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Over the last year, two key concepts have reigned over all others: the economy and the environment. Like opposing forces they push and pull at one another, with economic downturns running counter to calls for increased spending on the environment, including renewable energy development and ...
Many people like Hillary Clinton because she is a strong minded, educated, and intelligent politician. A lot of feminists like her because she is a female politician that is liberal. Others respect her long history of working for the disenfranchised as a lawyer and politician. ...
Oil, like cotton or coffee, is traded on the commodities future market, usually having minimal effect on the average American. This type of trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange was started more than a century ago as a way for farmers to determine the ...
This past week The Capital Area Association of Realtors released June home sales figures. For the second month in a row the association decided to do a previous month comparison, and year over year comparison. Why would they start a previous month comparison? In my ...
America is now facing its biggest economic challenges since the great depression. Last year, 2.6 million Americans lost their jobs. Last month another 600,000 went looking for work. Economists say if unemployment figures were determined in the same way as 30 years ago, we would ...
You read it right -- these ten patriotic quotes are to celebrate Cinco De Mayo, an often misunderstood holiday. Many Americans do not understand the significance of the holiday. Many believe it is strictly a Mexican affair. I'm here to tell you that Cinco De ...
You’ll never find a presidential candidate without a large ego. It takes a big ego to be a world leader. Look at the great figures in history, be they heroes or villains, they are larger than life. But the truly great leaders, while possessing big ...
Now is the moment for women to step onto the stage of world history. They've been absent long enough, and a planet on the brink is to show for it. Recall how we got into the current fiscal catastrophe: via capitalism. And remember it was capitalism, ...
Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) are in charge of educating people about disaster preparedness for hazards that occur all of a sudden. They educate people about how to survive when disaster strikes. Basic skills like light search and rescue, fire safety, disaster medical operations and ...
As with most heavily funded political campaigns, at this point in the Democratic Primary race the political TV ads are just a waste of money. First, the great majority of people have already decided on which candidate they are going to back. And, most of ...
