The health care debate is in full swing now in the USA and it could not be more polarizing. We have the liberal democrats on one side and the conservative republicans on the other. One stands for big government, the other stands for smaller government and the private sector. So which one makes more sense [...]
What is certain about these tumultuous times is that in the end we will emerge a different nation. Transformed by a radical departure from our archetypal past today’s leaders shape the new world by way of proxy, substituting politically expedient rhetoric for the cold hard truths they fear a childish public would not understand. Design [...]
Political scientists have long argued that low levels of citizen support can pose serious problems for democratic systems because both the functioning and the maintenance of democratic politics are intimately linked with what and how citizens think about democratic governance.
This is not only the case for more mature democratic systems; it is equally true for [...]
President Elect, Barack Obama has announced a job stimulus plan that is geared towards creating more jobs while providing individual states with much needed funding for highway maintenance projects. As we all know, bridges and highways throughout the country are in need of repair and this plan seems to have gained favor among some that [...]
During the last televised Presidential debate, Senator John McCain decried that the problems at voter registration charity ACORN (Association of Community Reform Now) would lead to undermining the fundamentals of democracy. Eventual President Elect Barack Obama smiled and laughed at the vehement charges. Was the President Elect being cavalier or was he trying to cover [...]
America, you have no idea what atrocities took place during the Vietnam War. One item on the list was the mass assassinations of innocent Vietnamese citizens by Americans. John Kerry knows. The orders came down from politicians – self-proclaimed gods – who pulled the strings and watched it all unfold from their cozy recliners at [...]
It’s never easy following through on an electoral pledge, and if any politician knows how difficult it is, then it must be the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy.
So far he has failed miserably on last year’s major presidential campaign promise to increase the purchasing power of the average man and woman on the street here in [...]
Illegal Immigration… lack of health care for millions of Americans… an enormous trade deficit… a bottomless government debt… outsourcing of American jobs… elected representatives who don’t listen to the people who put them in office and pay their salaries.
These issues represent just a few of the serious problems we face today. What can we do [...]
I quote, with redundancy, from the biography of John F. Kennedy to summarize the legacy of this American martyr. Unfortunately, many citizens of the United States know little about that legacy. Here was a man who chose to fight political corruption in a manner never attempted by any president other than Abraham Lincoln. Kennedy genuinely [...]
Mr. President,
I love people with everything I am worth. As strange as this might sound, I also fear them with a passion. As you know from your short tenure here, it is often people who prove to be the downfall of noble others.
Although I was born eleven years after your assassination, my study and research [...]
The 2008 elections are finally getting down to the wire, and delegates from all 50 states – or 57, if you’re voting for Obama! – are all ready to head to their respective conventions.
Politics is something we hold dear in America. Whether we’re hoping for a red state or a blue state, or cherishing fondness [...]
People act as if the government possesses magical powers that can solve all of our individual and social ills. All this mythical entity has to do is wave its wand and all our problems vanish in a blink of an eye. I know—most people would state that this belief is ridiculous. However, is that what [...]
Looking for a gift for the grad in your life? Considering the advantages of the Mr. Coffee with built-in alarm clock versus the nondescript yet utterly ordinary prepaid credit card which you hope will be used for “something special,” but in reality will likely be used for gas and beer?
Why not get something that will [...]
I saw a news clip recently where the reporter stopped people on the street and asked them how they were preparing for “Super Tuesday.” The people, mostly young, didn’t have a clue. I understand that Obama is attracting younger voters. Apparently it was none of the those interviewed.
The primaries dragged on for so long that [...]
It is obvious that America has become a nation of individuals who want immediate satisfaction and short-term “solutions.” A perfect example is our current financial crisis-a crisis caused by the easy money policy of The Federal Reserve System. And what is amazing is that the vast majority of the people have supported this shortsighted inflationary [...]
There’s no denying it– the U.S. economic downturn is evident everywhere from lagging home sales to rising gas and food costs. And as companies downsize and shift jobs overseas to save money, unemployment fears rise. Let’s face it, we’re all looking to stretch our dollars these days but we should also be looking to support [...]
America’s love for a display of might and power, of triumph over the adversary, and of a ‘winning strategy’, is not only evident in her foreign policy and conduct of war, but also in her presidential campaigns. Here, aggression, while disapproved of by many at one level, is also admired by others, and seems almost [...]
It’s the same ole same ole, sound-bites and finger pointing as to who can solve the mortgage crisis plaguing American homeowners. During an election year it’s harder than usual to separate the malarkey from the earnestness of the politicians on this matter. Each side is shucking and jiving or running and hiding from the real [...]
While I went out on a long limb to suggest that Rudy Giuliani may be the best running mate for Republican presidential candidate John McCain, I am at a loss to guess who would run with whom on the Democratic ticket. The highly competitive race between Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Senator Barack Obama has [...]
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 from an attempted coup.
Once popular and regarded as a man of the people, recent times have been more troubling for [...]
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