806 articles related to "government"

The Bitch and We the People!

Well Darlings, Lately we are hearing an awful lot about the public sector and cuts to services, which brings me to ask: why do so many people want to make their careers in the public sector? Are they actually needed? Is it really to serve we the peo...

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Since Katrina, the Environment Is Front-Page News

Ever since the end of August, when Hurricane Katrina devastated the major American city of New Orleans and the coastlines of Louisiana, Mississippi, and parts of Alabama, the consequences of environmental degradation have been front-page news. Politi...

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Government schools vs. parents' rules

Government schools vs. parents' rulesby Kurt St. Angelo@2005 Libertarian Writers' BureauI usually hold up Indiana’s constitution for the libertarian principles that it embodies, such as individual liberty and self-responsibility. However,...

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Universal Mental Health Screening - Are We Repeating Ourselves?

Universal Mental Health Screening Are We Repeating Ourselves?If you’re thinking that Universal Mental Health Screening, as proposed by the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, is a new concept, think again. The first standardized ...

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Deceptive Arguments And Specious Reasoning - Political Debate Gone Wrong

There are a lot of ways to win an argument and a lot of ways to deceive others into thinking you've won an argument. There is one set of rules to follow when you have facts on your side and a different set of rules when the facts are not with yo...

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Health Care Bill Passed - What Does This Mean For Latinos?

A most recent topic of everyday discussion is the passing of the new Health Care Reform Bill by U.S. President Barack Obama. The new bill will have a dramatic impact on millions of Americans for years to come, but it seems the population that may be ...

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A Bitching Goodwill To All Men!

Well Darlings, I think the newspaper headline of the week, perhaps of the month, has to go to the Independent for: "IT'S THE WAR, STUPID" in the bottom right-hand corner next to a full front page picture of a troubled-looking President Bush. Fo...

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Can the News Media Ever be Responsible to Society?

Managing stress of society. Can the news media ever be responsible to society? Reporting the news is the function of the news media. And that can be done responsibly or it can be done irresponsibly to society. In fact, every news program ought to h...

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How Would Our Political Class Have Handled The Dog That Mocked Hitler?

imagine how our political class may have handled a historical situation. The specific historical situation was described in a January 7, 2011 Associated Press report. Historians found a set of World War II documents that revealed a weird obsession th...

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The Bitch: Under Pressure!

Well Darlings, As a youngster, and that was a very long time ago, I regularly saw people walking around with boards proclaiming the end of the world was nigh. Every town and city seemed to have its fair share of these nutcases, and mostly they were ...

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