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The Dilemma of Merit Pay

By Jonah C., on July 31st, 2010

Since the implementation of No Child Left Behind in 2001, a national debate has emerged over rewarding and punishing schools, teachers, and students who meet or fail to meet certain achievement benchmarks. One facet of No Child Left Behind is tha…

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Are you successful?

By Kim Hamlin--, on July 31st, 2010

Most of us want to be successful. And, we want the material and emotional benefits that come with it. That’s all well and good, and I hope it happens for us, because there’s nothing wrong with it. But success, just for the sake of being successful does…

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Wikileaks Documents Gratuitous, Unnecessary

By Jonah C., on July 31st, 2010

There is the public’s right to know, otherwise known as the Freedom of Information Act. There are times when document disclosure is necessary and helps insure transparency and accountability. Then, there is Wikileaks. The website (htt…

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Is it time for a National Identification Card?

By A Realpolitik, on July 29th, 2010

I know what everyone is going to say…, Big Brother Is Watching You.

Let me see, we have drivers licenses, insurance cards, voter identification cards, social security cards, credit cards, health insurance cards, prescription cards, membership cards, etc., etc. I am sure there are many other ‘cards’ we carry depending on the individual. Cards are used for everything and have become inseparable from our new technologically advanced way of life.

The world has moved on, whether we like

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If I Was President . . .

By Jonah C., on July 29th, 2010

In his song President on the album Kreyole 101 (http://www.amazon.com/President/dp/B0010WRFDC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1280429589&sr=1-2), Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean discusses his political convictions. The solo artist and former member of…

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What Is A Nazi?

By Rich, on July 29th, 2010

Here we go, we come now to the truly controversial terms that are being bandied about by all sides now. Today will be Nazi’s or Nazism, again, I will try my darndest to remain impartial here, to heck with that, we all know Nazism is a nasty bit o…

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Democrats, Libertarians, And Republicans

By Rich, on July 29th, 2010

Today’s post is a three for all! ……….crickets in the background……….. I thought it was funny! Anyhow, today I am going to tackle the definitions of our two-party system, well, actually it is a whomever wants to play party system, but the …

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Electric Car Impact

By Jonah C., on July 28th, 2010

Electric cars are the hottest thing in the automotive business. Nissan’s LEAF (http://www.nissanusa.com/leaf-electric-car/index#/leaf-electric-car/index) had a rush of preorders recently, and excitement over its release and Chevy’s Volt has led …

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Ever-Growing Influence of Corporate America

By Jonah C., on July 27th, 2010

After decades of regulation that limited corporate power, the corporation is back, and it’s stronger than ever. No, seriously. That wasn’t a movie blurb, it’s the trend that’s currently endangering our democracy. In the 1800s, busines…

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What Does It Mean To Be A Conservative?

By Rich, on July 27th, 2010

Conservative. What does it mean? It is a term being bandied about in the media, from Politicians, voters, groups of voters, you name it, and everyone has a take, a view, a definition. Again, why I am doing this is to point out the Factual information, …

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Can the Tea Party Survive?

By Jonah C., on July 26th, 2010

Americans have always shown an appetite for a third option, beyond the traditional Democrats and Republicans. Other than the Whig Party of the early 1800s, however, these splinter groups have never been able to truly coalesce around viable candid…

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What Does It Mean To Be A Liberal?

By Rich, on July 26th, 2010

To hear some people speak, to be a Liberal is to be a pantywaist, a high taxing elitist snob that turns tail and runs at the first sign of aggression. To hear others speak, a Liberal is someone with an open mind, in terms of social issues, a caring att…

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What Is An Independent?

By Rich, on July 26th, 2010

Let us start out by defining what exactly it means to be Independent. The Merriam Webster definition can be summed up quite nicely with this. “Not requiring or relying on something else”, and also my favorite “Not looking to other’s for one’s…

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Testing, Testing

By Rich, on July 25th, 2010

Testing for feed progress.

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Sports, Politics Don’t Mix

By Jonah C., on July 25th, 2010

As Alberto Contador wrapped up a third Tour de France title in an event historically marred by steroid allegations and Alex Rodriguez approached 600 home runs, media coverage shows problems in the athletic world still draw interest and are still very r…

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Haiti Disaster and Global Development Take Back Burner

By Jonah C., on July 24th, 2010

As more attractive, close-to-home news stories such as the BP oil spill and the release of the iPhone 4 captivate readers, the press has turned its cameras (and the heartstrings of the world) away from the Haitian and Chilean earthquakes, the continuin…

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Gulf Spill Worst Villian, Part F: Create a Major Distraction

By Rick Osmon, on July 24th, 2010

While President Obama has declared the Gulf oil spill as “the greatest environmental disaster in American history”, and flown to the Gulf twice for photo ops, Air Force One overflew some far greater, absolutely permanent and irreversible environmental disasters to get there. And he won’t even acknowledge them publicly.

I’m talking about the practice known as “mountaintop removal mining”. This deplorable practice, which has already claimed more than 500 mountains of the Appalachian chain,

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Environment Overlooked in Economics Based Proposals

By Jonah C., on July 23rd, 2010

Lately, there has been much debate over a proposed carbon cap or tax on emissions. Ostensibly, the function of such a law would be to promote environmental integrity. However, it has quickly descended into a bureaucratic mush. In…

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Racism, Sexism Make the News

By Jonah C., on July 22nd, 2010

Recently, an Indian congresswoman made news for throwing and destroying several flower pots after a long and heated debate about a corruption bill (http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/congress-womans-flower-pot-attack-at-bihar-assembly-38782). When…

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