Tag: sociology
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How to Stop The Fund-Raising Hamster Wheel
[One of series written for UnitedRepublic.org in 2012. Original article here.] You know there’s too much money in politics. You know business showers money on congressional representatives who vote their way. You may not realize that congressional representatives deliberately play coy on certain issues, delaying resolution for the purpose of raising more funds. Much has… Read more
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Getting Things Done – the United Republic Edition
[One of series written for UnitedRepublic.org in 2012. Original article.] The entire reason for United Republic’s existence is made plain on its front page – we are here to Get Money Out of Politics. The primary source of money in politics is corporate lobbying at all levels of government – local, state and federal. Combating… Read more
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The Extraction of America
[One of series written for UnitedRepublic.org in 2012. Original article.] Let’s get one thing out of the way now – I’m not writing to preach to the converted. Those of you who have read Dylan Ratigan’s Greedy Bastards, who understand the VICI principles, who recognize we are being extracted and how it’s happening – I’m… Read more
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The Biology of Deafness
Employment Matters column, i711.com According to the biology departments at Gallaudet University and the Medical College of Virgina, at least 85% of deaf people will marry another deaf person. Many of those marriages will eventually include children, and if their parents became deaf by genetic causes, there’s certainly a chance of the children being deaf… Read more