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    Corporate Campaign Finance Regulations Overruled by U.S. Supreme Court

    Friday, January 22nd, 2010

    Yesterday, on January 21, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court passed a landmark decision in Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission that will drastically impact American politics, the upcoming 2010 midterm campaign season and the resulting U.S. legislation. It also dramatically erodes the idea that the U.S. Constitution was created for The People, individual […]

    Clean ‘Green’ Energy and Grant Links

    Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

    I recently went to a conference on energy and was pleasantly surprised to hear that there are various initiatives to build and retrofit buildings to be more ‘green’ or clean.  Some of the links have information on various grants or stimulus funds that are also  available.  Some are better than others but are worth checking […]

    U.S. Healthcare and the Swine Flu / H1N1

    Monday, April 27th, 2009

    Epidemics inflict horrible, damaging and lasting effects on all aspects of society. In times like these, we need to think about the government’s role in society. Here’s the BBC link looking at the origins of the Swine flu http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8021947.stm
    You’ll have to watch a commercial before, but the report is good.
    In the interconnected world […]

    Moving Beyond Partisan Stupidity and Name Calling

    Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

    We need to move beyond the partisan labels of Conservative, Liberal, Republican and Democrat.  We need to move past partisan stupidity so that we can start real discussion and move toward real solutions.  Pardon the wording, but stupidity seems to be the correct word.    We need to stop placing blame on the other political party […]

    Could you spare some Change?

    Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

    I just returned from being a juror for the Big Muddy Film Festival.  It was like a slice of heaven - being in a dark room for hours, watching films, one after another, then deliberating about them.  I’d have to honestly admit that I’m a bit jealous of the other jurors’ backgrounds.  I didn’t go […]

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