7 Ways to Prevent Political Arguments With Family & Friends
"There cannot a greater judgment befall a country than a dreadful spirit of division as rends a government into two distinct people, and makes...
Will the U.S. Adopt the Value-Added Tax (VAT)? Roadblocks, Pros &...
Many Americans do not understand how an American VAT might affect them, or its possible economic consequences on GDP and the national debt. Congress is...
Free Trade vs. Protectionism – NAFTA, TPP, TTIP & BIT
The debate about free trade versus protective tariffs (taxes) has raged for centuries. However, it has become especially virulent as industrialized countries lose an increasing...
5 Keys to Civil Political Discussions & Debates With Friends &...
According to Professor Nolan McCarty of Princeton University, it seems that political rancor today has reached heights not seen since Reconstruction after the Civil...
3 Controversial Ways to Improve the Economy & Drive Economic Growth
Since the Great Recession between 2007 and 2009, the global economy has struggled to sustain reliable and long-term growth. This is largely due to...
Vaccination Debate: Should Immunizations Be Mandatory for Children?
Childhood immunizations have been controversial for centuries. To many, the idea that protection or immunity can be gained by deliberate exposure to a disease...
What Is Conscious Capitalism – Definition, Social Responsibility in Business
The idea that a growing economy benefits all classes has a long history of acceptance. It has been embedded in political rhetoric for the...
Is America the New Rome? – United States vs. the Roman...
The example of the first great republic in recorded history (509 B.C. to 29 B.C.) was omnipresent in the minds of America's founders as they...
Are American Schools Failing? – How to Improve the U.S. Education...
A headline in the December 2013 issue of The Atlantic claimed that American schools compared to the rest of the world - the members...
“United States of Texas” – What America Would Be Like Under...
Few people are aware that, in 2008, Igor Panarin, dean of the Russian Foreign Ministry's academy for future diplomats, predicted that the United States...
How to Maintain Civil Discourse – Understanding Political Division
"Let your conversation be without malice or envy, for it is a sign of a tractable and commendable nature: and in all causes of...
Obamacare History – Winners & Losers of the Affordable Care Act
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, otherwise known as "Obamacare," is destined to be one of the most controversial legislative acts...
