Politics
Anti-Terrorist Campaigns, U.S.A., 1900-02, 1905-07
By Bernard Fleury · 16 years ago
1900–1902
The Philippine Insurrection is an American term for what a number of Philippine historians would call The Philippine Revolution for Independence.
The first Philippine leader of the Insurrection/Revolution was a charismatic young man called ...
Foreign Aid and Why it should stop
By Ashira Goddard · 17 years ago
Foreign aid. Watching a recent political debate between parties, I was struck at the opposites of what the debate was on and the advertisements coming at the breaks. While the politicians of this great nation ...
Citizenship and Immigration
By Sally Odell · 17 years ago
For many Americans, their U.S. citizenship issued at birth is something they don’t think twice about. But for applying immigrants, citizenship is a serious goal.
Hopefully most American natural born citizens understand that citizenship is ...
Immigrant Visas and Non Immigrant Visas
By Sally Odell · 16 years ago
What is a visa and how does it relate to immigration?
If you’re a citizen of this country by birth, either within the territory of the United States or to U.S. citizen parents, most Americans ...
Calvin Coolidge: The Focal Points of His Value System
By Bernard Fleury · 17 years ago
On the 10 Reasons Why Coolidge and Dawes Should Have Your Support card used in Coolidge and Dawes’ 1924 Election campaign, seven of the ten reasons for supporting Coolidge for President speak directly of how ...
Coolidge, Culture, and The Great Generation
By Bernard Fleury · 16 years ago
"We do not need more government. We need more culture." 1 Coolidge’s concept of culture was directly related to his work ethic of industry, ambition, and untiring effort or persistence. The application of this ethic ...
Calvin Coolidge's Exaltation of Thrift and Hard Work
By Bernard Fleury · 17 years ago
Thrift and hard work were very much a part of the Puritan Ethic that framed Calvin’s growing up years and became part of who he was as an adult.
Although his family was economically upper ...
"Silent Cal": His Idealism
By Bernard Fleury · 16 years ago
The basic elements of Coolidge’s Character as presented in "The Man and His Character" and "The VilliagerThat Raised Him" are the foundation stones of his idealism.
Coolidge believed that the principal ideal of the American ...
Open Letter to Cable News Personalities
By Mary Ann Boulette · 16 years ago
You have really made me angry tonight. It is my opinion that your "opinions" of Senator Clinton's Bosnia trip, have gotten old and I am sure many viewers agree with me. Do you realize how ...
Fossil Fuel-based Travel and the Hospitality Industry's Impact on Global Warming
By Nathan Brown · 17 years ago
The stresses of daily life are growing increasingly pervasive and it seems harder and harder to find time for yourself and your family. Doesn't a week-long trip to the tropics sound refreshing? I'll say!
Unfortunately, ...
The Last King Of Spain?
By Henri Boulanger · 16 years ago
A young King Juan Carlos helped steer Spain from a dictatorship to a modern democracy after he came to the throne some 32 years ago, and his achievements include defending the fledgling democracy in 1981 ...
Calvin Coolidge: The "Villiage" That Raised Him
By Bernard Fleury · 17 years ago
Calvin Coolidge’s grandfather, Calvin Galusha Coolidge, felt so strongly that tilling the soil was "the only real, respectable way to get a living" (15), and hoping to keep Calvin from going into trade as his ...
Social-Political Sustainability: The Human Element
By Jackson Kern · 16 years ago
It is commonly accepted that the project of sustainable development is conceptually composed of three constituent parts. These parts are (1) environmental sustainability, (2) economic sustainability, and (3) social-political sustainability. The United Nations 2005 World ...
Book Review: 'Real Change' by Newt Gingrich. Read it.
By C. Read · 17 years ago
Gingrich is probably the smartest man in US politics and political activism – at least as far as real policies based on real world demands are concerned. His latest book, 'Real Change' is a synthesis ...
Why So Corrupt?
By John Barell · 17 years ago
Recently The New York Times (3/16/08) reported that up to one third of the oil supplies from an Iraqi oil refinery in Baiji are being stolen and sold on the black market. The reporter, Richard ...
Clinton Pushes for Delegate Switch
By Cesar Aguado · 17 years ago
Earlier this week, Clinton was vocal in pointing out the ability for delegates, even those who had already pledged their support to a particular candidate, to make a switch from one candidate to another.
The ...
Politics in the Media: Reading Between the Lines
By Aunice Reed · 16 years ago
A vast amount of information is being thrown at the American people at break neck speeds these days, with the election race being at the top of the agenda. One minute we're hearing about this ...
Could You Answer Some Questions
By Mary Ann Boulette · 17 years ago
Senator Obama, I thought I would write and ask a few questions about some things that just don't seem right to me.
First, how did you manage to get Gov Richardson to give you his ...
What Have You Done?
By Mary Ann Boulette · 17 years ago
This Easter Sunday only days after the 5th anniversary of the beginning of the War in Iraq, we reached another milestone - the 4,000th American was killed. Four thousand - which means that 4,000 mothers, ...
Key Energy Technologies for Booming World Economies
By Klaus H Hemsath · 17 years ago
Modern economies are unthinkable without plentiful and affordable energy supplies. The double threat of global warming and climate change makes it mandatory to look for new, non-polluting energy sources. When searching for future energy supplies ...