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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 2, 2012Mitt the Nitwit! Mitt Romney's recent campaign gaffes illustrate his true feelings of contempt for the unemployed, the poor, and all Americans beneath his station. He should be running for King, not President -- and should be soundly defeated, as he will be, if nominated.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012There's No New Newt! As former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich soars in the Repulican presidential polls and even primaries, a sober assessment of his severe weaknesses leads one to hope that he never attains that lofty goal.
Saturday, January 21, 2012The Decline and Fall of the American Automobile Association A six-decade member of the iconic American Automobile Association outlines its deterioration in recent years, and his own painful experiences with their AAA South Insurance operation.
Monday, January 16, 2012Happy Birthday, Dr. King -- we've come a long way, but we still have a long way to go! Martin Luther King, Jr. fought for equality, as did many other Americans in the mid-Twentieth Century. Are we still fighting that good fight today? The article raises this vital issue, and provides some answers.
Saturday, December 31, 20112011: The Return of "Power to the People" By comparing the historic 2011 Arab Spring and Occupy movements to the Power to the People movement forty years ago, we can gain perspective and direction for 2012, as outlined in this article by the author of Empowerment:Taking Charge of Your Life.
Sunday, November 6, 2011The Sounds -- And Sins -- Of Senatorial Silence! Trying to communicate with elected and appointed federal officials has become nearly impossible, while they deluge us with demands for campaign contributions and for our support. Communciation with them needs to become a two-way street; if they are too busy to respond, maybe they need to learn that they are not too busy to be replaced.
Sunday, October 30, 2011America Bests The Big Bad Banks! Megabanks which took megabillions of federal bailout dollars and then recently tried to impose new and unjustified debit card fees on their own customers seem to have lost this round, as most of those fees are now being reduced or rescinded. But they will undoubtedly try new and perhaps even nastier tactics to shaft their own customers and the public. We must all watch out -- and speak out forcefully!
Thursday, October 27, 2011A Manifesto For The Occupy Movement The Occupy Movement, which started on Wall Street in New York and has now spead around the world, needs to state its positions clearly. The idea that by not stating them it is somehow gaining in purity is invalid. Here, then, is a draft Manifesto for the Occupy Movement.
Saturday, October 22, 2011The Republicans Have No Sense Of Shame! President Barack Obama has recently announted the end of the nine-year War in Iraq in a responsible manner. Instead of praising him for doing so, the Republicans instantly attacked him for doing the right thing for America and American interests. Their willingness to damage our nation for political gain is totally clear, and totally wrong as well.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011Boycott Big Bad Banks until Congress Bans Their New Fees! We can do more than just protest the new and unwarranted bank debit card usage fees, which giant banks are applying to make up for the reduction in their unwarranted merchant debit card charges. We can and should boycott any bank which is abusing its customers in this manner, while urging Congress to ban all of these new, pernicious, and unwarranted fees.
Monday, October 17, 2011That New Bank Debit Card Fee Is Probably Worse than You Think! As new debit card usage fees are applied by many of the nation's largest banks, it is time to fully investigate their pernicious fee practices which abuse their customers and the public interest as well.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011Wells Fargo joins the Banks of Infamy! Wells Fargo and Wells Fargo Bank have sneakily imposed a new monthly charge for debit card usage to make purchases, following in the Ranks of Infamy of the like of Bank of America. The fee is a blatant attempt to avoid the will of Congress in restricting such bank fees. Thus, Wells Fargo has joined the ranks of the Banks of Infamy.
Sunday, October 9, 2011DRONE WARS: The Obama Administration's Very Slippery Slope! The implications of the use of killer drones have been brought home by their use, by the United States, against our own citizens. The targeted killing of Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan in Yemen by unmanned droves may well violate the U.S. Bill of Rights and International Law. This is a very slippery slope for America and the world.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011Two Miscarriages of Justice Two murder cases, that in which Amanda Knox was first convicted of killing a roommate, and then finally freed, and that of Troy Davis, who was executed in Georgia for killing a police officer decades ago, have many parallels but vastly different endings. Troy Davis, like Amanda Knox, was very likely innocent. America must stop all executions so that Troy Davis will be the last person subjected to this barbaric ritual
Saturday, September 24, 2011More Smoke and Mirrors at the Obama White House! The Obama White House has launched a pseudo-program called WE THE PEOPLE to supposedly allow Americans to propose actions by petition -- while hiding how many signature are required to even get their attention, let along any action. This is one more smoke-and-mirrors effort to fool us into thinking the Obama White House really cares about our concerns. It absolutely does not.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011A "Legal" Lynching in Georgia! The rejection of clemency for Troy Davis, probably an innocent man, by the Georgia Board of Paroles and Pardons, may well lead to a "legal" lynching in order to silence the worlwdwide outrage over that pending execution. In that goal, Georgia will fail, and Troy Davis is likely to become a martyr if he is executed.
Thursday, September 15, 2011Another Lynching Approaching in Georgia? The present death sentence pending against Troy David for a crime he never committed resonates with the lynching nearly a century ago of Leo Frank, a Jewish man whose death sentence was commuted by Georgia's governor but who was lynched by some leading Georgians of that time. Frank was exonerated only long after his death, but it is not yet too late for Troy Davis.
Friday, August 12, 2011Understanding Mitt Romney Since Mitt Romney may be the leading Republican presidential candidate, at least in some polls, his views need to be scrutinized thoroughly. His espoused view that Corporations are People is one that needs to be challenged, particularly given the Supreme Court -s similar thinking.
Sunday, July 31, 2011A Bad Deal With The Devils President Barack Obama has reach a Deal with the Right Wing Devils in order to get the public debt limit increased. America will come to regret this Deal, which is unwise, unreasonable, and unfair.
Saturday, July 30, 2011The American Public Debt Crisis: What Would FDR Do? Barack Obama has now refused to follow his own Oath of Office by upholding the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which requires him to insure that there is no challenge to the validity of our public debt. That failure might well be grounds for impeachment, unless the Fourteenth Amendment is followed now and the public debt ceiling is increased by the President.
