The Public Voice — articles and commentary on USA public - speak up america - democracy now in america - grass roots democracy in USA
by James Houda
Change. What is it? Do we just understand it better than its synonyms; how about “modification” or “alteration” for the future?
“We shall mutate your future!”
Now that’s a slogan I can get behind.
How does anyone truly effect change with those powerhouse slogans in mind? Change is not something that is easily embraced. The fear […]
Hurricane Katrina is in the news again. As an anniversary, that is. The anniversary also notoriously celebrates the fact that the federal government, disaster agencies, and insurance companies have yet to do all that much for the destroyed areas, the city, or the people who have lost everything. I have nothing but scorn for the […]
The blogosphere has become a powerful entity to an information-hungry citizenship across the world. While in the West we may feel news-and-information saturated, most of the rest of the world—nearer to 70%—do not have the right to criticize their government leaders, nor have free press rights, which again mean no rights to criticize the government […]
When will so many Americans finally educate themselves? This is not an unreasonable question. American society now has a large segment of the population (though nowhere near a majority) that openly agrees with George W. Bush’s assertion that he will do whatever is necessary to “win in Iraq,” regardless “what Congress has decided.” Such language […]
Are on-line book reviews the worst sort of book report, emblematic of the neo-Western education system combined with the Internet’s come one/come all open forum? Or is it a mixed bag of well-meaning, passionate readers versus the cranks who have an agenda? For controversial books, a site visitor to Barnes & Noble or Amazon can […]
