By: Fatemeh Azimzadeh | 2010-04-04 | Politics The importance of active civic participation is obvious for the future of a nation and a healthy democracy. In 2004 Presidential election, the republican candidate George Walker Bush won against John Kerry the democrat one. 50.8 percent of the voting ballots were devoted to Bush and 48.3 percent were devoted to Kerry. read more
By: Shannon Evans | 2010-04-04 | Politics Obama is black, American, Christian, and a politician. Why that bothers so many in our country is beyond me. How can we shift our thinking so that the new millinium is populated with voters who demand living heroes who model accountability for national leadership? read more
By: Timothy Stelly Sr | 2010-04-04 | Politics The Democrats must not only address the issue of War in the Middle East and terrorism, but energy, immigration and the environment. The Democrats best suited for this are former Vice-President Al Gore and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson. This would be the Democrats' strongest ticket and give them their best chance for victory in 2008 read more
By: Zeinab Ghasemi Tari | 2010-04-04 | Politics "Israeli Lobby" is the most influential lobby of minority groups in the United States which tries to influence the American policy makers to provide its own benefit. One of the important areas of influence of Israeli lobbyist is U.S. presidential election. The purpose of this paper is to investigate this influence from two perspectives: Jews high percentage of turnout in elections esp. presidential elections, and Jews financial contributions for presidential campaigns. It is supposed that U.S. presidential candidates and presidents has to pay special interests before and after their election due to financial contributions they receive for their campaigns; on the other hand presidential candidates have to support the Israeli interests to benefit their voting power read more
By: Farnaz Amini | 2010-04-04 | Politics As Senator McCain's star rises through slim primary victories and high-profile endorsements from the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rudy Giuliani and The New York Times, more and more Republicans have begun to view McCain as the "electable" candidate. McCain's "electability" stems from a few factors: his being a POW, honorably serving this country and the hatred toward Hilary Clinton by not only republicans, but by democrats and independents. The fact is, that between John McCain and Hilary Clinton the only points of difference are the war on Iraq and that Senator McCain is more likeable compared to Senator Clinton. read more
By: A.F. Cook | 2010-04-04 | Politics The phalanx of white men that defines the Republican presidential field took the stage Thursday night at Florida Atlantic University. And while they may present a more homogenous portrait than their Democratic counterparts, they also exuded a level of professionalism and clarity in their policy positions that reflected badly on the Democrats. The Republicans, quite frankly, behaved like grownups, and in doing so helped suggest to voters that Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama had acted like peevish teenagers at their debate three nights earlier. read more
By: Bruno Korschek | 2010-10-31 | News and society This article compares some of the famous quotes from the depressing George Orwell novel, "1984", to the actions and behavior of the Obama adminstration. Unfortunately, the article concludes that the Obama administration is very similar to the dysfunctional, anti-freedom government in "1984". The article concludes wiht a suggested set of steps we need to steer the ocuntry away from a "1984" future. read more
By: James Baker | 2010-04-04 | Politics I have nothing against women leaders, but there appears to be a trend that exists among them all. We will take a look into the past and see what a woman in power has done. read more
By: Jeffrey Caminsky | 2010-04-04 | Politics Politics is never a game for the faint-of-heart, and modern American politics often seems to be dominated by its extremes. The conservative Republicans, who have been consistently in power for forty years, could never have achieved their recent successes if they had not first cleaned house, and banished the assorted kooks, hate-mongers, and crackpots that gave conservatives such a bad name in the middle of the last century. Can the Democrats manage to achieve a similar run of success by ridding their ranks of their own brand of lunatics? read more
By: Calvin Johnson | 2010-04-04 | Politics The candidacy of Barack Obama, the first man of color to be the presumptive nominee of a major U.S political party has been a dream come true for some Americans and a waking nightmare for others. Indeed, by the time the electorate and his democratic competition realized the skinny guy with the funny name, was a serious candidate he had virtually sewn up the primaries. read more
By: James Shen | 2010-04-04 | International studies Ignoring outpouring hospitality of the Chinese people, Mainstream Western media has waged a negative campaign against China recently to punish the country's failure to comply with Western requests at the Beijing Olympics. This article examines the roots of the mainstream Western media's anger towards China, exposes its hypocrisies and double standards, and advocates the development of a positive-spirited media system that is built on the basis of upholding Chinese public welfare and interests. read more
By: Aidan Maconachy | 2010-04-04 | Politics It can't be easy to be Hillary Clinton. She has gone through her life stages under intense scrutiny by the American public. All the way from feisty newcomer, through scorned woman, to Wicked Witch of the West. She's kind of like the brattish daughter who puts a lot of the relatives noses out of joint, but who is nonetheless impossible to ignore. Americans seem to either love her or hate her. There is virtually nobody who on hearing her name will respond with a "ho hum" or "whatever." read more
By: Theodore Sares | 2010-04-29 | Politics People ask who else knows the working of the Oval Office better? Who else is better qualified to beat Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, should she be the candidate? I say Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may be the one. Certainly Dr. Rice carries with her the considerable baggage of the Bush Administration, most notably Iraq and a flawed policy of promoting democracy worldwide as a "cure" for ter read more
By: tianli | 2011-03-30 | Outsourcing www.bingcrosby.com Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby (May 3, 1903 October 14, 1977) was an American popular singer and actor whose career stretched over more than half a century from 1926 until his death read more