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Author's Biography Eugene Elander has been a progressive social and political activist for decades. As an author, he won the Young Poets Award at 16 from the Dayton Poets Guild for his poem, The Vision. He was chosen Poet Laureate of Pownal, Vermont for his poem Pownal People. His three new verses for America the Beautiful:September 11, 2001 were widely acclaimed and read into the Congressional Record by U.S. Senator Chris Dodd. Dr. Elander has authored four volumes of poetry: The Right Click, The World Click, Journeyings, and Philosophy over Fika, all written from 2004 to now, in the U.S. and Sweden -- as well as two published novels: The Goat of God, and Turning the Tides, both available via Signalman Publishing on Amazon.com in Kindle and electronic pdf editions. A self-help book titled Empowerment:Taking Charge of your Life was recently completed and is available via Amazon.com KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing. Dr. Elander is a freelance columnist who published a newspaper for ten years in New London, CT. He is an economist and college lecturer, and has been an agency executive director, emergency management consultant, investigator; and former animal control officer, deputy code enforcement and health officer for Farmington, New Hampshire. He and his wife Birgit, who co-authored The World Click, divide their time between Georgia and her homeland, Gotland, Sweden. Several other books are underway, including a sequel to The Goat of God, and a public version of his doctoral dissertation on Cooperatism, a new economic system he developed which includes all stakeholders (workers, consumers, and the public as well as stockholders) in crucial decision making. Dr. Elander has been a member of the Stonepile Writers group in Georgia and the Poetry Society of New Hampshire. He is president of his own Elander Press.
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Thursday, February 27, 2014Delta's Despicable Frequent Flyer Downgrades! Delta Airlines manages to find ways of making its Frequent Flyer program worse for its loyal customers. The latest such adverse change bases FF awards on money spent with Delta rather than on miles flown. That can only favor business flyers and the wealthy over loyal flyers of modest means. Delta should reconsider making its FF program even worse than it is.
Monday, February 10, 2014The Recent Rancid Ranting of Rand Paul U.S. Senator Rand Paul has managed to tarnish whatever image he may have by using attacks on Bill Clinton to try to discredit Hillary Clinton. All Rand Paul has done is to discredit himself.
Sunday, February 2, 2014Planet Earth's "Death By A Thousand Pipelines" The Keystone XL tar-sands oil pipeline is only the latest major step degrading our planetary environment. The drastic effect of the totality of all those degradations is addressed in this article.
Monday, January 13, 2014Robert Gates "piss-and-tell" memoir damages the nation! Former Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has managed to damage America's national interest by venting his frustrations in his new book DUTY: Memoirs of a Secretary at War while his former Commander in Chief and other former colleagues are still grappling with difficult situations in both Afghanistan and Iraq. By doing so, Gates has proven himself untrustworthy.
Thursday, January 9, 2014Hey, it's just New Jersey stuff! The present scandal in which top aides to the Governor of New Jersey blocked traffic lanes on the George Washington bridge to punish the town of Fort Lee for its mayor's failure to back their boss is put in historical context in this article. Such tactics are not unusual in New Jersey -- but they are still deplorable.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014Georgia Senators Do the Dance of the Despicable! On the very anniversary of the date when the War Against Poverty was launched fifty years ago, most Republican Senators voted against the extension of unemployment benefits to the long-term unemployed. The article focuses on the two Georgia Senators who joined the Republican majority in this shameful and despicable denial.
Monday, December 30, 2013The Pope and the President As 2013 ends, it is time to sum up the roles of both the new Pope and the U.S. President -- and to contrast how they are handling their responsibilities. This Pope seems to be doing much better in meeting those responsibilities than is the case with this President, as explored in the article.
Tuesday, December 24, 2013Mr. President, do not saddle Georgia with your proposed judicial appointments! After a long delay in making federal judicial appointments in Georgia, President Barack Obama has nominated several men who have worked against equal rights for all in that state. He should withdraw those nominees and start consulting with his own party's leaders rather than pandering to the reactionary opposition.
Thursday, December 19, 2013Saving America and Americans from Our Own Government! The legal justification for the massive NSA spying on Americans and others via telephone and internet information has now been found to be unconstitutional. A president whose Oath of Office is to uphold the U.S. Constitution cannot defend such acts!
Tuesday, November 19, 2013Toronto's Tacky Team! On the lighter side of life, particularly in Canada, the antics of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and his brother City Councilor Doug Ford are depicted in this article. Why they receive so much media attention -- including a reality TV show -- is the underlying issue; they may have put Toronto on the map, but it is not the focus anyone or any city should want.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013Obamacare: A Vast Project Based on a Half-Vast Idea! The fatal flaws of Obamacare, including the unwise attempt to blend private insurance with a national health care program, can only be mended by starting all over, as painful as that prospect may be. The problems run far deeper than merely the flawed implementation of the Affordable Care Act -- they are fatal flaws. America needs to follow the best European health care single-payer models. Back to the drawing board!
Monday, November 11, 2013Obama vs. KAOS -- The Return of GET SMART! Many Americans believe that federal spying has gotten way out of hand, and this article compares that spying to the 1960s TV spy spoof GET SMART. The cold light of reason needs to be applied to our present national spookery, before we irrevocably alienate our allies and damage ourselves.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013Has Barack Obama become a rogue president? Many recent behaviors by the President and his administration have become so bizarre as to appear to be rogue (mis)conduct. This article presents some of that roguery.
Friday, October 18, 2013Ted Cruzing for a Bruising! The leading role which Texas Senator Ted Cruz played in making the recent government and debt crisis even worse is highlighted in this article, as well as his apparent plans for 2016.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013Barack Obama must honor his Oath of Office, and the Fourteenth Amendment! Hpw the present, and any future, crises over our public debt can be avoided is presented in this article, which relies on sound Constitutional principles to resolve public debt issues.
Friday, September 27, 2013Our Kamikaze Congress! The Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives is clearly willing to shut down the federal government unless its ridiculous demands to end Obamacare and take other improper actions are met. Like all forms of blackmail, those demands must be resisted, fought, and defeated.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013Dealing Distance Death by Drone is Despicable! Drone Warfare has crept into our arsenal by the back door, and the existence and use of these latest death-at-a-distance weapons needs to be studied, controlled, and prevented.
Monday, September 23, 2013In bankrupt Detroit, a phony Emergency Manager creates his own 9-11 emergency! Now that it is known and admitted that Detoit city officials, appointed by the Tea Party Governor of Michigan after Detroit went bankrupt, intentionally ordered power outages to teach residents and workers some kind of bizarre lesson, the strongest possible actions should be taken against these officials to help prevent any recurrences of this abuse.
Saturday, September 21, 2013WELLS-FARGO: Despicable from Beginning to End! One long-term Wells Fargo mortgage and banking customer describes the miserable experiences he and his family have had trying to get a fair break and shake from W-F!
Wednesday, September 18, 2013The Relative Irrelevance of Barack Obama! Now that the high hopes for the Obama presidency have been dashed by Barack Obama himself, what remains is largely a legacy of irrelevance, and a study in how a president can make himself a premature lame duck. Here is hoping for 2016!
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