Month: February 2006

NSA Hearings: Looking Back

Back in 1978, the nation was enjoying a summer listening to Rod Stewart’s Do Ya Think I’m Sexy and getting down with A Taste of Honey’s Boogie Oogie Oogie. Vietnam and Watergate were over and President Carter...

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America’s One and One-half Party System

Is reform needed? I believe not. It isn’t reform that is needed, but a major overhaul: one that could get this nation closer to democracy and humanity, and away from empire-building and insensitive behavior toward other...

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New arms race with China?

Economists predict that China will become the world’s largest economy by 2030 or 2035 (to be eclipsed by India which has a younger demographic profile by 2050). So it is inevitable that that China will be a strong...

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The Democratic Substance Debate

We have been discussing our dissatisfaction with the strategies of our Democratic candidates: clever framing vs. plain truth, civil discussion vs. all out attack, strong statements of liberal values vs. courting of moderates. We...

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