I usually oppose government spending. Nonetheless, the way to lower spending is to stop hiring workers, rather than decrease the benefits and pay of workers. I speak here of our brave veterans. I find it highly disturbing how poorly we and our government treat our veterans. While cutting veterans benefits, congress continually decides to raise […]
I agree with Thabile Masuku, who says of child poverty and labour, “give them education, not work.” Masuku says:
The challenge seems to be bigger for Swaziland, a country ravaged by poverty and unemployment - the major reasons children are on the streets selling some wares late into the evening, instead of studying.
The situation is so […]
Am I happy that Democrats took control of congress? Hell no. Democrat politicians are just as bad as Republican politicians. They’re both owned by special interests. They both support bigger government. Just like the Republicans, the Democrats aren’t going to solve any of our problems; They’ll just make them worse. The Democrats do such things […]
Former Marxist revolutionary Daniel Ortega was headed back to power on Monday in a presidential election 16 years after Nicaragua’s voters ousted him to end a brutal civil war with U.S.-trained Contra rebels.
Ortega’s almost certain victory was a blow to Washington and reinforces an anti-U.S. alliance in Latin America led by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
Ortega, […]
In recent years, the battle against hunger has been placed at the centre of the development discourse in India. This has come about mainly due to the efforts of the Right to Food Campaign and as a direct result of a writ petition filed in the Supreme Court of India.
Despite this, India continues to be […]
Anna Ryneer cannot understand how the citizens of one country can develop problems with porky children while those in another literally starve to death.
“How can so many people be starving and yet in the United States we’re fighting obesity?” pondered Ryneer, who recently wrote a paper about the problems the Caribbean nation of Haiti faces […]
Global Citizenship
by Scott Hughes
My favorite philosopher, Diogenes The Cynic, first said, “I am a citizen of the world.” He wanted people to recognize him as a human being and not by his geographic origins or some other trivial grouping.
I like to take that philosophy and apply it to the concerns and problems of our contemporary […]
At least 2.9 million Filipino families or 16.9 percent of a projected base of 17.4 million households experienced hunger in the past three months, results of the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed.
Malacañang vowed to work harder to reduce hunger and poverty incidence in the country though officials said economic gains may have only […]