by John P. Reisman | Jun 21, 2007 | Corruption, Politics
Followup: During the 2007 Congressional investigation of the dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys, it was discovered that administration officials had been using a private Internet domain, called gwb43.com, owned by and hosted on an email server run by the Republican...
by John P. Reisman | May 30, 2007 | Environment, Environment-Global Warming
Melting Away NASA and Columbia University Earth Institute research finds that human-made greenhouse gases have brought the Earth’s climate close to critical tipping points, with potentially dangerous consequences for the planet. Antarctic ice loss more than expected....
by John P. Reisman | May 28, 2007 | Environment, Environment-Global Warming
Ice Tipping A team of NASA and university scientists has found clear evidence that extensive areas of snow melted in west Antarctica in January 2005 in response to warm temperatures. This was the first widespread Antarctic melting ever detected with NASA’s...
by John P. Reisman | May 3, 2007 | Healthcare, Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Politics, Healthcare Security
by John P. Reisman — last modified May 03, 2011 04:20 PM Promoting good health is the best long term solution. In the mean time mitigating high costs caused by ignoring healthcare in depleting financial resources. Interim transition strategies must include addressing...
by John P. Reisman | Apr 27, 2007 | Politics
Common sense allows us to view issues in a pragmatic fashion. When any issue is caught up in bias, its capacity for reason is diluted. Many a bill has been compromised to meet the needs of bias rather than the public good. This usually depends on who has the voting...
by John P. Reisman | Mar 25, 2007 | Environment, Environment-Global Warming
There are many influences in the global climate, all of them need to be examined and put in context. Please visit the Real Climate web site link below. This is the best site we know of where you can find excellent arguments regarding the myth and facts as well as...
by John P. Reisman | Mar 22, 2007 | Environment, Environmental Sophistry
Truth and facts hold through time. Lies fade in the wind or die under the weight of truth. “A Call to Judge Based on Relevant Facts and Assessment, Not the Odd Opinion” – Getting this right is pretty important considering all that is at stake and the...
by John P. Reisman | Feb 11, 2007 | Election
Our forefathers considered a direct democracy when crafting the Constitution and were reticent to adopt the model as they felt that minorities may not be properly represented. In our current system it seems that the biggest concerns are special interests that use...
by John P. Reisman | Feb 11, 2007 | Politics
Empowering people or empowering government? What about empowering reason? In keeping with our theme, we need to examine what makes sense. When people think of politics, there is a generally negative perception that comes to mind. Since politics should actually be a...
by John P. Reisman | Feb 11, 2007 | Election, Political Sophistry, Politics
Awareness is the best defense. In public relations, spin is a usually derogative term that represents a sometimes strongly biased portrayal in one’s own perspective of an event or situation. While traditional public relations may rely on creatively presenting...
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