From Thinking Outside The Boxe's Sydney Correspondent: Gas prices seem to be rising constantly, and historically are at high levels. If you asked most people if there were any benefits as a result the answer would most probably be a resounding no. And at a time when the economy is in a bad state and many … Continue reading Are There Benefits of Higher Gas Prices?
Do the Super PACs Undermine Our Democratic System?
From Thinking Outside The Boxe's Sydney Correspondent: Super PACs (Political Action Committees) are organizations that can accept unlimited contributions from individuals, unions and corporations as long as they do not make contributions to candidates or parties, or collaborate with them in their spending (which is also unlimited). These Super PACs have been the subject of much … Continue reading Do the Super PACs Undermine Our Democratic System?
Do We Have A Moral Obligation To Help Others (Part I)?
From Thinking Outside The Boxe's Sydney Correspondent: Most people, when considering this question, would form an image in their mind of helping an old lady across the road, or coming to the aid of someone who had fallen over. These are examples of situations that we might experience throughout our lives, either as the person helping, … Continue reading Do We Have A Moral Obligation To Help Others (Part I)?
Do We Have A Moral Obligation To Help Others (Part II)?
From Thinking Outside The Boxe's Sydney Correspondent: The second part of this article will examine the extent to which we should help our fellow countrymen and women, and those of other nationalities. This assumes that we have a moral obligation to help them. And based on the first part of this article I believe the answer … Continue reading Do We Have A Moral Obligation To Help Others (Part II)?
From Thinking Outside The Boxe’s Sydney Correspondent The first part of this article discussed the need for the US Government to be smarter in the way it determines foreign policy, particularly in a military sense.
From Thinking Outside The Boxe's Sydney Correspondent: For far too long the U.S. concept of foreign policy has been inextricably tied to 'military policy' or 'defense policy' – another ridiculous and misleading euphemism for overseas military action. In this article I will argue that policy makers need to fundamentally recalibrate their foreign policy in an integrated … Continue reading From Thinking Outside The Boxe’s Sydney Correspondent The first part of this article discussed the need for the US Government to be smarter in the way it determines foreign policy, particularly in a military sense.
Foreign and Domestic Policy Can Be Good Economic Policy (Part II)
From Thinking Outside The Boxe's Sydney Correspondent: The first part of this article discussed the need for the US Government to be smarter in the way it determines foreign policy, particularly in a military sense. As mentioned, the Pentagon seems to hold the view that the military should contribute in a very broad role. This is … Continue reading Foreign and Domestic Policy Can Be Good Economic Policy (Part II)
How Opinion Became More Important Than Fact and The Future of News (Part I)
From Thinking Outside The Boxe's Sydney Correspondent: Over the past 50 years or so, and more particularly in the last twenty, we have witnessed a shift in society which has resulted in the majority of us being more interested in, and placing greater emphasis, on opinion rather than the facts. This article will trace the … Continue reading How Opinion Became More Important Than Fact and The Future of News (Part I)
How Opinion Became More Important Than Fact and the Future of News (Part II)
From Thinking Outside The Boxe's Sydney Correspondent: The first part of this article touched on the fact that there are now many online celebrity news websites, and indeed the world wide web has been a fertile breeding ground for the growth of opinion and the decline of fact. Now every person with access to the internet … Continue reading How Opinion Became More Important Than Fact and the Future of News (Part II)
Is There a Bigger Threat From Cyber Terrorism or Biological/Chemical Terrorism?
From Thinking Outside The Boxe's Sydney Correspondent: If there is one word that has been misused more than most over the past decade it is “terrorist”. After all one man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter. Large scale and devastating terrorist attacks such as the one that occurred on 9/11 and high profile terrorists such as Osama … Continue reading Is There a Bigger Threat From Cyber Terrorism or Biological/Chemical Terrorism?
Should People Who Are Ignorant About Policy Be Allowed To Vote?
From Thinking Outside The Boxe's Sydney Correspondent: Originally I was asked to write an article questioning whether people of low intelligence should be allowed to vote. But soon after I began researching the topic I realized that there was a far more interesting question that could be explored. Now obviously it could be argued that in … Continue reading Should People Who Are Ignorant About Policy Be Allowed To Vote?
