888 articles on "govern"

The Gold Standard Revisited

It has been nearly 40 years since Richard Nixon ended the direct convertibility of the U.S. dollar to gold, putting an end to the international gold-dollar standard established by the Bretton Woods Agreements following World War II. In the pinch of t...

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The Fault In Self-Government: The Self

With each succeeding poll measuring Americans' trust in institutions the elements of government sink to new lows. As we move toward the 2010 mid-term elections we are seeing a groundswell of anti-incumbent fever. Something is wrong; something is...

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The Obscenity Of Wealth and Power In Washington D.C. And How To Defuse It

Two recently published news articles seemed unrelated but with a little imagination, you could see were tightly compatible. The first article appeared on the Mainstreet website and it categorized the ten richest and the ten poorest counties in the Un...

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Historical Political Quotes, Contemporary Political Crises

A little quiz on quotes relating to politics in America, try to figure out who said it and when they said it: 1) In reference to why political parties have lost the confidence of the public: "Their machinery of intrigue, their shuffling evasions, th...

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Won't Medicare Pay for Our Long Term Care?

Fact: Medicare is NOT DESIGNED to cover long term care. It was designed primarily to help with 'short term' rehabilitation. "How much WILL the government actually pay?" Medicare does not pay for long term care expenses. Medicare does cove...

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America's Achilles Heel: Its Children. The Unthinkable Terrorist Act

So Many Children So Much Blood So Many tears What will we do? The soldier stood there erect, proud, and with a heavy heart. He looked at his wife and two children and struggled with saying good-bye. He was going to leave to fight terrorism in a coun...

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Politics Needs Enthusiasm, Not Power

We live in a day and age where doing what is right is no longer right. Politicians are now driven by popularity rather than compassion. It has led to a decline in political enthusiasm. Young people have no desire to vote, better yet pay attention to ...

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Ur-bin Legend

I may be repulsed at the deeds orchestrated by Osama bin Laden... But I'm even more repulsed at the ineptitude displayed in the attempts to stop him and his cause. I mean, the guy's a murderous criminal. He's an anti-Muslim, as any c...

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Cities, States and Others Step up Action on Climate Change, Despite Federal Reluctance

Last year, Pentagon defense adviser Andrew Marshall issued a harsh warning of the consequences of climate change: mass chaos, national security crises and food shortages. If climate change occurs abruptly, the report declared, there could be a catast...

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Is There Anything More Disingenuous Than a Whining, Petulant Political Party in America?

Presidential elections provide a lot of humor when you can recognize the joke. Every few days some new, outrageous flap kicks another outrageous flap off of the front page of our nation's daily newspapers. Now the Democrats are all upset that ...

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