Changing Cuban agriculture could “contribute greatly to reducing poverty and improving the lives of people in Cuba.”[1] Here are some of such changes, proposed by Osmel Ramirez Alvarez, a Cuban journalist: “Allow the sale and purchase of land, as well as the transfer of usufructs, without mediation or impositions by the State. Eliminate the forced … Continue reading Liberating Cuban Agriculture To Improve Cuban Life
As of 5/4/20 # Date Title 2 04/04/11 My Political Philosophy U.S. Presidency 420 04/24/13 Evaluations of President Obama 467 02/07/14 President Obama Speaks Out for Religious Freedom 467A 02/07/14 Comment: President Obama Criticized for Not Addressing U.S. Religious Freedom 485 03/27/14 President Obama’s Audience with Pope Francis 829 05/11/16 President … Continue reading List of Posts to dwkcommentaries—Topical: United States (POLITICS)
The recent squabble over new U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ testimony at his confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee highlights the dysfunctionality of that process. After examining the current process as used for Sessions, suggestions will be made for an improved process. The Current Process Every member of the committee is allotted a … Continue reading The U.S. Senate’s Dysfunctional Confirmation Process
The dysfunctionality of the U.S. government has been common theme of this blog. Another reason for this unfortunate phenomenon is posited by Philip Howard in an op-ed article in the Washington Post and presumably in his book, The Rule of Nobody: Saving America from Dead Laws and Broken Government. Howard believes the “main culprit” for … Continue reading Another Perspective on the Dysfunctionality of the U.S. Government
# Date Title 456 01/01/14 Annual Report on dwkcommentaries (2013) 457 01/25/14 Bipartisan Call for Reform of U.S. Elections 458 01/27/14 What Are the Determinants of Individual Success? 459 … Continue reading List of Posts to dwkcommentaries–Chronological (2014)
As discussed in a prior post, in March 2014, the United Nations’ Human Rights Committee (the Committee) issued a negative evaluation of how the United States of America (U.S.) was implementing and complying with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR or Covenant), which is regarded as an important part of the International … Continue reading U.N. Human Rights Committee’s Concluding Observations on U.S. Human Rights
Both houses of Congress continue to demonstrate their disgusting dysfunctionality in failing to agree on measures to avoid the so-called “fiscal cliff” at midnight on December 31, 2012. The U.S. Senate Already I have commented extensively on what I believe is the absurd Senate’s filibuster rule. Once again it is affecting how the Senate can … Continue reading The U.S. Congress Continues To Demonstrate Its Dysfunctionality
Little did the famous comedian Groucho Marx realize that he was talking about today’s dysfunctional U.S. Senate when many years ago he sent a telegram to a club stating, “PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON’T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT ME AS A MEMBER.”[1] Frustration over the current ways of the … Continue reading “I don’t want to belong to any club [like the U.S. Senate] that will accept me as a member”
Today (April 17th) the U.S. Senate again demonstrated its dysfunctionality in outrageously refusing to vote on the merits on adopting reasonable, common-sense legislation to combat the horrendous toll of gun violence in the U.S. Just look at the New York Times and Washington Post articles on this day in the Senate. Under the unconstitutional Senate … Continue reading The Outrageous, Dysfunctional U.S. Senate
This past January U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid refused to press for adoption on a simple majority vote (at least 51 of the 100 Senators) of significant, but still flawed, reforms of the body’s filibuster rule. Instead Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell agreed to much weaker changes to the rule. Past posts have … Continue reading GOP Senators Continue To Flirt with Filibusters
