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Feisty Candidates Spar for Vote

Accusations, finger pointing and mudslinging would be welcome gestures compared to the new lows two rival candidates have stooped to this election year. The pair are on the campaign trail desperately pulling out all stops to secure your vote and qui...

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New Defense Secretary Changes Everything

On Election Day, the American people spoke very strongly that the direction the President and the Republican Party was taking America towards, is not the direction the country wanted to go in. Presidents are not oblivious to polls. They may not honor...

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Back In Time

Let's go back in time...it's 1967 and the headlines back then read:US Airforce intensifies the bombing of North Vietnam... U.S. plans to start missile net...1967 Pan Am Games...13 US helicopters are shot down in Vietnam...Writer and histori...

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I'm Tired... And That Is Why I Voted Republican For The First Time Ever

Earlier this week I submitted my mail-in ballot for the pertinent Florida political races that affect me. Up until that time, I took pride in truthfully stating that I had never voted for a Republican for national office in my life (I am 57 years old...

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Two Treatises of Government - A Concise Review and Summary

The liberal interpretation of the concept of a social contract, Two Treatises of Government was published in 1689 anonymously due to its anti-monarchical content. It was at its core a cry for tolerance and liberty; Locke felt that diversity encourage...

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Venezuela: Politics and History

Venezuela is situated in South America next to Colombia, Brazil and Guyana and was originally inhabited by Carib, Arawak and Chibcha peoples who farmed and hunted along the coast, the Andean mountain range and the Orinoco River. The first permanent S...

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Some Friendly Economics For The Nuclear Energy Booster Club

I would like to begin this brief exposition with a bizarre fairy tale that was confected by two well known energy experts, Amory Lovins and Joseph Romm, and published in Foreign Affairs (1992-93), which is the prestigious journal of the (United State...

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ICommunityFoundation

There has been much focus on the digital divide and the threat that underserved populations would be left even further behind as the digital revolution changes every aspect of our society. The human services nonprofit organization plays a large role ...

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Condi vs Hillary. Get Ready For A Great Political Battle! Maybe?

History is being made on our watch. Maybe. No woman has even come close to being nominated to run for President of the United States by a major party. Geraldine Ferraro ran as VP for the Democrats but she and Mondale lost to Reagan / Bush in a landsl...

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World Federation of Trade Unions Calls for April 1st Action

Unions affiliated to the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) met in Lisbon in December to discuss the world financial crisis and advance a set of demands. The assembled WFTU affiliates set Wednesday, April 1, 2009 as an international date for wor...

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