883 articles on "government"

Hero of the Quarter - Part II

Many Americans are still familiar, even today, with the devastating worldwide conflicts of the last century, titanic events whose resonance even today affect the worldwide balance of power. Consider, for instance, the situation on the Korean peninsul...

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Wanted: And It Had Better Be Alive

Pakistan did the USA a favor recently... All they got for it was a surprise rocket attack on their own soil. The situation is well-explained by London's Sunday Telegraph in its 29 Jan 06 edition: Pakistan 'delay let bin Laden escape US r...

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Internet and Cable TV Shake Up Democracy

Very rarely are we given the opportunity as citizens to participate in a revolution. The citizens that founded our republic participated in a revolution that has affected every corner of the earth for more than 200 years now. Our grandfathers and fat...

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Illinois' Network of Social Services

It is a sad truth that most of us will know extreme hardship at some point in our lives. At such a time, it is important to know that we have people in our corner that we can count on should a need arise. Unfortunately, with more and more familie...

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The Prison Mirror part of Prison Series

The true measure of social consciousness is prisons. They tell more about society than any travelogue possibly could. They are the product of ignorance as a tradition and undeniable social regression. Send a law breaker to prison and convert him to ...

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As The Illinois Economic Death Spiral Begins, Can The Federal Government Be Far Behind?

Interesting but sad reading from a recent Associated Press report. The article reported that the state of Illinois has now reached the desperation phase of its economic malaise: - The state has not paid many of its bills for months due to shortfall ...

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Man's Rights in Objectivism

One thing that many people agree upon these days is that man possesses rights. What the vast majority of people disagree on is what exactly man's rights are. Objectivism holds that man's rights are individualistic, as in his rights are his,...

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Losing a Friend Over Stupidity

I just lost a friend because he disagreed with my point of view on these five high school students who were booted from school for wearing American flags on "Cinco de Mayo." And it's not that I disagreed with him, really. I said that I thought i...

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Government Apathy - A Different View

I have always believed that political apathy starts at the bottom. That is the citizens. They do not go to meetings when issues are being discussed that impact their lives. They do not speak up at the earlyist opportunity to provide input. I recently...

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BP Oil Spill, Are You Kidding Me? Put a Plug in It Already!

BP's oil spill in the Gulf is out of control, and after viewing the new digital CNN video of the recently cut well cap, it's obvious to a plumber, and most blue collar tradesmen, their engineers are also miserably incapable of even slowing ...

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