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Politics, News & Issues > Police & Prisons If the US government restores $2 billion cut from state and local law enforcement, will crime be reduced?: 10 of 25
Past experience shows us that spending another $2 Billion per year on law enforcement in the US will have no effect on reducing crime levels. History shows that there is no real correlation between throwing large sums of money at a problem and reducing that problem(the fact that we cannot even afford it is beside the point).... More..
Politics, News & Issues > War in Iraq War in Iraq: Has the proposed withdrawal of allied troops from Iraq come too late?: 11 of 27
Delusions of victory aside, let us take a sober look at the regular announcements coming out of Washington. Official announcements from Washington about its "proposed" withdrawal of troops claim that we'll only be in Iraq until late 2009... if you've been following these bulletins over the years, you'll see a familiar patter... More..
Politics, News & Issues > War in Iraq Can Iraq overcome feuding between sects to create a united country?: 8 of 16
"The Civil War in Iraq"... how often have we heard this popular headline over the past 3 years? We need to be reminded that this fabled 'feud' between Sunnis and Shi'ites actually began after the US invaded Iraq. And we also need to know how and why it's happening. The military operation against Iraq was unprecedented in mod... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Terrorism Book reviews: A Fury for God: The Islamist Attacks on America, by Malise Ruthven: 1 of 2
On the eve of Sept 11th, this book release certainly looks like opportunism at its worst. The thesis of this book rides the zeitgeist of fear which is sweeping the American national conversation, and propagating the myth that Islam is an evil religion and that all Muslims are hell-bent on destroying freedom and democracy... ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Terrorism Is Al Qaeda growing stronger despite global anti-terrorism efforts?: 8 of 15
Al Qaeda... an alternative spelling could be 'All-CIA-duh'... a little art is always helpful in shedding like on a complicated problem, dispelling the modern legend of this supposed 'Terrorist Organization'. The media is constantly asking itself, "Al Qaeda... Are they getting stronger?" The question should really be "... do ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Government & Policies Commentary: Doing away with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS): 8 of 15
Imagine this: In real terms our dollar is worth a poultry 4 cents of what it was worth in 1900. How is this true? And what does this have to do with my Federal Income Tax? On the surface, of course, it does not add up. Most Americans cannot see through this because too many believe the likes of Alan Greenspan, some sort of f... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the Middle & Near East Anti-Israel messages in the Mideast and the Annapolis peace talks: 5 of 9
Blow off the dust, shake off the cobwebs and get ready. The Road Map has been pulled out of the bag again, with our leaders taking turns trying to unfold it. Initial overtures were extremely positive alright- the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert offered a ray of sunshine in Maryland by acknowledging Palestinian suffering a... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory The Amero: Should the US support a North American-wide currency like the Euro?: 10 of 17

It is surprising to see the 'Amero' being discussed so soon in the mainstream, but if you've been following the developments regarding NAFTA(North American Free Trade Agreement) then you would know something about this new currency... coming to a ATM machine near you. Simply put, the Amero could be the most serious attack on... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the Middle & Near East Solutions to the Israeli-Palestine crisis in the Middle East: 13 of 22
Often in theory, the best solutions are the simplest ones. But in practice, people's prejudice and fear make even the simplest solution a near impossibility. The late great Columbia University and Palestinian-American scholar, Edward Said, saw the much hyped "Two State Solution" as mere 'band-aid' proposal and an enterprise ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Terrorism Why Islam has been hijacked by terrorism: 9 of 14

A more accurate question might be "where is the real 'hijacking' taking place in society today?" The uncomfortable realization for many Western-oriented pundits- that nearly all followers of Islam worldwide do not believe in or support terrorism, is not nearly as news worthy as the continued spectre and the open-ended crusad... More..