Recently while listening to a local Liberal radio station, I heard a caller explaining how he believed race relations would advance faster if Black Americans discontinue identifying themselves as African Americans. I heard the same recommendation on a national radio program a couple of days later.
Both callers identified themselves as Black. Both callers said they [...]
Will there be any consequence for Venezuela’s material support for Colombian insurgents?
WHEN THE Colombian government last year unveiled extensive evidence that the government of Venezuela had collaborated with a Colombian rebel movement known for terrorism and drug trafficking, other Latin American governments and the United States mostly chose to look the other way. The evidence [...]
If the explosive allegations by former Countrywide officer Robert Feinberg are true, Sen. Chris Dodd ought to resign, said Sam Caligiuri, one of Dodd’s Republican opponents. “Connecticut cannot afford to once again endure the scandals of a leader who has been corrupted by the trappings of power,” Caligiuri said in a press release.
“If this testimony [...]
Mon Jul 27, 7:52 pm ET
STOCKHOLM (AFP) – Sweden called on Venezuela Monday to explain how Swedish-made weapons sold to the South American country ended up in the hands of Colombian FARC guerillas.
The revelation of the weapons acquisition by the Marxist group — long a thorn in Bogota’s side — has strained already tense relations between the South American [...]
In the Beginning…
The U.S. government of the 20th and 21st centuries is in act, if not in fact, a National Democracy. James Madison, the “Father of the Constitution”, along with the other founders of our country, established a Federal Republic. This was clearly written into our founding document, the Constitution, and elaborated many times over [...]
You may have noticed recent Chrysler ® commercials promoting the United States “Cash for Clunkers” program and the new Chrysler specific “Cash for Clunker” matching offer. Chrysler’s newest incentive matches the already existing United States credit of $4500. These two government programs total a potential $9,000 off the price of a new automobile purchased from [...]
President Obama is turning out to be just what the United States needed. It’s rare to see so many people discussing politics, reading Congressional Bills, watching and listening to political news, and expressing concerns over government waste. President Obama is bringing change, but it’s not the kind of change he promised during his campaign.
Change has [...]
Discrimination of any kind is still discrimination. President Obama is guilty of discrimination each time he suggests funding government programs on the backs of the “rich”. The most visible example of this discrimination is the taxation of the rich to help fund H.R. 3200 (Americas Affordable Health Choices Act).
House Democrats plan to fund the broadest [...]
Venezuela accused of corruption in drugs fight
By Benedict Mander in Caracas
Published: July 15 2009 19:53
A spiralling drug trafficking problem in Venezuela has been made worse by official corruption and a refusal to co-operate with the US, according to a forthcoming US Congress report.
A copy of the report, obtained by the Financial Times, showed that efforts [...]
Gunnar Myrdal and Sweden’s Welfare Policies
Exploring Myrdal’s contributions to the welfare state
Alfredo Ascanio (askain)
Published 2009-07-17 16:55 (KST)
Gunnar Myrdal founded and directed the Institute for International Economic Studies in Stockholm. He is one of the world’s leading social scientists, and is above all an economist.
This Swedish economist has given great importance to social reforms.
In Sweden, for [...]
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