Tag: united states
member name: Wil B.
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March 22, 2009 10:56 PM EDT --
As part of a discussion here at Gather about how today's immigrants are different from those in the past, one of the things mentioned repeatedly was the unspeakable horror of including foreign-language . . .
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June 02, 2009 09:15 AM EDT --
I'm pro-choice, but I'm not what I would consider an activist. I've never been to a rally or worn a ribbon or anything. It's not a deal-breaker for me when I consider who I'm voting for, or who my friends . . .
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October 08, 2007 06:34 AM EDT --
Over the last few months there's been a lot of focus on numerous recalls of products, especially toys, from China. As a consumer, I think that's great. It's important that the products we buy . . .
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July 09, 2009 10:38 PM EDT --
I don't know if it's true or not, but one of our fellow Gatherers has claimed that "because 20% of all Americans and 60% of all Republicans love her [Sarah Palin] dearly." If that's true, I wonder if . . .
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November 05, 2008 09:42 PM EST --
According to a recent article in the New York Times, sales of new cars and trucks have dropped over 30% (45% for GM) in October, hitting its lowest level in 26 years. The national Automobile Dealer's . . .
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July 12, 2009 09:12 PM EDT --
Bill Moyers did a great interview with Wendell Potter, who was until he resigned the head of corporate communications at CIGNA, discussing the insurance industry's strategy for fighting publically-funded . . .
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January 03, 2008 11:52 PM EST --
A few days ago, Ron Paul commented that "I have no idea what's going to happen, but I think we are going to do well, probably better thanexpected." Turns out, he was wrong.
He didn't . . .
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April 06, 2008 08:55 AM EDT --
I've only ever known Mike Wallace as one of the guys on 60 Minutes , but a lot of folks a few years older than I am might remember for his game shows, or for The Mike Wallace Interview . I'd . . .
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July 31, 2008 08:54 PM EDT --
In 1820, China was the world's largest economy, and had been for the better part of two thousand years. But it had been losing ground to Europe for several centuries, and within 50 years, it had fallen . . .
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November 10, 2008 08:01 PM EST --
Bill Ayers has an article at InTheTimes.com . You might not want to read it if you're thinking you might someday run for public office. You never know when reading an article on a website . . .
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January 18, 2008 08:31 AM EST --
There's been a lot of talk, both online and out there in the "mainstream media", about Ron Paul, his newsletters, and his "bigoted past." Dr. Paul's official response is . . .
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May 02, 2009 09:06 PM EDT --
Government support for the poor isn't a new concept. In the eighth century, the Abbasid Caliphate collected taxes for the purpose of providing for the poor and the needy. The English Poor Law Act . . .
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February 11, 2008 08:37 PM EST --
"Ron Paul, champion of freedom, liberty and Mom's apple pie, is trying to silence an argument he doesn't happen to agree with? How disgusting!"
That was the comment I posted in . . .
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January 23, 2008 05:52 AM EST --
The Farmers Branch City Council is at it again. Last year, they passed Ordinance 2903, which, among other things, required apartment management to obtain an applicant's proof of citizenship or legal . . .
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September 16, 2008 02:25 AM EDT --
Several months ago, Bert B. posted a great article about the Tragedy of the Commons , the idea that there is a tendency for free access and unrestricted demand for a finite resource to result in over-exploitation . . .
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February 26, 2008 01:28 AM EST --
I don't know how many people are familiar with a group called the Society of Americans for National Existence, and a "project" they call Mapping Sharia. One of our fellow Gatherers published . . .
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November 05, 2008 04:27 AM EST --
After watching Obama's lead continue to grow, I decided to look back at past elections and see how the numbers were stacking up compared to previous years, and when I'd worked my way back to the . . .
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