become available in large quantities. OPEC (Organization of Oil Exporting Countries) controls and sets global prices for ...
The Defense Intelligence Agency: Bringing Military Intelligence to the Armed Forces.
By Dan Sommer · 16 years ago
There are more than "spy games" going on in the Central Intelligence Agency. A career in the CIA could have you doing any number of activities, and not everything will be about espionage and covert ...
The Thomas Jefferson Affair: The DNA Evidence
By Kevin Camilleri · 16 years ago
Thomas Jefferson is one of the most famous figures in American History. The third President of the United States, Jefferson was one of the Founding Fathers, establishing a republic United States all those years ago. ...
The Credit Crisis Is Fueled By Fuel Prices
By Terry Cartwright · 16 years ago
The threat of recession and economic disaster facing many areas of business, its effect on employment and income levels, personal debt and security of homes is solvable. If the root cause is not addressed then ...
How Consuls Were Elected in Ancient Rome
By Stefano Sandano · 16 years ago
The division in provinces of the Roman Empire
Each year, senators decided the tasks that would be divided among the new consuls and praetors. After the election, the new consuls cast lots to determine the ...
Why Are Gas Prices So High and What Can You Do?
By Mark Myers · 16 years ago
The cost of fuel is getting completely out of hand recently. There is something we can do. Agreed, some will be equivalent to the horse pulling the train backwards, however some are useful. None are ...
Passion and the Democratic Party
By Mary Ann Boulette · 16 years ago
I was recently reviewing some comments to one of my articles published on the net and noticed one comment mentioning how "passionate" I seem to be about this primary season. And they are absolutely right ...
Robert Shapiro on Bill Pavelic
By Victor Hewitt · 16 years ago
Robert Shapiro, one of the nation’s best-known attorneys is most notable for being part of the defense team which successfully defended O.J. Simpson. He is also a co-founder of LegalZoom and a partner of Christensen, ...
The Folly of Making Ethanol from Food Crops
By Klaus H Hemsath · 16 years ago
Why is it that stupid ideas find so many followers? European Governments, the US Federal Government, and an increasing number of US State Governments have issued legislation that requires the use of ethanol in cars. ...
The Campfires of Fools
By Bob Miller · 16 years ago
While Obama, Clinton, and McCain tell their flag-waving supporters about what a wonderful country we have and they all sing out "God Bless America", these politicians know, if the others don't, that at that very ...
Deforestation
By Simon Rosser · 16 years ago
Deforestation is basically the loss or destruction of forest habitat, primarily from the action of human beings.
It is the single largest source of land- use greenhouse gas emissions, and accounts for around 18 -20% ...
Boycotting Beijing: A History of Politics at the Olympic Games
By Jackson Kern · 16 years ago
China recently demonstrated its willingness to brutally suppress stirrings of Tibetan sentiment. Angry protestors in Paris and elsewhere then seized the occasion of the Olympic torch's passing to express their ire toward the hosts of ...
10 Patriotic Quotes to Celebrate Cinco De Mayo
By Noel Jameson · 16 years ago
You read it right -- these ten patriotic quotes are to celebrate Cinco De Mayo, an often misunderstood holiday. Many Americans do not understand the significance of the holiday. Many believe it is strictly a ...
Political Corruption in New York State
By Ana Nomis · 16 years ago
State officials take down a respected health care facility because they were too successful.
Despite the recent atrocities in New York that caused the removal of a now former Governor, Eliot Spitzer, what most people ...
Three Challenges Defining Social-Political Sustainability
By Jackson Kern · 16 years ago
The subtle difference between pure social development and social-political sustainability is very central to the pursuit of sustainable development. Just as economic development accomplishes little if the achievements heralded are unsustainable, so too must social ...
Are Republicans Thugs?
By Bob Miller · 16 years ago
In order to answer the question, Are Republicans Thugs?, it'll take coming to grips with the fact that the Republican Party is not the same party one's grandparents voted for.
To grasp what has taken ...