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Across five thousand years of human civilization, fathers and husbands and mothers and wives, children and cousins, siblings, crowned royalty and downtrodden peasant, have enjoyed the notion of a new year.
I feel too often that we are political idealists in word, but far from in action. You can see this no clearer than in "voting for the lesser of two evils." We throw away our ideals to beat the other side. And then we wonder why the politicians fail to represent us.
Excerpt re: the concept of "sustained good governance": Too much emphasis has been placed on brokering negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians — negotiations that bring up the same issues again and again.
Corruption has be- come major eco- nomic, social and political issue among the Nagas. The Nagas pride herself as Christians and yet the actions of Naga Christians barely resemble Christ-likeness. Nagaland is one of the most corrupt States in India.
I'm all for freedom of speech and I enjoy the eloquence of Newsvine columnists. This article is largely aimed at me. This is a challenge to all those that want to do something substantial during their limited time on earth.
For all our prayers of peace, we are a nation at war this Independence Day. Our military is fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, of course, but that's not what I mean -- or at least, not all that I mean.
Contemporary American culture is awash in a sea of conflicting ideas and values. The information age has progressed to the point where Americans are no longer ignorant of what their neighbors think and believe, and we have found that there are many things we disagree on.
The preamble of the Declaration asserts that under certain circumstances, revolution is justified.
It was with great pain that I finally realised I would not make the world perfect. There would always be racism, and people would continue to die in needless wars. Children would continue to be born to parents who would never help them find a good life.
Few times in history has politics ever been so divided. Today, there are a few issues that both main parties cling to as if nothing else mattered.
Code of Honor
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