1. The Conundrum of World Improvement

By Martin Winer The Conundrum of World Improvement Suppose today, your deity spoke to you and said: From this day forward, your job shall be to contemplate the problems of the world. I will give you immortality for as long as you need to think and come up with a solution. During this time, you will live comfortably and be able to dedicate yourself to this quest. At the end of your plann... read more

2. To the Citizens of Kansas

By Gary R. Hess This coming election is far more important to the way our country is run than any other over the past decade. The focus of the media has mainly been on the most important of the races, the Presidential; however house and senate members are being voted on as well. This election may either make or break the Democrats. They may lose the Senate as well as lose more seats in the ... read more

3. President Bush Snubs NAACP Again!

By Peggy Butler For fourth consecutive year, Bush nixes opportunity to address NAACP Convention, leaving many to ask is there room in his administration for opposing views? When George W. Bush became the first president since Warren G. Harding to snub the NAACP, he took pains to point out that his grievance was not against the nations oldest civil rights organization, but ranking members w... read more

4. John McCain's "Agreed Framework"

By J.J. Jackson I am by no means a fan of Senator John McCain (Arizona). And it seems like every couple weeks I become less and less of a fan of his even being in the Republican Party. Today, I am to the point of publicly asking Senator McCain to just make it official and turn the (R) next to his name into a (D). PLEASE! Enough with the charade! Campaign Finance Reform ... read more

5. Ronald Reagan: Hero or Villain?

By Arthur Zulu D-e-a-t-h. The mention of that five-letter word instills fear into many. Only a few mortals could dare death like the poet John Donne. When his beloved brother died, he wrote death these damning lines: Death do not be proud/ Though some have called thee mighty and dreadful/ But thou art not so/ Nor yet canst thou kill me/ and Death shall be no more/ Death thou shalt die. read more

6. Save America, Vote for Anyone but Bush!

By Gary R. Hess George W. Bush has been in office for a little more than 3 years. His resume is that of the poorest of all time and yet he is on the verge of being re-elected. Bush has done so many wrong doings it is hard to find a place to start. He has taken over a country who clearly did nothing wrong, ignored another country which now is leading back to their Soviet ways, ignored yet a... read more

7. Democrats Can't Win

By Ed Howes The only chance they had from the beginning of this campaign to win the 2004 presidential election has been to advance their best candidate and hope that the President beat himself. This is a fifty- fifty bet at any given time. Instead, they chose an anybody but Bush strategy that proclaims they don't care how qualified their candidate is, or how capable. They want to win a popula... read more

8. Why I Am A Communist

By Punkerslut Rights Whenever any moral, ethical, political, or even economic question comes up, there is often a question of rights involved. "Does the woman have the 'right' to abort her fetus?" or "Does a man have the 'right' to kiss women he is not involved with?" or "Do corporations have the 'right' to avoid paying livable wages?" Whatever it comes down to, there is always the question ... read more

9. Changing The Tone

By Scott C. Smith The spirit of cooperation I have seen in this hall is what is needed in Washington, D.C. It is the challenge of our moment. After a difficult election, we must put politics behind us and work together to make the promise of America available for every one of our citizens. I am optimistic that we can change the tone in Washington, D.C. -- President George... read more

10. The Origins of Anarchy

By Punkerslut "When, in some obscure country town, the farmers come together to a special town meeting, to express their opinion on some subject which is vexing the land, that, I think, is the true Congress, and the most respectable one that is ever assembled in the United States." -- Henry David Thoreau, "Slavery in Massachusetts," 1906 Houghton Mifflin edition printing <... read more

11. The Superultramodern Universal Communism

By Dr Kedar Joshi Some Background - As long as there is ego there is badness, not in mere existence but prevailing goodness, often hidden inside the deceptive covers of apparent goodness. Every man seeks pleasure and happiness. There is absolutely nothing wrong in it. The point is what one has pleasure in. The one who has pleasure in the welfare of others (only for the sake of... read more

12. You're Fired!

By Sheldon Reiffenstein Youre Fired! by Sheldon Reiffenstein The scene opens in a boardroom with three men, two seated on one side of a large rosewood table, the third seated on the opposite side facing them. The third man is speaking: "George, Dick, youve had four years to run this business - four years! Im looking at the balance sheet, and, frankly, Im disappointed. Just looking at the numb... read more

13. The Politics of Freedom

By Kathy Simcox The war on terror should not be a political war. It should not be a war pitting Republican against Democrat or Christian against Muslim. The war on terror is a war on evil. There have been countless wars in our world that to some extent have protected against some level of evil. But this evil we fight today is an evil more bitter, more deadly, than anything you or I have ever lived... read more

14. Obese Government

By United Citizens of America Very few people (including members of Congress) actually grasp the numbers involved in the federal budget. The total net "economy" of the United States is about $9.25 trillion. That represents the total production, sales, purchase and consumption in the United States in 2003, according to estimates provided by the CIA. Government is the single biggest industry in th... read more

15. Fahrenheit 9/11

By Gary R. Hess I watched Fahrenheit 9/11 a few days ago and found many aspects of the movie interesting. Some of the ideas discussed within the movie I had heard before. Many from newspapers and others from news radio shows or CNN. The movie starts out showing the 2000 Presidential Election. It goes through the Florida debacle and shows video clips of what happened on th... read more

16. Cycles

By Ed Howes There are few people in this world unaware of cycles. Few escape childhood without observing the cycles of seasons, birth and death, day and night, full moons and new moons, ocean tides. Birthday anniversaries and weekly cycles of seven days. If we suspect that all we know is cyclical and cycles overlap, we suspect rightly. Welcome back to the 1960s. Welcome back to the dawning of ... read more

17. The Impeachment of the President of the USA - Part III

By Sam Vaknin AC : ?Dysfunctional partnerships should be dissolved. The President should have divorced prior to indulging his sexual appetite. Sexual exclusivity is an integral ? possibly the most important ? section of the marriage contract. The President ignored his vows, dishonoured his word, breached his contract with the First Lady.? DC : ?People stay together only if they feel that... read more

18. Politics Not So Sweet in Home Alabama

By Steven Jackson Those officals elected to represent it's citizens should excerise their power of leadership. We the people vote with hopes of landing our particular candidate into office. Thinking he or she will make change. Change for the better. In Cullman, Alabama the economy is getting better from fifteen years ago. Laws are being enforce from my observation... read more

19. Another Federal Whistleblower -- Is Anyone Listening?

By Teresa Chambers The plight of whistleblowers those employees who sound the alarm about anything from dangerous conditions in the workplace to missed or ignored intelligence regarding our nations security is a story that seems to grow stronger and with more frequency every day. My guess is that those stories have always been there; I suspect I am just paying closer attention to them now. <... read more

20. Eurovision Song Contest - End this Embarassment

By Birmingham UK Com Tonight I resigned myself to the fact that this is the last Eurovision Song Contest I shall ever watch. In fairness the only reason I did watch it was due to media reports mentioning that steps had been taken to try and mitigate the blatant vote rigging that takes place each time the contest is aired. I should have known better. I suppose the early warni... read more

21. Excerpt From An Iraqi Citizen's Blog

By TrysDan Roberts To understand the toll on the people of Iraq, forget the US cable news networks,go to the people of Iraq. The following is an excerpt from one of Iraq's citizens taken from: http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com The cousin, his wife S. and their two daughters have been houseguests these last three days. They d... read more

22. Libertarianism and Socialism

By Punkerslut Among the Libertarian circles, Socialism and Communism are frequently regarded as the greatest evil -- that is, to say, the greatest opposition to liberty, and anything to oppose freedom must considered an evil. Essentially, Libertarianism is a basis for obtaining an opinion on social issues: those things which encroach upon personal liberty are to be opposed. The Libertarian thou... read more

23. The Impeachment of the President of the USA - Part II

By Sam Vaknin AC : ?Before I do, allow me just to repeat. To me, there is no moral difference between one lie and another. All lies are loathsome and lead, in the long run, to hell whatever the good intentions, which paved the way there. As far as I am concerned, President Clinton is a condemned man on these grounds only. But the lies one chooses and the victims he chooses to expose to his misbe... read more

24. The Impeachment of the President of the USA - Part I

By Sam Vaknin In the hallways of the Smithsonian, two moralists are debating the impeachment of the President of the United States of America, Mr. William Jefferson Clinton. One is clearly Anti-Clinton (AC) the other, a Democrat (DC), is not so much for him as he is for the rational and pragmatic application of moral principles. AC (expectedly): ?The President should be impeached?. <... read more