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Want to Change the World? Choose a Woman.
While I'm wary of broad generalizations, today's announcement of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winners, a trio of women who have promoted the causes of peace, freedom, and opportunity through nonviolence, led me to a conclu… -
Is America's Fiscal Future Safe in These Hands?
As part of the Budget Control Act passed this month, a twelve-member Join Committee on Deficit Reduction has been charged with recommending at least $1.5 trillion in additional deficit reduction over the next decade. Th… -
Blinders On and Heading Off a Cliff
This cartoon from this week's Economist magazine summarizes how I feel about the debt limit debacle going on in Washington right now. While I think there is blame to be shared by all sides, the obstinacy of the Tea Part… -
Proposed Changes to Politcal Terms
The thought occurred to me the other day that maybe the problem of the never-ending campaign, in which it seems America has no sooner finished one election season than another begins, would be to change the length of… -
About Fat Cats and Corporations
In the July 9 issue of The Economist magazine, I read this interesting article about why it is so difficult to stir up public sentiment in the United States against the wealthy. For example, why do so many people get… -
Thailand Election Fun - 2011 Update
(Updated Monday am) Sunday afternoon, the polls closed in Thailand's second general election since the 2006 coup that saw Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra ousted by factions of the country's military. The results, anno… -
A Year After the Protests
A year ago today, mobs set fire to various parts of Bangkok in the wake of the breakup by the military of a 40-day long anti-government protest. Those events, along with a related confrontation in April 2010, resulted i… -
Another Inside Job
Last week I finally made the time to watch Inside Job, the Academy Award winning 2010 documentary about the recent financial crisis. The film does an effective job of clearly explaining the complex series of factors th… -
Rising Inequality - Why Don't We Care?
There's an interesting "Room for Debate" series in the NY Times titled "Rising Wealth Inequality - Should we Care?". The series was sparked by an intriguing survey by Michael Norton and Dan Ariely that found that Ameri… -
Response to Rep. Moran (R-KS)
Trying to be an active participant in our American democracy, I subscribe to newsletter updates from my Senators and Congressional Representative. All three of them are very conservative, more so than I am on most issue…
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