democracy in the modern age
Over and over again right wingers desperately try to compare Barack Obama to the losing candidacies of previous Democratic Presidential candidates such as Walter Mondale in 1984, Michael Dukakis in 1988, & John Kerry in 2004. But the fact is Obama’s candidacy has little in common with any of them. Obama’s candidacy actually much more [...]
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senate Democrats on Friday beat back Republican efforts to strip out two major provisions of their health care bill that would make deep cuts in payments to private Medicare Advantage plans and create a new long-term-care insurance program. In different ways, the two provisions reflect Democratic priorities. For years, Democrats have asserted that the private [...]
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An IntroductionMen are innately self-centred, no matter they are sophists, intellectuals, ordinary populace, civil servants, beggars…etc. Due to these characteristics, countless problems are arisen, and if there is no any institution to govern these men’s negative natures, the whole state would steps toward anarchy.Cambodian government is, of course, separated between three branches; executive, legislative, and [...]
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Mark Warner was elected governor of Virginia in 2001 after losing a closer than expected Senate race to John Warner five years earlier. Virginia law does not permit its governor to succeed himself, so Warner’s term ended in January when the newly-elected Governor, Tim Kaine, was inaugurated. Therefore, he will be able to devote himself [...]
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Overruling Democracy: The Supreme Court vs. The American People is a controversial work by Doctor Jamin B. Raskin, professor of constitutional law at American university. His writings have been published in Washington post, Los Angeles Times, The Nation, The American Prospect, The Washington Monthly, The American Lawyer, Legal Times and George and Slate. Also he [...]
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When I was a boy, I would overhear older black men talking about this evil, mythical figure called “The Man.” I thought there was Batman, Spiderman, Superman, and The Man.The Man was accused of selfishly hoarding power and resources that prevented black men from getting jobs, owning businesses, and having greater opportunities in general. As [...]
How many people do you know who think their Congressperson has the answers to providing health care in America? Or, their Senator? George W. Bush? Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton? Or, for that matter, any politician? Do they really have the answers? If they can’t do it, then how about the politicians in Canada, or Great Britain? [...]
There is a psychological concept known as the primacy and recency effect. In layman’s terms, it is the “first and last” effect. Basically, messages we hear first are stored in our long-term memory. And messages we hear later go into short-term memory and can be accessed shortly after their occurrence. Clearly, this effect will be [...]
The campaign of Republican John McCain has just released two web videos which highlight what the campaign feels is a national media bias in favor of Democrat Barack Obama in the 2008 Presidential election. It is asking people to vote for their favorite video.This McCain campaign video release contest comes at the end of a [...]
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In 2004, for “The Very First Time” in my life, I felt an investment in the political process because I did not want another four years of a man I despised; a man who had destroyed our Nation’s respectful and credible standing in the World. I had always been an unaffiliated voter; however, I had [...]
