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Affirmative Action, Is It Good Or Bad?

This article does not discuss the legalities of affirmative action, I leave that to the courts. This article is solely about the philosophy of affirmative action. According to Wikipedia, affirmative action "is a policy or a program promoting the re...

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2010: Politically, It Was Much Worse Than You Thought

As we come to the end of the year, it is usually a good time to look back and see what the year brought us and hopefully, be thankful for our health, wealth, and good times. However, from an American political class perspective, the events of 2010 we...

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Election Debate and Political Body Language

Tonight sees the first of three historic live debates between the three main party leaders Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg. All week I've been doing interviews as to what we should be looking for in the body language of the three as...

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Assimilation or Multi-culturalism: That is the Question

Maybe we need a combination of the two. What does it mean to be American? Does it mean everyone talks the same and looks the same and believes the same things? Does it mean forgetting everything that our parents and grandparents had to go through to...

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How Can The Government Actually Stimulate The Economy?

People make the right decisions far more often than the government ever has, does, or will. I think that the best form of government is one that encourages, facilitate, and empower the individual citizen to make their own individual choices on how to...

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Another Month, Another Doomed Economic Stimulus Program

According to an Associated Press article today, the political class is about to pass a $30 billion piece of legislation that is supposed to jump start the small business market and get the economy moving again. Components of the legislation include t...

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America's Way Out of the Storm

Disheartening unemployment, unprecedented debt (personal, corporate and public) draining foreign wars, an aging population, a polarized politic - hardly America at its prime. Some contend we have reached our zenith and are on the waning side of the p...

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Wal-Mart Helping the Little Man

Although it caused quite a stir when the idea was first spoken of, the plan for Wal-Mart to offer generic prescriptions for $4 each has faded from the limelight. A perfect time to approach the topic again. Mainly, how does this sort of price slashing...

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First Time Home Buyers Tax Credits STILL Available For Troops!

About 6 months ago, congress sent President Obama a plan to give home buyers an extra time to qualify for up to $8000 in federal tax credits. This relief meant many homebuyers purchasing new homes, short sales and REO's could breathe a sigh of...

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The Bitch and the Vague . . .

Well Darlings, With apologies to Haig & Haig, the oldest distillers of scotch whisky and now a part of Diageo plc, for coming close to using one of their most famous advertising slogans, but lately the message from both fellow politicians and the me...

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