Political Divide Heating Up!

The political divide is once again heating up even though there is not another presidential election for about three years. Some of the more aggressive political pundits are getting quite literary and creative. Just other day I read this poem on the Internet

Is America Sleep Walking Through Its Political Issues?

Are you sleep walking through our political issues, or are you aware and involved in the political process? This article explores this dilemma.

Is Jimmy Carter Right About Israel?

Jimmy Carter is wrong to make a direct parallel between Israel and the former South African apartheid system. Most obviously the demographics don't work. Whites were a minority in South Africa. Jews are a majority in Israel. Unlike blacks under apartheid, Arab Israelis can form their own political parties, are free to vote and have representatives in the Knesset. Arabs are also equal under the law and in most cases Israeli courts uphold their rights.

Marriage Is About Power And Money

Marriage always has and always will be about power and money. A battle over gay-marriage rights in Washington State right now is testing putting the premise of anti-gay-marriage folks to the test.

Performers Should Shut Up!

Dixie Chicks, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Martin Sheen, Sean Penn, Barbara Streisand, Bruce Springsteen, and on and on this list of politicial pundits goes. All have forgotten or ignore Richard Widmark.

Strong State Debate in The United States and Consideration of Complexity

Our nation was formed with the idea of strong states and a weak Federal Government, yet now as our nation is more mature it is some what a point of contention. The allowing of state or regional automomy makes sense but a since of streamlining through standarization lowers costs, enjoys the economies of scale and would reduce the bureaucracy created by massive run-away redundancies. Citizens already pay too much in taxes.

Wal-Mart For President!

America seems locked into a continuous political campaign cycle. Just a few months ago the midterm elections ended. Now we are already watching 2008 presidential hopefuls trip over one another to declare their candidacy, start fundraising, and hurl political campaign slogans.

E-Democracy and the Future of Online Voting; Promises, Promises

Currently we hear a lot in the news about the voting machines and how they might be used in a fraudulent manner or be hacked by a specific political party in order to achieve victory in elections. How much of this is true and how much is merely a scare tactic.

Al Qaeda's Hidden Weaknesses

Any organisation or group whose vision is preposterous, must also failure to comprehend its adversaries and make strategic and tactical blunders of a fatal character. It must also at some point become racked with internal division. Fighting cult means accepting and understanding that it is one. Its successes so far have been entirely due to the blunders of Western governments. The future depend on skillfully nurturing and manipulating its weakness, and not just trying to smash it over the head with a hammer

World War I And US Policy

The League of Nations and the Treaty of Versailles and were just two of the important forms of cooperation in history which were established after World War I in the hope of establishing peace among nations.

Devising An Efficient Public-Transport System In South Africa

With '2010' every South African's chief concern, public transport is a key issue. In truth, it always has been, but an urgent need to revise subsidies between the different transport modes, is an important factor that has not yet been settled. Plans made during the last ten years have not yet reached fruition. If sufficient research has evaluated situations pragmatically, the government should now be able to make educated proposals. We must be able to host an important sport’s event (the soccer World Cup) by 2010, no question, but rushing an influx of tourists around major centres for a few short weeks does not compare to providing long-term systems that benefit all.

The Treaty of Versailles Rejection

The United States initiated the Treaty of Versailles as the tool to make peace in the post World War I world and prevent further military actions from European countries side.

Africa - Facts, Reality and Solutions!

This great continent which can boast of vast land, incredible animal life forms and eccentric cultures is riddled with poverty. When most people think of Africa, even if they are ignorant of the details of the economies of the nations which comprise this vast land, they immediately think of destitution, human want and suffering.

Please Big Daddy Government Save Us!

New York State Senator Carl Kruger really feels with every fiber of his little bleeding heart that government is the solution to all the really pressing problems in society. In particular he thinks that government is the best way to stop stupid people from doing stupid things. But further he believes that since stupid people do stupid things everyone should be treated like stupid people.

Comrade Hillary Warns Exxon Mobil

Exxon Mobil had huge 2006 profits. The government received huge revenues as it has for decades, totalling in the hundreds of billions. Even though energy companies get special tax breaks, those breaks simply reduce those final huge payments. Instead of using Washington newspeak, congress should eliminate the tax breaks and bring the corporate tax rate down from 35% to 30%, the average in Europe, or better yet to 12 1/2 percent, the corporate rate in Ireland. Consumers, business and government would all benefit.