Overview Is This The Congress We Want? We Can’t Wait Much Longer To Fix Congress Lobbying Murkiness Undermines Our Trust in Congress Congress Confuses the Public and Itself Congressional Bickering Who Lobbies for the Rest of Us? It’s Time for the Public to Fund Congressional Travel Congress Needs to Invigorate Its Ethics System, Not Weaken …
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Pushes the Re-Set Button on Both Gore and Lomborg October 3, 2009 Doug L. Hoffman and Allen Simmons The more I read, the less I know and the more frustrated I grow with the insanity of academic, government, corporate, and non-governmental stovepipes of knowledge in isolation. Right up front this book, read crossing the Atlantic …
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5.0 out of 5 stars Phenomenal Reference with a Priceless CD, September 25, 2009 Jerome Glenn, Theodore Gordon, and Elizabeth Florescu This book, which includes a CD with a ton of additional information and visualization, is worth every penny of the asking price. It brings together global statistics, illustrations, and expert depictions of alternative scenarios. …
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Information as the New Arms Race An official report last week reveals weaknesses in our effort to prevent another 9/11. L. GORDON CROVITZ Monday, September 21, 2009 The U.S. is the only country whose laws mandate the release of details of its intelligence goals and operations. Every four years, the National Intelligence Strategy document discloses the priorities of …
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In keeping with our new-found commitment to focus on public intelligence and leave political reform to others, this commentary provides an overview of the political scene (including political commentary from journalists lacking any independence), and concludes that what is missing from our national dialog are integrity and public intelligence. First, the political “terrain” of ideological …
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With a tip of the hat to MILNET, these two stories go so very well together, they had to be combined her. Telkom says it cannot be blamed for slow broadband services at a Durban-based company which claims a pigeon can carry its data bundles faster. . . . . . . . In total …
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