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5.85 Million People Who Can't Vote But Can They Still Complain?
My day usually begins with me checking my phone for the latest overnight news...on instagram. Label me shallow or lame, but it's my social media and I will look at it if I want to. After about six or...
View ArticleReflections on a Hospital Stay
As the immigration debate rages on in Washington, it is easy to forget what's really at stake. We watch the talking heads make their tit-for-tat arguments about border security and pathways to...
View ArticleThe Honeymoon Is Over
Mark Twain famously exclaimed that the reports of his demise were greatly exaggerated. Last Tuesday's elections were not precursors of the demise of the Obama administration at the hands of a newly...
View ArticleThe Bogus Achievement for the Palestinian State
Some say the biggest achievement Mahmoud Abbas will be remembered for, is the magnitude of the pro-Palestinian campaign that has intensified during his 10 years as the official Palestinian leader. When...
View ArticleRoadmap for Rercovery and Prosperity
The primary cause of U.S. structural unemployment, economic stagnation, adverse balance of trade, shrinking revenues, and expanding debt is the export of our high and low tech manufacturing, services,...
View ArticleForeign Aid to Create Jobs
U.S. jobs, revenue growth, living standards, and prosperity are dependent upon the expansion of markets and demand. While innovation creates its own global markets (especially in advanced nations), the...
View ArticleMy Appeal to Our Leaders and to All of Us: Let Us Think, Propose and Act...
The following speech was delivered on November 8, 2014 at the New Policy Forum symposium in Berlin. I I am pleased to welcome all the participants and to see among them both the veterans of our Forum...
View ArticleSunday Roundup
This week, America went to the polls. Despite much breathless post-election chatter about "mandates" and "midterm waves," the really big story was not who people voted for but how many people sat this...
View ArticleResearch Paper: ISIS-Turkey List
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF HUMAN RIGHTS Research Paper: ISIS-Turkey Links By David L. Phillips Introduction Is Turkey collaborating with the Islamic State...
View ArticleGOP's 'Hispanic Problem' Only Got Worse After This Election Cycle
Even as Republicans bask in victory and Democrats try to recover from shell-shock, the greater implications of this election are starting to crystallize. It's early, but three lessons particularly...
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After GOP Pins Blame on Donkey, Can Dems Find Their Inner TR by '16?
LISTEN HERE: By Mark Green Corn and Christie debate if Republicans won a wave election but not mandate since they campaigned only on "Obama Sucks". Q: How did Dems get blamed for gridlock and the...
View ArticleThe Cure for the Democrats' Woes -- Goldman Sachs!
After the Democrats' drubbing in the 2014 midterm elections, there have been fervent debates about whether the Party should embrace an economic populism to tap pocketbook frustrations -- or move...
View ArticleThere Is No Suspense: SCOTUS Has Already Decided to Kill Obamacare
Unless you found the end of Rocky IV to be a surprise, you do not need your popcorn. There is no drama, no suspense. You also do not need to be a legal scholar, know anything about the U.S....
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Is Big Money Being Used to Bully Judges?
Political ads, bought in bulk, do a lot more harm than yield noise pollution. When corporations with a private agenda can selectively barrage our airwaves with attack ads, they can shape the national...
View ArticleThe Escalation of the War in Iraq Is Grounded in Fantasy
As President Obama noted in an interview on Sunday on Face the Nation, the next phase of the U.S. war in Iraq has begun. The administration announced last Friday that it would double the number of U.S....
View ArticleThe Vote Is In: It's Time to Replace "Tough-on-Crime" With "Jobs-not-Jails"
This week, most election coverage has focused on who to blame for the the huge losses suffered by Democrats and what the implications are for the gains made by Republicans, but one of the most...
View ArticleThe World, Not Just America, Must Stand Up to ISIS
In 2008, at the height of the global financial crisis, governments intervened to stop the world's biggest banks from failing. So why, six years later, are they not joining together to confront Islamic...
View ArticleDon't Blame Me
"He started it!" "No, she started it!" "He who smelt it dealt it." "It takes one to know one." "It's all your fault." "I won, I'm the biggest and strongest." The only comment not made by print and TV...
View ArticleThis Veterans Day, Let's Focus on Homeless Female Vets
As we observe Veterans Day 2014 and reflect on how our brave men and women in uniform have served and kept us safe throughout the years, let's shine a long overdue spotlight on the plight of homeless...
View ArticleSnatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory
We'll never know if Democrats actually could have emerged from the November 4th mid-term election with a few new Senate seats, like Kansas, Kentucky or even Georgia. Or if they could have held on to a...
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