By: Marco Miranda | 2010-04-04 | Politics Returning home after some weeks abroad can be a telling experience. The press and television seem to have forgotten crimes, invasions, college shootouts and recent recalls of one hundred million cans of a hundred different food brands in favor of the presidential debates. I had to ask. read more
By: Carol Evanson | 2011-04-04 | K-12 Education Presidential scholarship awards are given to the brightest students of the state and this award is provided annually. These scholarships are funded by the contributions that are given to the University of Oregon Scholarship Fund generously by the donors. read more
By: Dennis Copson | 2010-04-04 | Politics The second Presidential debate was held Tuesday, October 7, 2008 - exactly four weeks before Election Day - at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. Belmont is a small Christian liberal arts institution (5000 students) near downtown Music City, USA. This meeting was a 90 minute affair; the format was the 'town hall meeting' type of discussion with questions from the audience and several internet users of selected, mostly undecided, voters directly to the candidates with a one minute limit on a discussion period. (That was largely violated.) read more
By: Anthony A. Kila | 2011-03-24 | Politics The most deafening sound came from the silence produced by the absence of our incumbent President and PDP presidential candidate, Dr. Jonathan. The unoccupied empty podium with its available but unused microphone reserved for our president turned his absence into an unbearable presence. read more
By: deveau saad | 2010-10-26 | Internet Marketing In 2004 - John Kerry lost to George W. Bush The New Soldier was written in 1971 by John Kerry and the Vietnam Veterans Against the War. It contains excerpts of testimony about war crimes committed during the war. Only 5000 copies of the book were originally printed driving the value of the book up to $1250 for a signed first edition. In 2000 - Al Gore lost to George W. Bush, although Gore did win the popular vote losing by the read more
By: Tapas Kumar | 2012-03-13 | Loans According to Senate insiders, the 2012 Farm Bill will be greatly influenced by the upcoming presidential and congressional elections. The debate over the Farm Bill has been protracted, with lawmakers tentatively addressing it as far back as 2010. read more
By: Dennis Copson | 2010-09-15 | Politics The most recent conflict on immigration reform is one concerning what are referred to as ‘anchor babies', those children born to parents here illegally who then are accorded citizenship based on an interpretation, however discombobulated, of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. read more
By: Grace Allison | 2010-04-01 | Nutrition Are high or low protein diets superior? How much protein does one need? Is animal protein necessary in the diet? The following are observations based on working with many clients over the past two decades. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2012-10-22 | News and society Ann Romney, the wife of presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, was spotted arriving at the presidential debate on Tuesday, October 16, 2012. read more
By: Frank Loethen | 2010-03-26 | Pets At the Presidential Pet Museum, you can learn about what current and former Presidents had for pets. In reviewing the list, most of them are/were pet lovers and some had several pets. The list is to long to mention every one but here are some of the more recent. read more
By: Jason Ford | 2011-06-14 | Technology When Steve Jobs announced his for Apple’s new corporate campus to the Cupertino City Council on Tuesday at 2011 WWDC, CEO said that this would be the best office buildings in the world. However, in the world there are some similar headquarters like like the Apple’s Spaceship. read more
By: Otto King | 2010-04-04 | Politics Like watching traditional Japanese Kabuki theater, the stylized actions at the Republican Presidential "debate" in Durham, NH on Sept. 5 revealed the expected. It also revealed a little more: the establishment's breathtaking fear of one of the candidates. read more
By: Dan Bimrose | 2010-04-04 | Politics In retrospect it appears that both parties pulled off very successful conventions. Both events were newsworthy and offered historical moments. read more