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Victoria Mitchell

Political Candidates cannot survive without funds. Fundraising events are typical to just about every political campaign right from running for small town office seats up to running for President. There are a variety of events that can be planned to help raise money, but one of the most favourite is a fundraiser dinner. Hosting such an event can take months of preparation and planning, starting with selecting an appropriate venue. Many people look to favourite cities, like NY, when planning their fundraising events.

Sandra S. Smith

Horror Tale: A family in Texas had a large oak tree limb hanging hazardously above their house, so they decided to have it cut down. The tree man told them no special permits were needed. However a nosy neighbor reported them to the local district, and they were cited for being in violation of a policy involving the removal of trees. The homeowners re-landscaped, and the district inspected the new plantings and indicated they had fulfilled the obligation. They were respectable and did everything properly, or so they were told.

Robert Nazarro

What with the recent debates on healthcare reform, health-related legislation is a hot topic in the United States. However, the characteristic of health legislation most on people?s minds has to do with how much of healthcare should be public, whom can avail of these services, and where the funding will come from. Debates concerning state regulation of medicines, supplements, etc., have been pushed to the side.

This is rather a shame, given the important bill currently being pushed through the American Congress and Senate, which would, in effect, suppress the understanding of supplements, particularly those being produced and marketed by small companies. Let us take a look at how this bill works.

Todd A. Smith

From the historic 1965 election of Carl Stokes as mayor of Cleveland to the momentous joy felt throughout Black USA after President Barack Obama?s election in 2008, the history of Black politics has been filled with highs that still cause many in the community to be filled with jubilation years later.

However, during President Obama?s historic rise to the highest office in the land, critics of Black politics have argued that Black USA seemed content with just electing a mortal of color, regardless of his qualifications or what was best for the community.

Chuck E Perry IV

Politics is about getting re-elected and nothing else besides. It is a common error to adopt that the politician’s role is to create jobs, encourage economic activity, enhance the welfare and well-being of his subjects, preserve the territorial integrity of his country, and fulfill a host of other functions. In truth, the politician has a single and exclusive role: to get re-elected. His primary responsibility is to his party and its members. He owes them patronage: jobs, sinecures, guaranteed income or cash flow, access to the public purse, and the intoxicating wielding of power. His relationship is with his real constituency - the party’s rank and file - and he is accountable to them the same way a CEO (Chief Executive Officer) answers to the corporation’s major shareholders. To make sure that they get re-elected, politicians are sometimes required to implement reforms and policy measures that contribute to the general welfare of the populace and promote it.

Chuck E Perry IV

Chuck E Perry IV

Chuck E Perry IV

The United States has been in a recession since December, 2007, as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research, a private, nonprofit research organization. But the American people, and the Obama administration along with the democrat majority congress, seem to be at odds on how to fix the American economy. A robust economy means companies expand which results in job creation.

Chuck E Perry IV

Chuck E Perry IV

It is commonly accepted that the project of sustainable development is conceptually composed of three constituent parts. These parts are (1) environmental sustainability, (2) economic sustainability, and (3) social-political sustainability. The United Nations 2005 World Summit refers to the “interdependent and mutually reinforcing pillars” of sustainable development as environmental protection, economic development and social development. The interdependency of the first two is evident; it is perhaps the greatest challenge of our time to satisfy the needs and wants of burgeoning populations within the binding constraints imposed by our physical environment. But what is this great hoopla about social development and sustainability of politics, and what exactly is its place? If environmental endorsement is concerned with the preservation of our natural environment and resources, and economic sustainability is concerned with seeking durable growth solutions therein, then the social-political sphere can be thought of as representative of the more purely human element in the equation.