"THE VIEW FROM OUTSIDE MY TINY WINDOW": political campaigns

"THE VIEW FROM OUTSIDE MY TINY WINDOW"

Showing posts with label political campaigns. Show all posts

Showing posts with label political campaigns. Show all posts

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Post No. 179: Neither Republican, Democrat, nor Libertarian are We

© 2012, the Institute for Applied Common Sense We try to stimulate thought, particularly among college students , by providing a forum wh...

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Post No. 178a: Why the Presidential Debate Last Week was a Waste of Our Time

Why a waste of time? Because the candidates debated all around the issues that matter. We will not be able to solve problems in this countr...

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Post No. 147a: What Makes People Vote Republican?

We previously provided a link to this article, by Jonathan Haidt, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. He c...

Monday, October 6, 2008

Post No. 51: Finally, Let Me Get this O.J. Stuff out of My System

© 2008, The Institute for Applied Common Sense Having been fortunate enough to have visited a number of countries in this world, some third ...

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Post No. 48: A Missed Opportunity

© 2008, The Institute for Applied Common Sense Candidate McCain has frequently noted that many of his colleagues headed to Washington to ch...

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Post No. 46: They Actually Faked Me Out - They Really Did

© 2008, The Institute for Applied Common Sense There are significant problems associated with being an eternal optimist, and always hoping f...

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Post No. 43a: Special Edition of CBS 60 Minutes: Both Presidential Candidates

Special edition. Interviews of both McCain and OBama. 7:30 pm Eastern. Check your local listings for other time zones.

Friday, September 19, 2008

Post No. 43: A Few Thoughts about the Current Political Climate

© The Institute for Applied Common Sense I believe that there is a strong argument which can be made for the abolition of both the Democrati...

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Survey No. 1: Can You Indentify a Republican vs. a Democrat

Identification of Republicans vs. Democrats I spend a tremendous amount of watching C-Span. As a result, I watch many U.S. Senate and House ...

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Post No. 42: If You Really Want to Do Some Thinking

Reprint of Article of Interest: What Makes People Vote Republican by Jonathan Haidt Yesterday, a friend of many years sent me the article t...

Friday, September 12, 2008

Post 41f: Since the Gas Prices Went Up So Dramatically Today

Earlier today, A friend indicated that when she awoke this morning, she looked out the window at a nearby gas station, and noted that the ga...

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Post 41d: Coverage of Third Parties Convention on C-Span2

At the time of this post, this coverage is currently airing on C-Span2 / Campaign 2008 http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/cspan.csp...

Post No. 41b: Television Worth Viewing

Charlie Rose on PBS: A conversation with Thomas Friedman http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2008/09/09/1/a-conversation-with-thomas-l-friedman...

Friday, September 5, 2008

Post No. 41a: This is a Very Special Weekend on C-Span2 BookTV

We, at the Institute for Applied Common Sense, frequently make reference to books and their authors in our articles. For those of you inter...

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Post No. 41: Do I Have Something to Sell You!

© 2008, The Institute of Applied Common Sense It is clear that modern day politicians and campaigns use advertising and public relations con...

Post No. 40: Should I Vote for McCain or Obama? Hmmm, Let Me Think about That a Nanosecond

© 2008, The Institute for Applied Common Sense There are two things that immediately come to mind with respect to the current Presidential c...

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Post 39a: Reposting of May 2008 Article in Light of Sarah and Bristol Palin Pregnancy Issue

A FEW THOUGHTS ON THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR PARENTHOOD © 2008, The Institute for Applied Common Sense Being that I am 56 years of age, I am oft...

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Post No. 36c: Re-Visiting Post No. 18 Now That The Democratic Vice-Presidential Running Mate Has Been Chosen

© 2008, The Institute for Applied Common Sense The following article was originally posted as No. 18 on this blog, and entitled, "How R...

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Post 36b: Suggested Reading: "The Rise and Fall of Great Powers

© 2008, The Institute for Applied Common Sense We have a tendency to read the latest books on the New York Times Best Seller List, or the cl...

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Post No. 36: Silly Me – How So Little About the World I Really Understand

© 2008, The Institute for Applied Common Sense The generation of this piece took roughly fifteen minutes. It is in response to something tha...

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Inspector Clouseau: Although there are other Fellows (namely the Logistician, the Laughingman, and the Optimizer) affiliated with the Institute for Applied Common Sense, I write the majority of the articles posted here. I am someone who was fortunate enough to obtain a decent education and to travel extensively. I had all of the good breaks and luck in the world, and still managed to muck up and disappoint others who invested their faith in me. Although I am obviously not a role model for others, I wish to share my insight (and that of the other Fellows) and experience so that others might not travel down the wandering, non-goal orientated, complicated path which I traveled. I am an individual who discovered, far too late in life, my purpose in the universe, and something about which I could feel passionate. I do not want to see our youth, particularly college students, have to wait so long. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, I am someone who accepts 110% responsibility for all that has occurred to me, and does not think of himself as a victim.

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