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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.
(8 comments) SHARE Thursday, January 20, 2011 FLASH! House Republicans Plan Vote to Repeal the Law of Gravity!
House Republicans, flush with their meaningless repeal of improved Health Care for most Americans, are now looking for other laws to repeal. This article takes a humorous look at some laws they may be considering repealing.
(6 comments) SHARE Monday, June 15, 2015 The Importance of the Magna Carta today, 800 years after it became law in England!
In recognition of this Eight Hundred Year Anniversary of the
English Magna Carta, which limited the so-called Divine Right of Kings, we need a new Magna Carta today to limit a host of abuses of power in the Twenty-First Century.
(9 comments) SHARE Tuesday, October 11, 2011 Wells 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.
(3 comments) SHARE Thursday, July 30, 2015 Pollard the Pawn
The true facts of the excessive sentence and thirty-year imprisonment of Jonathan Pollard are outlined in this article. This grave injustice deserves at least an apology from all of those who orchestrated this abomination.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, October 27, 2011 A 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.
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, November 6, 2012 Academic Coaching is Encroaching!
Academic Coaching is a new development in on-line education primarily. This article points out the pitfalls of using an outside purveyor of coaching rather than developing that capacity in-house.
(3 comments) SHARE Sunday, October 30, 2011 America 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!
(7 comments) SHARE Wednesday, March 6, 2013 Injustice Scalia Should Resign!
Adding to his long history of reactionary Supreme Court decisions, Antonin Scalia's latest stance that the vital Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act represents "racial entitlement" is a disgrace to the Court and to our Constitution. After playing a major role in throwing the 2000 presidential election to loser George W. Bush, Scalia continues his erosion of this nation. Injustice Scalia should resign.
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, October 17, 2011 That 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.
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, August 31, 2015 Obama in Alaska: Would you buy a used nation from this president?
While President Barack Obama has taken some useful environmental actions, those have mainly been small steps to deal with a gigantic problem. Meanwhile, this article points out his regression on Arctic drilling which sends absolutely the worst signal as to American sincerity in saving our only planet. No glossy Alaskan visit can even begin to make amends for the abysmal environmental record of this president.
(19 comments) SHARE Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Joe the Racist
South Carolina Republican Representative Joe Wilson's intemperate outburst against President Obama is a sign of his own racism, and of the reality that racism is not yet banished from America.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, November 19, 2014 Keystone XL: America Wins, Landrieu Loses!
The inspiring role of several Sioux tribes in opposing the dirty-oil Keystone XL pipeline going through their lands is contrasted with the despicable role of Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana in attempting to force the pipeline through the Senate in a probably-futile attempt to keep her seat. Now, President Obama should veto the next try at this unwise and unneeded project.
(6 comments) SHARE Sunday, October 9, 2011 DRONE 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.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, January 13, 2011 It's not about you, Sarah Palin!
Sarah Palin seems determined to use the Tucson tragedy for her own political ends while whining about her mistratment by the news media. Her use of the phrase "blood libel" is especially offensive.
(5 comments) SHARE Friday, February 11, 2011 Adding Insult to Injury, in My Senator's Office
Dealing with the constituent services section of this United States Senator's office is like swimming through molasses, as fully detailed in this human-interest article. All Americans should expect a far higher standard from their Federal legislators.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, February 12, 2015 Asleep at the 9-1-1 Switch, in the State of Georgia!
America's antiquated 9-1-1 emergency call system is unable to locate some callers because of its outdated analog technology -- and some of those callers, or their families, are injured or killed as a result. This article proposes ways to update and fix that obsolete system, now.
(7 comments) SHARE Tuesday, November 12, 2013 Obamacare: 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!
(9 comments) SHARE Wednesday, January 21, 2015 An Open Letter to Mitt the Unfit!
Twice-Failed Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney had to attack the President's outstanding State of the Union address almost before Barack Obama had finished speaking. It is clear that Romney plans on running for President once again -- which is almost sure to assist in a Republican loss again in 2016
(8 comments) SHARE Friday, March 11, 2011 Have we forgotten the lessons of September 11, 2001?
By analyzing what little we have done, and how much we have failed to do, since the September 11, 2001 tragic terror attack, this article points the way towards reducing risks from societal crimes, and towards real preparedness. Specific proposals towards those ends are outlined. America badly needs to study the detailed proposals presented in Turning the Tides by Eugene F. Elander, this article's author.