Are Americans Unready To Boil?

Joel Hirschhorn asked: The frog-in-boiling water model helps us understand political upheavals – how citizens wake up early enough (or too late) to respond to social and economic oppression. Sometimes the greed and arrogance of Ruling Classes makes them careless and social waters heat too quickly. Sensing doom, alert citizen-frogs escape or revolt. Or they [...]

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Liberal Media and Political Realities – Book Review

Lance Winslow asked: We’ve often heard conservatives and Republicans claim that the media is completely “Liberally Biased” and the reality is that although the numbers do not lie, there are conservative venues that also dominate, such as conservative radio and the Fox News Channel. All this political banter causes a great deal of unrest and [...]

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Michael Moore: "The Dumbest People on the Face of the Earth"

Kristin Johnson asked: “Fahrenheit 9/11″ auteur Michael Moore recently fueled the epidemic of hatred for America by denouncing his own country and his own people to the foreign press. The UK’s Mirror printed Mr. Moore’s observation of Americans: “They are the dumbest people on the face of the earth…in thrall to conniving, thieving, smug ******…We [...]

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Medicine Without Borders

Kate Loving Shenk asked: As we excitedly wait for film maker Michael Moore’s new masterpiece,”Sicko,” I decided to do some research on Cuba’s healthcare system.“Sicko” spotlights the negligent U.S. healthcare system. In a brilliant example of contrast, Moore takes 911 fire fighters and rescue workers with life threatening lung problems their health insurance policies refused [...]

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Politics As Usual and the Move Towards Socialism

Lance Winslow asked: Politics is like a drug for society as it is the catalyst, as well as the sound and fury of mankind and his slow progression. Some say that politics is no way to run the human race or our civilization, yet others swear by their leaders, who often enough turn out to [...]

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Analyzing Capitalism and Democracy

Lisa Dunlop asked: For a political science class, I was asked to investigate the relationship between democracy and capitalism; the quality of democracy is heavily influenced by capitalism, but to what extent? In “Democracy for the Few”, Michael Parenti discusses the relationship between “want” and “wealth” in a capitalist society. To Parenti, “want” is concerned [...]

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