Definitions

basic definitions of concepts and terms

Dialectics, Debates and Discorse

11/01/2012
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Dialectics, Debates and Discorse

It is a new year and I decided to have a bit of a new approach.  I’m going to continue to update as much as possible, but I’m taking a bit more time in my writings and going over the things that entertain my mind at the time.  I have also decided to backtrack...

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Class Warfare

19/09/2011
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I have written about "class warfare" and the misuse of this term by the American Conservatives quite a bit in the past. The issue reared its head up again over the current economic debates in Washington recently. Yesterday, Paul Ryan stated: Class warfare may make for good politics, but it makes for rotten...

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The American Dream

28/08/2011
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With the collapse of the American economy following the "housing crisis," it seems the American Dream is dead. Headlines ring across all mass media: Is the American Dream dead? asks Reuters, Forbes states "Suze Orman: 'The American Dream Is Dead',"and Commentary: Is the American dream dead? asks Jack Cafferty at CNN. From the...

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How Democracy Works

09/08/2011
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When people say, "Politicians are afraid to because they will not get re-elected." How do they think democracy works? If politicians do things that are against the will of the majority, either they should be protected by checks and balances that protect the minority,...

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The GOP and the Tea Party

01/08/2011
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I want to get one thing clear. The Tea Party is not a separate party. They are an extension of the GOP. If the Tea Party were a separate party, we would see ideology separate from the GOP. We would see people from all different parts of the fold supporting the Tea...

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