Right-wing extremists are the first to wave flags and pretend how much they believe in the Constitution and yet, they constantly whine and complain we can’t trust the government. Apparently, they were asleep at the wheel during civics class, when the rest of us learned we the people are the government. How many times must [...]
Continue reading …According to the 2nd Amendment of the United States Constitution, “. . .the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed”. The word “Arms” was deliberately capitalized, a common practice at the time used for emphasis. Since Thomas Jefferson later owned a private cannon, the largest weapon in his day, the term [...]
Continue reading …It’s befitting that the issue of disaster management was highlighted at the recent 35th UNESCO general conference in Paris since it served as one ideal platform to remind the world community of the challenges which natural disasters posed and the consequences of inaction. It’s noteworthy that the Malaysian Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak [...]
Continue reading …Is it a fact that US forces are on defeat in Afghanistan? How some one can declare its defeat in a battle field? It is not tactically safe to talk publicly about weaknesses in the war. But the question is that why American military and political leadership is telling the story of their weak position [...]
Continue reading …The G8 consists of the 8 richest countries in the world. They hold summit meetings and at these meetings they decide the fate of the world. All must be in agreement to follow through with the goals they have set up, yet bribery in terms of pollution laws, or anything the country may desire to [...]
Continue reading …Governance means to minimize the political, social and economical shortcomings of a state by the proper utilization of government machinery, civil society, media and market. If the mandatory objectives are achieved successfully, it is called good governance. But normally common people define good governance as excellent performance of the administrative bodies of the state. Common [...]
Continue reading …In its attempt to realize the long cherished dream of global disarmament United Nation Security Council has stepped a leap forward by adopting a fresh resolution (Resolution No.1887), which asks every nation to sign Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT). But here lies the question; will only signing to the NPT suffice the cause? To get [...]
Continue reading …The components of national power of the state, qualitative and quantitative factors of economic, political, social and military power are needed to interpret the same state as a dynamic social relationship, which necessarily interacts with all facets of social behavior. The combination of these optical multidisciplinary appreciate the history and present of nations, as part [...]
Continue reading …Local governments face a rapidly changing society, both in terms of speed and dimension. Some of today’s most striking issues are: (i) the economic restructuring as the former socialist industries collapsed; (ii) the impact that high rates of unemployment have on families and communities; (iii) the continuous growth of vulnerable groups, as division and differentiation [...]
Continue reading …The statecan use about $230 million set aside for tobacco prevention for other purposes, an Ohio appeals court ruled Thursday in overturning a trial court’s decision. The 10th District Court of Appeals said Ohio could spend the tobacco prevention money — which had originally been given to the Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Foundation — [...]
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