Politics is a process by which decisions are made within groups. Although the term is generally applied to behavior within governments, politics is observed in all human (and many non-human) group interactions, including corporate, academic, and religious institutions. Political science (also political studies) is the study of political behavior and examines the acquisition and application of power. http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/index.htm Your copyright information Statistics from the National Federation of State High School Associations reveal that- in 1999- 15 students perished while playing in high school football games. This fact received little to no coverage in the national media. Angry parents did not parade into Washington- D.C.- in order to de http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Gun-Control-Will-Solve-Nothing.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Gun-Control-Will-Solve-Nothing.htm Consider the presidential election system we have today: Every state has a number of electors- equal to their amount of representatives and senators- who vote for the President of the United States. In most states- every elector goes to the candidate who achieves the most popular votes- rega http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Heal-Our-Republic:-Change-Our-Electoral-System.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Heal-Our-Republic:-Change-Our-Electoral-System.htm Most politicians bend the laws of the land and steal money or solicit bribes because they need the funds to support networks of patronage. Others do it in order to reward their nearest and dearest or to maintain a lavish lifestyle when their political lives are over. But these munda http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Why-Are-Politicians-Corrupt.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Why-Are-Politicians-Corrupt.htm Even a month ago- I was content to let the electoral system punish President George W. Bush for his incompetence in prosecuting the war in Iraq. Let him deal with more Democrats than he bargained for after the 2006 midterm elections- I thought. That would sufficiently punish him for his failur http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Impeach-Bush-now.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Impeach-Bush-now.htm As far as I am concerened- the leaders of China are not now and never will be our friends or allies. The leaders of China do not care about anything other than amassing power and destroying their enemies and since everyone not Chinese is their enemy they feel that it is their duty to someday ru http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Relations-With-China.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Relations-With-China.htm Tax policy discussions are meant to do what? Arrive at a rational policy- or garner votes. I think it is the latter. What is lost in all the debate over tax increases versus tax cuts- is science. Contrary to what most people may think- there is some scientific study of taxation. http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_The-Tax-Policy-Charade.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_The-Tax-Policy-Charade.htm Islamic apologists keep telling us that the religion of Islam is a kind- tolerante and peaceful religion. Every time a woman is stoned or someone is beheaded or a homicide bomber blows up a bus or restaurant filled with innocent people- we are told that it is the work of Islamic fanatics and t http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Islamic-Intolerance.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Islamic-Intolerance.htm There are a handful of countries that are still considered communist regimes. Yet communism doesn/' t really exist. These countries are more like dictatorships with authoritarian type leaders who operate under the very thin veil of non-existent communism. These groups or individual http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Is-Communism-Dead-Yet.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Is-Communism-Dead-Yet.htm It has been more than a decade since the Cold War is over. Being used to the surprises of history- we need to recall some of the facts of the past in order to trace the political movements of that time and their ways to get public attention. International sporting events is a great way to attra http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Unforgettable-Announcement-that-Shook-the-World.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Unforgettable-Announcement-that-Shook-the-World.htm The United States with less than 5% of the world/' s population consumes roughly 25% of the world/' s energy. Some might argue that this is egregious- while others would say that it is simply a yardstick by which the world/' s largest economy is measured. But for whatever the reason for our vas http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Nuclear-Energy-The-Green-Solution.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Nuclear-Energy-The-Green-Solution.htm According to a recent poll conducted by ComputerWorld- about forty percent of the population believes that people can increase their political power by going online. Hence- many academics believe that people in western societies are becoming more technologically educated in order to gain more http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Politics-and-the-Internet.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Politics-and-the-Internet.htm Politics- in all its forms- is bankrupt. The notion that we can safely and successfully hand over the management of our daily lives and the setting of priorities to a political class or elite is thoroughly discredited. Politicians cannot be trusted- regardless of the system in which they oper http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_The-New-Politics.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_The-New-Politics.htm February 21th- 2006 by Elif Ozdemir On Sunday- Hugo Chavez- president of Venezuela- threatened Condoleezza Rice. Last Friday- he also made treats to discontinue exporting crude oil to America if they will still try to undermine his administration. This is hi http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Venezuela-Threatens-to-Cut-off-Oil-Exports-to-US.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Venezuela-Threatens-to-Cut-off-Oil-Exports-to-US.htm Let/' s not pretend that third world debt is about wise investment of borrowed money in order to develop a country/' s economy more quickly. If it were so- the countries which borrowed the most would be the ones doing well. Without getting into statistics- I/' ll just point out that debt is mo http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Third-World-Debt-A-Solution.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Third-World-Debt-A-Solution.htm China is well entrenched in the global marketplace- but with Chinese piracy reported at 90 percent- it/' s the third least friendly country for protecting intellectual property (IP). China/' s accession into the World Trade Organization started four years ago. With this commitment http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Intellectual-Property-Engaging-with-China.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Intellectual-Property-Engaging-with-China.htm Nothing President Bush said last night (5/15/06) will have any real impact on illegal immigration. I hate to criticize the President but that’s my professional opinion. I have several payroll companies that prepare payroll for businesses around the country. Immigration- legal and i http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Solving-the-Immigration-Problem:.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Solving-the-Immigration-Problem:.htm Thor Industries Chief Executive Wade Thompson- whose business is the globe/' s largest allocator of diesel pusher motor coaches and travel trailers- is looking forward to the holiday ramble industry/' s overall product shipments to ascend in 2005 for the fourth straight yearly performance peri http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_The-Sales-Boom-in-Diesel-Motorhomes-Defies-the-Economic-Forecasts.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_The-Sales-Boom-in-Diesel-Motorhomes-Defies-the-Economic-Forecasts.htm As anyone who has opened a newspaper or watched the news over the past few years knows- the Islamic Republic of Iran has been pursuing nuclear capability. Iran’s government insists its only goal is to develop nuclear power plants that would not threaten anyone. The United Nations- though- is http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Neo-Containment-for-a-Nuclear-Iran.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Neo-Containment-for-a-Nuclear-Iran.htm As the nation sputters forward into a new problem of illegal immigrants- neo-conservatism and budget crisis we must wonder what to make of it all. The signals are confusing. On the one hand we have illegal immigrants who have had to hide from the law- work in poverty like conditi http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Should-Illegal-Immigrants-be-Allowed.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Should-Illegal-Immigrants-be-Allowed.htm On the front page of the World Nuclear Association website prominently rests a quote from what some consider the world’s leading environmentalist and among the world’s top scientists- Dr. James Lovelock: “There is no sensible alternative to nuclear power if we are to sustain civilization." - Ja http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_James-Lovelocks-Latest-Book-Trashes-Renewables,-Endorses-Nuclear-Energy.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_James-Lovelocks-Latest-Book-Trashes-Renewables,-Endorses-Nuclear-Energy.htm This has made Bhutan one of the highest per capita refugee generators in the world due to the implementation of the “Driglam Namzha” (Cultural Code of the Ruling Elite) with a "One Nation- One People" policy which imposed the language- dress code- and customs of the northern Bhutanese on the http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Bhutanese-Refugees-in-Nepal.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Bhutanese-Refugees-in-Nepal.htm You’ve read about it- you’ve seen it: terrorist attacks on trains- in nightclubs and the worst terrorist attack in U.S history on September 11th in New York City. But will the next terrorist attack strike even closer to home – your own hospital’s emergency room. Dr. Paulo J. Reyes- a First Re http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_The-Rising-Risk-of-a-Terrorist-Attack-Could-It-Happen-Today.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_The-Rising-Risk-of-a-Terrorist-Attack-Could-It-Happen-Today.htm In a surprise move- Democrats and Republicans have written a bill threatening China with a heavy tariff increase on its exports to the United States unless Beijing ceases intentional manipulation of the yuan and agrees to strengthen the currency significantly against the dollar in the near futu http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_US-Threatens-China-with-Massive-Tariffs.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_US-Threatens-China-with-Massive-Tariffs.htm Several months have passed since Russia announced that it would be ready to take Iran’s uranium for enriching process. This could have been a feasible solution to long thorny nuclear crisis. Apparently few persons do not know that there are suffice reasons to assume that Iran intends to acquire http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_How-Iranian-crisis-can-be-resolved.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_How-Iranian-crisis-can-be-resolved.htm Where are the last vestiges of Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders hiding? Are they cowering in caves near the Pakistani border? Perhaps they own a condo complex in Karachi. More likely they are on a Dude Ranch in America’s Heartland. Remember 1994? Religious fundamentalists overtook Afg http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Taliban-Infiltrates-South-Dakota-Legislature.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Taliban-Infiltrates-South-Dakota-Legislature.htm The voice on the radio suddenly forced its way into my conscious awareness. Absolutely staggering- I felt it deep in my gut with no uncertainty. Forty Percent of the Afghan economy is from illegal drug production and trafficking. More disturbing is the fact that the United States h http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Drug-Trade-Accounts-for-Forty-Percent-of-the-Afghan-Economy.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Drug-Trade-Accounts-for-Forty-Percent-of-the-Afghan-Economy.htm The need to continue giving aid to the victims of Hurricane Katrina must remain a priority ... It/' s now months after the American Gulf Coast was devastated. Billions have been spent in relief- but billions more are needed. Such is the scope of a storm that ranks among the most se http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Katrina-Cash-Crisis-Continues.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Katrina-Cash-Crisis-Continues.htm Denmark’s Jyllands-Posten newspaper issued an apology and whisked it off to the Jordanian news agency Petra for publishing cartoons that supposedly were insulting to the prophet Muhammad. The arguments about the poor taste of the cartoonist notwithstanding- Anders Fogh Rasmussen- Denmark’s pri http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Denmark-Cartoons-or-Islamic-Caricatures-Six-of-One-or-Half-Dozen-of-the-Other.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Denmark-Cartoons-or-Islamic-Caricatures-Six-of-One-or-Half-Dozen-of-the-Other.htm What- you may well ask- do 13 foot-tall New Zealand birds that have been extinct for 500 years and modern Wyoming trout species have in common? And what- you may also ask- since you’re in the asking mood- do snails have to do with any of it? Well- the answer is “quite a lot- really”. It’s http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Kiwi-Invader-New-Zealand-Mud-Snails-Endanger-Yellowstone-National-Park.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Kiwi-Invader-New-Zealand-Mud-Snails-Endanger-Yellowstone-National-Park.htm Today the Arkansas resort town of Eureka Springs is a quaint- faux-Victorian tourist trap with an abundance of Bible-themed attractions. But the knickknack shops and family-friendly dinner theaters are really a natural outgrowth of a long history as a “vacation” destination reaching back to the http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Indian-Legends-and-Victorian-Bath-Houses:-The-History-of-Eureka-Springs.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Indian-Legends-and-Victorian-Bath-Houses:-The-History-of-Eureka-Springs.htm Dauphin Island- Alabama is a barrier island at the Mouth of Mobile Bay. It is a tourist attraction- the home of around 1- 200 people- the site of the Estuarium marine sciences laboratory and a164-acre Audubon Bird Sanctuary. It’s a pleasant- pretty and useful place that receives most of its http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Dauphin-Island-and-the-History-of-North-Americas-Colonization-in-Miniature.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Dauphin-Island-and-the-History-of-North-Americas-Colonization-in-Miniature.htm Test your Patriotic Knowlege of the American Flag: Question: Is it ok to fly the American Flag upside down? Answer: The flag should never be displayed with the union down- except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property. Qu http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Bizarre-Flag-Facts-:-Q-and-As.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Bizarre-Flag-Facts-:-Q-and-As.htm What are the important dates in American Flag history? • January 1- 1776- George Washington ordered the Grand Union flag hoisted above his base at Prospect Hill. It had 13 alternating red and white stripes and the British Union Jack (no stars) in the upper left-hand corner. http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Hooray-for-Flag-Day--why-do-we-celebrate-it-on-June-14.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Hooray-for-Flag-Day--why-do-we-celebrate-it-on-June-14.htm The world was expecting news from the US for quite a while- but when the official declaration of war came out the reaction didn’t seem that expected. On March 19th- 2003 the first US troops entered the territory of Iraq with definite task: to occupy the territory of dictatorship of Saddam and http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_A-Fresh-Look-on-the-War-in-Iraq.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_A-Fresh-Look-on-the-War-in-Iraq.htm Many of us remember the oil shortages of the late seventies. They caused more than just the inconvenience of occasional gasoline rationing. Several elderly people actually died in the New York City area because of a lack of heating oil. Some people thought it would only get worse- and we would http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Oil-Shortgages-A-Solution.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Oil-Shortgages-A-Solution.htm The first recorded instance of class rings for a graduating class occurred at West Point in 1835. The tradition has spread- and now in the United States class rings are a common purchase by studetns- often times seen as almost an intregal part of tradition as the caps and gowns on graduation d http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Memories-on-Hand:-The-Beauty-of-Class-Rings.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Memories-on-Hand:-The-Beauty-of-Class-Rings.htm As time goes by- there are certain questions that keep popping up. What ever happened to that girl I had a crush on? Where did my high school buddies end up after college? I wonder what ever happened to so-and-so? These are questions that are not uncommon- and with the wonder and curiosity th http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Re-Connecting-Again:-The-Online-Search-for-Classmates.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Re-Connecting-Again:-The-Online-Search-for-Classmates.htm The Chinese government is currently a one party system ruled by the Chinese Communist Party. There will never be another party in control under the current system. The people have no options for a governing body. Having one choice is having no choice. When a single group controls th http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_How-The-Chinese-Communist-Party-Exerts-and-Maintains-Control.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_How-The-Chinese-Communist-Party-Exerts-and-Maintains-Control.htm The history of the Catholic Church reads like the annals of a global crime concern. It gave the world the inquisition- incestuous and murderous popes- religious warfare- pedophiliac sex scandals- idolatry- and the gnawing guilt that comes from embracing life-defying ideals. Its intentional http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_The-da-Vinci-Syndrome.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_The-da-Vinci-Syndrome.htm Writing about Wahabism and Salafi-Islam- could fill many books. I will however in this article- try to make clear why it is of tremendous importance in our time. Both movements are considered as the origin of Islamic terrorism. A lot of recent Islamic terrorists such as Osama Bin Laden- Ayman http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Wahabism-the-Evil-roots-of-Muslim-Terrorism.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Wahabism-the-Evil-roots-of-Muslim-Terrorism.htm India and Pakistan have in the past fought four wars over J&K and held several talks to resolve the 56 year old problem- but till now no tangible results have emerged- except for a composite dialogue. Although- both India and Pakistan are trying to move the peace process ahead- yet there ar http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Conflict-in-Jammu-and-Kashmir-(JK)--PART-I.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Conflict-in-Jammu-and-Kashmir-(JK)--PART-I.htm The Flag of Mexico is rich with historic symbolism. The tricolors of green- white and red with the coat-of-arms centered in the white middle stripe were adopted by Mexico following their independence from Spain during the War of Independence in 1821. There have been changes to the http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Flag-of-Mexico-Dia-de-la-Bandera.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.articles.travelmycity.com/Politics/articles_Flag-of-Mexico-Dia-de-la-Bandera.htm