NIGHTWATCH Revolution 2.0 Round-Up
Iran, Oman, Bahrein, Kuwait, Iraq, Yemen, Egypt, Libya
Greater Democracy: Citizen in Search of a Leader
Sunday 27 Feb 2011 Citizen in Search of a Leader Author: Robert David Steele Vivas Summary of Qualifications America needs a leader that is balanced, thoughtful, integrative, supportive of dissent and debate, and above all, educated enough to craft a national strategy for security and prosperity that will stand the test of time. I want …
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Review: Simple Government
Mike Huckabee Great Mind and Heart, Too Simple, Good Start February 26, 2011 Right up front, and in part because this is going to be a “tough love” commentary, I want to say that of all those of any persuasion who are known presidential contenders, Mike Huckabee is the only one I genuinely like, trust, …
Good People, Bad System
Obama Isn’t Trying to ‘Weaken America’ Some conservatives call the president the political equivalent of a suicide bomber: so consumed with hatred that he’s willing to blow himself up in order to inflict casualties on a society he loathes. . . . . . . . In short, the White House record of more than …
Anti-Corruption in USA–A First Step
Watchdog Group Files Formal Complaints To Disbar And Prosecute Clarence Thomas For 20 Years Of False Statements, Financial Conflicts Of Interest, And Using His Decisions On The Supreme Court To Enrich His Wife Pressure Building On Department Of Justice To Take Action Washington, D.C.– February 8, 2011, ProtectOurElections.org filed two formal complaints against Justice Clarence …
Burning Man Fires Up North Africa…
Tunisia: ‘I have lost my son, but I am proud of what he did’ The mother of the street vendor who set himself on fire, and triggered protests across North Africa, talks to Kim Sengupta The street vendor who set himself alight, sparking an uprising which swept away 23 years of dictatorship in Tunisia and …
EGYPT: Can Democracy by Randomly Revolutionized?
Will Egypt Revolutionize Democracy Itself? by Tom Atlee Thomas Friedman suggests that the special strength of Egypt’s youth-led revolutionary movement has been “the fact that it represented every political strain, every segment and class in Egyptian society.” But then he turns around and says that diversity “is also its weakness. It still has no accepted …
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