Chuck Spinney: Questions Not Asked in Presidential Debates

National Insecurity Questions That Won’t Be Asked in the Presidential Debates How Bad Will Things Get in Afghanistan? by FRANKLIN C. SPINNEY. Counterpunch, October 08, 2012 For reasons that were quite clear well before the Afghan “surge” began (see here and here), America’s Afghan adventure is now ending without achieving its goals. The prospects for a civil life in Afghanistan are likely …

IVN Steele on Electoral Reform Part 5: Debates

Steele on Electoral Reform – Part 5: Debates Independent Voter Network, 16 March 2012 Each state shall sponsor at least one presidential debate for a total of 50 debates, each state determining the questions, format, and participants. Each state shall sponsor at least one cabinet-level debate among designated individuals, e.g. the Attorney General, Secretary of …

Robert Steele: Catholic Church Debates Secrecy vs Truth – Something We Should All Be Doing…

Although I held clearances until 2006 from 1976 when I was the S-1/Adjutant for Battalion Landing Team 3/4 out of Okinawa (six countries, six ships, six months), it was not until 15 August 1979, when I entered on duty with the Central Intelligence Agency, that the “truth” became my calling.  My class was one of …

Ralph Nader: Public Presidential Debates – Breaking the Back of the Two-Party Debate Commission

In the Public Interest The Road to Twenty One Presidential Debates in 2012 11/2/11 What people would not want Presidential Debates in multiple cities all over America in September and October 2012? Why, the people at the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD). CPD is a private corporation created in 1987. It is controlled by the …

Event: 16 Dec 2010 0930-1100 DC New America Foundation Self Inflicted Wound–Debates and Divisions Within al-Qa’ida and its Periphery

Self-Inflicted Wounds Debates and Divisions Within al-Qa’ida and its Periphery Please join the New America Foundation National Security Studies Program for the release and discussion of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point’s new report, Self-Inflicted Wounds: Debates and Divisions within al-Qa’ida and its Periphery, which explores the disagreements and internal tensions that weaken the …

Journal: Third Parties “Crashing” Debates with IT

John Mertens to Use Multimedia Technology to Debate Candidates Despite Exclusion from the Official Debate, October 4th. NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Despite earning a ballot line in the 2010 U.S. Senate Race in Connecticut, Dr. John Mertens is not invited to participate in the first post-primary U.S. Senate debate, in New Haven, Conn., Monday, October …