José Alberto Mujica Unruguay won the election for president; he is from the same political party of Tabare Vasquez. He was a guerrilla Tupamaro, but at 75 years of age he has to favor a moderate left (a social democracy), and politicians joined forces with the losing candidate Lacalle, in order to solve urgent problems [...]
Education and educators are highly regarded in India, which makes teaching a pleasure and a privilege
by Marshall Goldsmith
During a recent trip to India, I had the opportunity to work with many dedicated professionals at the Indian School of Business (ISB) in Hyderabad.
ISB is an amazing place. It is a new institution that was formed with [...]
Despite What the Media, Hollywood and Politicians Say, Most Political Ideas that We are Being Sold Right Now are Worthless.
In the realm of ideas, it is not about the person, it is about the idea and not all ideas are created equal. In fact, some are quite horrible. Political discussion is like panning for gold. [...]
November 21, 2008
By: Frioman
The Democratic Congress and Barack Obama intend to force US taxpayers to pay $848 billion over 10 years in order to extend health care coverage to 94% of the eligible population? Let’s remember that thirty-one million is the number reported by Democrats to represent those without health care coverage.
If 94% of the [...]
November 21, 2009
By: Frioman
Candidate Obama, and now President Obama had it made. He had the opportunity to be one of the best Presidents ever. He had the media backing him, he was the historic first black president, he was going to solve the economic “crisis, he was going to be transparent, a Nobel Prize. What [...]
By: Romina Ruiz-Goiriena / Miami
Not too long ago, Ricardo Herrero was one of Miami’s Cuban-American hard-liners, an ardent supporter of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba as well as the ban on U.S. travel to the communist island. But a half-dozen trips to Cuba during this decade have changed his mind about the latter. “There [...]
November 17, 2009
By: PP13
WASHINGTON — Sarah Palin’s new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven’t become any truer over time. Ignoring substantial parts of her record if not the facts, she depicts herself as a frugal traveler on the taxpayer’s dime, a reformer without ties to powerful interests and a politician [...]
Blackouts Plague Energy-Rich Venezuela
By SIMON ROMERO
CARACAS, Venezuela — This country may be an energy colossus, with the largest conventional oil reserves outside the Middle East and one of the world’s mightiest hydroelectric systems, but that has not prevented it from enduring serious electricity and water shortages that seem only to be getting worse.
President Hugo Chávez [...]
November 7, 2009
By: Frioman
Hours before what would become the day Health Care Reform passed the House, the Tea Party Express made a stop in Houston, TX. Attendees assembled to protest several issues, and their homemade signs reflected this—health care, the wasteful spending, cap and trade.
Under a beautiful blue Texas sky, the several thousand attendees [...]
November 4, 2009
Chesney, United Kingdom
It is difficult to be objective about the National Health System (NHS). In one’s hour of need, one is grateful for any action which comes to the rescue. No matter what system a dying patient is rescued by, they cannot speak too highly of the quality of the care and the [...]
The election for president : Uruguay and Honduras | 
Education and educators are highly regarded in India | 
All That Glitters | 
Health Care--$848 Billion to insure 13 million | 
Obama, what happened? | 
Could the U.S.-Cuba Travel Ban End Soon? | 
Sarah Palin “Goes Rogue” On the Facts | 
Blackouts Plague Energy-Rich Venezuela | 
Tea Party Express arrives in Houston | 
Should the USA adopt a UK styled National Health System? | 
