Articles written by Mark Poyhonen

Politics, News & Issues > Pulitzer Center What would be the most dramatic difference, in terms of U.S. foreign policy, between a President John McCain and a President Barack Obama?: 7 of 43

The value of human lives is in the balance of the next American Presidential election. Barack Obama has said his foreign policy will bring our troops home from Iraq. John McCain supports an enhanced surge' strategy that requires more personnel stationed and operating in hostile city environments. The counterinsurgency strate...
Creative Writing > Satire Satire: Government programs: 1 of 6

The Minority Ronald felt the weight of a losing argument pressing upon his intellect. He was beginning to feel like a loser for having succeeded in getting a breakfast meeting with his elected representative. "I wanted to register as a minority," Ronald repeated the source of his problem in the hope of achi...
Politics, News & Issues > Government & Policies Rescuing Social Security from bankruptcy: 3 of 6

Our Social Security System will run out of money in the future, not because it is a pay as you go system, but because we have loaned the Social Security surpluses to our government, and our government has not paid back the borrowed money. Today's workers and employers input the money used to make payments to current benefici...