Politics
Al Gore’s Inconvenient Infomercial: A Movie Review
By James Finch · 18 years ago
Who is the chubby, aging baby boomer waddling through airport after empty airport, wearily tugging along his 2-piece luggage roller? Hey, it’s not Michael Moore (again). Why, for heaven’s sake, it’s none other than a ...
American Flag History
By Seth Miller · 18 years ago
Every flag has a history of its own and if one delves deep, a fascinating story comes to light. The American flag is no exception.
Nobody knows for sure who first designed the Stars and ...
How to Master the Art of Influence – Washington Style
By Harrison Monarth · 18 years ago
Congressman Patrick Kennedy, Representative of the People of the 1st District of Rhode Island, proved his mastery of influence with the use of a powerful influence strategy just this weekend, after crashing his car into ...
Local Government Politics - Rules of Combat
By Al Arnold · 18 years ago
If you expect to be effective in local politics, you have to know the rules and procedures.
If you expect to be taken seriously on issues, you can't afford to lose credibility by not knowing ...
Take Thousands of Bureaucrats and Call me in the Morning
By Andrew Horan · 18 years ago
The Avian Flu is the latest cause to inspire Washington to new heights of fiscal foolishness. Using the theory made famous by PT Barnum that ‘a sucker is born every minute’, Washington’s latest scam is ...
Local Government Politics - How to Be Effective?
By Al Arnold · 18 years ago
So, you have an issue with your local government. How can you most effectively convey your message? Without being able to effectively convey your message not just to the governing body, but your fellow citizens, ...
Mexican Immigration & US Expatriation: An Irony with a Silver Lining?
By Marissa Perez · 18 years ago
It’s been over fifteen years since I learned a profound lesson while in Guanajuato, Mexico with a college semester abroad program. One day during a discussion with my host family and some of their friends ...
Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal
By David Oglaza · 18 years ago
Between 1989 and 1993 more than 95,000 Lhotshampas (Bhutanese Nepali-speaking Hindus of Nepali origin who live(d) in the southern plains of Bhutan), nearly a sixth of the kingdom's total population of approximately 600,000 have been ...
Local Government Apathy - Alarming Statistics
By Al Arnold · 18 years ago
At every level of government and politics, an informed electorate is needed to understand the candidates and issues of their community. That sounds pretty basic doesn't it? Citizens cannot make informed decisions before they vote ...
AAA Monkeys - "See No Evil?"
By Kristen Sheaffer · 18 years ago
AAA Monkeys – “See No Evil?”
In 1990 the US Federal Government passed the Clean Air Act. Since the state of Pennsylvania was not in attainment of the standards set, they had to create a ...
Speaking at Local Government Meetings
By Al Arnold · 18 years ago
Before anything else, preparation is the key to success. Alexander Graham Bell.
I have read opinion polls that find most people fear public speaking more than they fear death. This fear obviously plays into the ...
How The Poor Were Lost
By Vincent Wilmot · 18 years ago
When the poor were the majority.
The poor in developed countries like the USA and UK are now a minority, though up to maybe the 1950’s or 1960’s they had been a majority.
While the ...
Local Government - Solving Problems
By Al Arnold · 18 years ago
"Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable." John Kenneth Galbraith
Oh, how true! When you have a problem in your personal life, does your ...
How Can This be a Shocker?
By Evelyn Cole · 18 years ago
Headline, New York Times: "A Shocker: Partisan thought is unconscious.
"The thought process of a partisan being challenged is almost entirely emotional, and there are flares of pleasure when unwelcome information is rejected." Benedict Carey, ...
Local Government Elections - The Great Unopposed
By Al Arnold · 18 years ago
“My Beat” is Northwestern Wisconsin. I monitor the local government units in an eight county area. Mostly, I am concerned with the actions in the areas of land use, planning, zoning, building, economic development and ...
Conflict Management – Parisian Style (part 2)
By Harrison Monarth · 18 years ago
Continued…
Toxic Rhetoric Leads to Poisoned Communication Climate
A leader’s inability to choose an appropriate communication strategy in a conflict situation can have disastrous consequences, as witnessed by the French riots.
Instead of using language ...
Mistreatment and misgovernment of the poor in developed countries.
By Vincent Wilmot · 18 years ago
Misgoverning the poor.
The poor in developed countries like the USA and UK, honest and dishonest alike, are handled only by the non-street-wise middle class who run government departments and other bodies - ensuring that ...
Local Government and Politics - Meetings are the Challenge
By Al Arnold · 18 years ago
There are a couple of problems that exist, which hinder local government from being the best it can be.
One problem that prevents some citizens from attending local government meetings, is the fear of the ...
Conflict Management - Parisian Style
By Harrison Monarth · 18 years ago
Conflict Management – Parisian Style (part 1)
The suburbs of Paris are in flames. For the last couple of months civil war like conditions have reigned in the suburbs of the French capital/metropolis. Arson attacks ...
Fight Local Government Apathy - Become Involved
By Al Arnold · 18 years ago
The basics of learning how your local governments operate, can be mastered over time by devoting only two hours a year, to that goal. That is the time it would take for you to attend, ...