Tag: public policy
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August 02, 2009 12:44 PM EDT --
Let's stop that Mexican Gun Smuggling!
Let's terminate the cross border gun and ammo trade to the Mexican drug gangs . BUT let's also keep the gun shows open. We also can't do anything about the . . .
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January 27, 2009 08:24 AM EST --
It has been a hot topic, no? Many have looked at the effort by Dems in the House of Representatives to include funding for free contraceptives in the Economic Stimulus Package and have said, such an outrage, . . .
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January 15, 2009 05:09 PM EST --
Citizens for Good Public Policy
http://citizensforgoodpublicpolicy.org
A group calling itself "Citizens for Good Public Policy" has placed a charter amendment on the City of Gainesville's . . .
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February 03, 2007 11:12 AM EST --
Long before he wrote "Hell and high Water: global warming, the solution and the politics, and what we should do", Joseph Romm used to work for the Department of Energy. Rather than being a climatologist, . . .
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October 20, 2007 11:51 PM EDT --
I just watched most of tonight's episode of "Planet in Peril" with Anderson Cooper, Sanjay Gupta, and other CNN staff. My initial reaction is that it is not a bad summary of where we . . .
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November 30, 2008 12:10 PM EST --
George W. Bush Belongs in Prison
Joel S. Hirschhorn
Electing Barack Obama president was the first step in redeeming American democracy. The second step must . . .
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March 22, 2007 05:24 PM EDT --
All Americans want a good life for themselves and their families. They want to be proud of their country and to believe that it can live up to its ideals. A friend asked me recently if I thought dealing . . .
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August 26, 2007 05:53 PM EDT --
I used to enjoy arguing about Iraq on Gather, but this last week has been really, uh, well, not fun anymore. There is all this yelling about the incompetence of George W. Bush, who is supposed to be in . . .
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March 05, 2008 10:14 AM EST --
Friends to the End is a book that sent me off on a path I'd never imagined.
When I first started writing it in late 1999, my main intention was to write something a bit unusual; a book . . .
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January 27, 2007 08:52 PM EST --
This could be disturbing news no matter which political persuasion you happen to be. A Newsweek poll taken over January 24 and 25 has revealed that the State of the Union address did not help the President's popularity. . . .
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September 10, 2007 03:57 AM EDT --
I found an interesting commentary this morning by Dave Winer, the guy who gave blogs to the world. Also, incidentally, my blogfather...
The problem is that when the press don't do their job, and . . .
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March 28, 2009 11:39 AM EDT --
I am reprinting this article in its entirety, borrowed from a website, as a public awareness effort. We recently had a conference for the climate change denial squad, which David K covered here on Gather. . . .
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May 19, 2007 05:33 PM EDT --
This is the text of a speech I gave at the Washington State Coalition for the Homeless on May 9 (2007). A lot of background knowledge is assumed that the audience here might not share with Coalition . . .
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February 01, 2008 10:58 PM EST --
Six Degrees: our future on a hotter planet by Mark Lynas
National Geographic January 2008 . . .
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February 04, 2007 01:37 PM EST --
Today's Chicago Tribune has an article about programs designed to help the homeless quit smoking. Some of the programs include distribution of nicotene patches.
I think this is a great idea . . .
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November 15, 2007 02:25 PM EST --
It's no secret that the death penalty is very controversial. People either think it is barbaric, or they believe it does some good. What good could it do? After all, we're killing somebody, aren't . . .
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March 04, 2007 11:21 PM EST --
After many articles revolving around crimes and illegal immigrants, I wasn't surprised to find that such crimes also occur with U.S. born 'white' supremacists. Some 'white' . . .
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March 27, 2007 09:34 AM EDT --
The Story We’re Told vs. The True American Story
You’d swear Bill Bradley was running for office or dashing down court for a breakaway three-pointer. This one-time presidential contender and . . .
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September 10, 2007 02:55 AM EDT --
I looked through my files to see what I had on the feminism of today, and the following is what I came up with. It was originally written in August of 2004, but I see that not much has changed. There’s . . .
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March 06, 2007 03:45 PM EST --
Come and meet Bill Bradley when he visits a book store near you. Read the discussion and share your thoughts on Bill Bradley's new book, The New American Story. Click here to join the group. . . .
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