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The Mid-Term Elections in the United States: At the Crossroads or the...
Author’s note: This belated entry was due to non-blog related commitments plus I wanted to look at  the elections from multiple perspectives before I decided to chime in, with the goal of keeping to...
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2012: The Year of Reckoning
If there is a year where judgement day will take place, where our actions of the past will determine our fate in the future and where justice will be served once and for all, this year is it and for a...
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Joachim Gauck is President of Germany. Who is Mr. Gauck?
Discussions about Gauck at supper time. We all have our political discussions at the dinner table this evening. In the US, many families are talking about the elections of 2012 and the direction the...
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The Best Leaders Learn From Example
Statue of Harry Truman outside the Jackson County Courthouse in Independence. Photo taken in August 2011 Here is a thought-provoking question that you should consider: What constitutes a great...
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Mail In Ballots: A Question for the Forum
The mail-in ballot Well, it is that time of season- the bi-annual elections in the USA. Unlike the congressional elections of 2010, this one is much uglier than the last for a lot is at steak for not...
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Round Lake, Minnesota: An example of where the job growth should be
All photos taken in August 2011 When you hear of creating jobs, what comes to mind? A better living for yourself and your family? Having enough money to travel to the places you want to? Paying down or...
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Education should be encouraged, not denied
Painting by an unknown artist. Taken at a gallery in Geneva Switzerland in September 2006 8:10 on a Wednesday morning in a lecture hall, waiting for the first class of the day to start. It is one of...
View ArticleDid Sandy push the presidential elections back? I hope so.
There is a proverb that I want to start this column on: It is about disaster. When disaster strikes, people chip in to help. When politicians help, disaster strikes again. Therefore, people go first...
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We have our man for the job! Now let’s get to work! Thoughts on the US Elections
A replica of his office when he was president located at the Truman Presidential Library. Photo taken in August 2011 What does it take to become the President of the United States? And what does it...
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In School in Germany: Is President Obama too American?
Frage für das Forum: Is President Barack Obama too American or too International? Two years left until he finishes his second and final term as President of the United States and soon, we will be...
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