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Opinion Forum » Jan Barry
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A Forum for Opinions on News, Politics, and Life. Jan Barry is an Adjunct Professor of Journalism at Ramapo College of New Jersey? He’s a poet and writer and the author of? A Citizen’s Guide to Grassroots Campaigns;. Winning Hearts and Minds: War Poems by Vietnam Veterans. After an Army stint in Vietnam, he resigned from the US Military Academy to become a writer and peace activist? He recently retired from a news reporting career and is still seeking to find workable solutions to world problems? China a...
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Opinion Forum » David Axelrod Is Right: Government Is Too Big and Uncontrollable
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A Forum for Opinions on News, Politics, and Life. David Axelrod Is Right: Government Is Too Big and Uncontrollable. May 16th, 2013. President Obama, as usual, is blameless for any misfeasance and malfeasance of the Government he. S make it easier for him by making it simpler and smaller. Indeed, even this little bit. About the Justice Department almost escaped me:. S watch list used to keep dangerous people off airline flights, the department? S inspector general said in a report Thursday. At first, I wo...
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Opinion Forum » Red Lines, Syria and Incompetence
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A Forum for Opinions on News, Politics, and Life. Red Lines, Syria and Incompetence. April 30th, 2013. Well thought out red lines can be drawn, successfully. Ill conceived red lines can easily make a bad situation much worse. An article from Stratfor is republished following my initial comments. Great care needs to be taken to avoid drawing ill defined? Something to be done if crossed? That would be viable militarily, economically, politically and with due regard to the probable consequences. Our most re...
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Opinion Forum » Opinion Forum Is No Longer Posting New Articles
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A Forum for Opinions on News, Politics, and Life. Opinion Forum Is No Longer Posting New Articles. May 22nd, 2013. Opinion Forum is no longer posting new articles? All previously posted articles are still available, and commenting remains open? Articles can be found in the list of those most recently posted or in monthly archives located on the left sidebar? All articles can be searched using the site search box on the right sidebar. Articles written by Editor. Government Needs to Get Bigger. Quickly.
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Opinion Forum » Does Modern Academia Encourage Unthinking Acceptance of Authority?
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A Forum for Opinions on News, Politics, and Life. Does Modern Academia Encourage Unthinking Acceptance of Authority? May 12th, 2013. This post is based in large part on an article titled Why Anti-Authoritarians are Diagnosed as Mentally? Is there a current tendency to consider those who cherish and seek to preserve our rights, including those under the First and Second Amendments, mentally ill? I have had no direct contact with academia since my years in undergraduate school (1959? S twice weekly lecture...
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Opinion Forum » Cognitive Biases Are Bad for Business
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A Forum for Opinions on News, Politics, and Life. Cognitive Biases Are Bad for Business. May 20th, 2013. The conventional wisdom in classical economics is that we humans are? If the facts don? T fit the theory, throw out the facts,? Attributed, ironically enough, to Albert Einstein. But any notion that we are, in fact, rational actors, was blown out of the water by Dr. Daniel Kahneman. Have demonstrated quite unequivocally that humans make decisions and act in ways that are anything but rational. T reall...
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Opinion Forum » Government Needs to Get Bigger. Quickly.
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A Forum for Opinions on News, Politics, and Life. Government Needs to Get Bigger. Quickly. May 20th, 2013. There is far too much subversion for a small Government to handle. The Administration needs to be protected no matter how high the cost. Following the attack in Benghazi, senior State Department officials close to Hillary Clinton ordered the removal of a mid-level official who had no role in security decisions and has never been told the charges against him. He is now accusing Clinton? At a very low...
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Opinion Forum » Tom Carter
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A Forum for Opinions on News, Politics, and Life. Retired U.S. Army Colonel? I was a pilot, flying helicopters and airplanes, and a troop commander for seven years in units from company to brigade levels? I served two tours of duty in Vietnam as an attack helicopter? I was assigned to Panama for two years and? To Germany for four years. After leaving the Army,? The US. Agency for International Development? While with USAID, I lived and worked in? Russia, Armenia, Senegal, Angola,? Hail to the Chief!
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Opinion Forum » Hail to the Chief! Of What?
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A Forum for Opinions on News, Politics, and Life. Hail to the Chief! May 19th, 2013. When He appears officially it is played. Who is. Writing about Hail to the Chief here. I observed that President Obama is the chief only of the military. Lyrics are not usually sung. Chief we have chosen for the nation,. Hail to the Chief! We salute him, one and all. Hail to the Chief,? As we pledge cooperation? In proud fulfillment of a great, noble call. Yours is the aim to make this grand country grander,. To avoid sp...
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