Politics
17 Favorite Thomas Jefferson Quotes to Celebrate His Birthday
By Noel Jameson · 17 years ago
The Thomas Jefferson quotes recorded throughout history provide us with priceless wisdom still today. Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13th of 1743 and no one could have known how important the words would be ...
The ‘Porkmeisters’…Cloaked In Secrecy…Ply Their Trade Of Separating Tax Payers
By Dale Rogers · 17 years ago
There won’t be a pair of pants big enough to remove the evidence of this pork outrage from the Depositary For The National Archives. Participants will be left with explaining to their future heirs and ...
Point and Click Democracy: Why It Doesn't Work
By Stephanie Vance · 17 years ago
It seems like you can't click the mouse these days without finding a website seeking to connect citizens with their government. But are these sites really helping citizens connect with their elected officials in a ...
Seven Ways International Organizations Can Get the U.S. Government to Listen – and Act!
By Stephanie Vance · 17 years ago
Mystified by the U.S. Government?: you're not alone. International organizations often find it difficult to get the U.S. Congress or federal agencies to even listen to their priorities, much less act on them.
In truth, ...
Kant's Deontology and Categorical Imperative
By Joseph Kraft · 17 years ago
For those of you who have been keeping up in my series on ethical theories, this one is very different. It is known as Deontology and the great champion of Deontology was a Prussian named ...
Al Gore's Defeat or His Finest Hour?
By Donovan Baldwin · 17 years ago
In December of 2000, Al Gore conceded the election for President of the United States to George W. Bush.
I won't go into all that led up to that event or all that followed. That's ...
The US Tax Code: An Open Letter to Madam Chairperson Pelosi
By Jeffrey T Junig · 17 years ago
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi United States House of Representatives 235 Cannon House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515-4322
February 24, 2007
Dear Congresswoman Pelosi,
As you work to develop our next National Budget, I would like ...
"Performers Should Shut Up!"
By Jim Desantis · 17 years ago
The Dixie Chicks, featured on the Grammy's 2007, are still getting the cold shoulder from conservative Southern Radio for mouthing a political opinion. Actually it was a personal attack on President Bush. They still haven't ...
Obedience to Authority
By Jeff Stats · 17 years ago
Obedience is an essential part of everyday life of members of modern society. This word has become a synonym of good work and quality performance in the work place. People who are obedient are more ...
15 Leadership Quotes for Presidents Day
By Noel Jameson · 17 years ago
President's Day is celebrated on the third Monday in February, and this year it falls on February 19, 2006. To celebrate President's Day, I've collected some of my favorite leadership quotes from US Presidents.
The ...
FDA Public View Deteriorating
By Joshua Daly · 17 years ago
As of late, the FDA’s public perception has deteriorated to the point that the majority of adults have a negative view of the job that the FDA is doing. A recent Harris interactive poll stated ...
Who Is The FDA Trying To Protect?
By David Dalton · 17 years ago
I'll be the first to say the folks at the FDA have a hard job. It is their responsibility to protect the public safety and certainly not subject those of us who are ill to ...
Troop Surge in Iraq will deepen Quagmire
By Richard Stoyeck · 17 years ago
It looks like President Bush is going to announce a "temporary increase" in the number of American troops serving in Iraq. The President is adding complexity to a series of wrong decisions he has made ...
Six Years later – A Failed Presidency
By Richard Stoyeck · 17 years ago
President Bush came into office with great promise, and the reality has been one failure after another, and this is coming from a writer who was a conservative Republican before the President knew what the ...
President Bush and the GREAT MYTHS of Iraq
By Richard Stoyeck · 17 years ago
What a world we live in. Let's look at Iraq. We know the President said ostensibly that the reason for invading was to find weapons of mass destruction, and prevent Saddam Hussein from using them. ...
FDA Advisors Found to Have Financial Ties to Product Under Review
By Cathlene Martinez · 17 years ago
In a recent report by Bloomberg, it was found that six doctors set to be on an FDA advisory panel, had financial ties to companies that produce stent heart devices which are currently up for ...
Mayor Bloomberg says, “Shooting Unacceptable”
By Richard Stoyeck · 17 years ago
Several days ago, an unfortunate shooting took place in New York City. A team of five undercover police officers were sitting in a van outside a strip club doing surveillance. There was an additional officer ...
New Medicare Advantage Plan Costing You Money
By Joshua Daly · 17 years ago
In a new study by the Common Wealth Fund, it was found that moving seniors to private Medicare HMO’s are costing taxpayers 5.2 billion dollars per year. The study found that coverage through a Medicare ...
The Rosia Montana Dilemma
By Jaks Lloyd · 17 years ago
The Road to Democracy
Romania was beggared during the autocratic rule of the communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in the 70s and 80s and after his violent overthrow in 1989 struggled to become a truly democratic ...
Lost in Translation: California Community Dispute Resolution Programs Denied Funding
By Elizabeth Moreno · 17 years ago
In 1986, the California legislature enacted a statute to fund a Dispute Resolution Program. In enacting this statute the Legislature recognized that the resolution of many disputes is unnecessarily costly, time consuming and complex when ...