Posted on: 12 December, 2012
Author: Rod Matthews
One of the main reference points for the wellbeing of a nation is the state of its democracy. When faith in the political systems in undermined, when the population becomes cynical or weary of its political system, the wellbeing of the nation suffers. The New Democracy Foundation Most politicians enter public life with strong ideals and intentions of improving things for their electorate and for the population in general. Unfortunately what often happens is the reality of needing to win office sets in and this results in some behaviours that are highlighted by the drama seeking press to an increasingly...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 06 September, 2010
Author: Scott Perreault
Having spent over twenty years in the radio and political industry, I am often asked how much radio should be budgeted in a campaign. Each morning most Americans who are likely to vote in this election will listen to a radio station. It may be for a moment as the radio alarm signals it is time to rise. It may be on the drive to work, it may be in the shower, but realize a radio is involved in the daily life of the voting population. Would you purchase yard signs and place them in the back yards of your...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 11 August, 2010
Author: Jake Shannon
How can these Constitutional Experts support the unconstitutional War on Drugs (remember, Prohibition? You need a Constitutional Amendment to make prohibition the law of the land and last I checked, we never ratified an Amendment to prohibit drugs). Source: Free Articles from ArticlesFactory.com
Continue ReadingPosted on: 17 December, 2008
Author: Klaus H Hemsath
President Elect Obama is trying to solve the financial crisis and issue a new energy policy. He will need much helpful advice from advisors in economics and energy. Previous correction measures to financial market crises and to energy consumption and supply have failed. After announcing his economic team, Mr. Obama must select the energy team. It is important that he seizes the moment and finds qualified energy practitioners. Economics is often called the dismal science because of an article written by Thomas Carlyle more than 150 years ago. In it he proposed mockingly to reintroduce slavery to control labor markets....
Continue ReadingPosted on: 20 July, 2008
Author: Sam Vaknin
Interview granted by Sam Vaknin to Barry Scott Zellen, Deputy Editor, "Strategic Insights", and Research Editor of the Arctic Security Project at the Center for Contemporary Conflict. Q. During the... Interview granted by Sam Vaknin to Barry Scott Zellen, Deputy Editor, "Strategic Insights", and Research Editor of the Arctic Security Project at the Center for Contemporary Conflict. Q. During the 1990s, American and NATO forces directly engaged, through diplomatic and military means, the challenge of state collapse and the resulting explosion of ethnic and tribal violence that accompanied state failure. What do you think were the main lessons learned, through...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 20 July, 2008
Author: David Rosenak
Like the energy crises and the mortgage crises, problems can lie like Sleeping Dogs for decades before they blow up in our faces. How will we get the people we elect to run our Government to deal with those Sleeping Dogs before they become disasters? I read an article in the paper the other day. When Bob Dole was running for President, he asked the oilman T. Boone Pickens to head up his campaign in Texas. In return Pickens wanted to write the energy policy that Dole would put forward. Dole replied "Right there, on the floor, that's a sleeping...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 28 April, 2008
Author: Bob Nanninga
Originally I had intended this week's column to focus on the unintended results of unchecked development in San Diego. In particular, the negative effects on wildlife when their habitat is removed to ... Originally I had intended this week's column to focus on the unintended results of unchecked development in San Diego. In particular, the negative effects on wildlife when their habitat is removed to make room for more humans. Be it in urban, suburban, or rural settings, construction equals destruction. Serving as catalyst for this observation, a chorus of frogs at the short-lived gallery space at the corner of...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 28 April, 2008
Author: Bob Nanninga
Paris Hilton is not news. I don't care what she is doing, who she is doing it to, and what she is wearing while she is doing it. Nothing about Paris Hilton is newsworthy, other than why broadcast medi... Paris Hilton is not news. I don't care what she is doing, who she is doing it to, and what she is wearing while she is doing it. Nothing about Paris Hilton is newsworthy, other than why broadcast media could possibly consider the trials and tribulations of a globe hopping hotel heiress as being newsworthy. Now, could someone please clue in...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 23 January, 2008
Author: Weam Namou
It is odd that a Kurd, Talabani, who's part of a minority ethnic group, was elected president in an Arabic land. But no one in the media has focused on that. Iraq is as famous for its Kurdish jokes and riddles as America is for its Polack ones. After the January 30, 2005 elections, Iraqis came up with a new riddle: If 60% of Iraqis are Shia, 35% Sunni, and 15% Kurds, who voted for the Kurd? According to CIAs World Factbook, the population of Iraq is 75%-80% Arab, 15%-20% Kurdish, and 5% Assyrian or other ethnicities. Yet Jalal Talabani,...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 03 February, 2007
Author: Sharon White
The Treaty on European Union regulates the rights and restrictions of each Member State regarding internal market trade. Article Tags: European Union, Protective Measures, Second Paragraph Source: Free Articles from ArticlesFactory.com
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