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CenterMovement.org is now Americans United to Rebuild Democracy

CenterMovement.org is now Americans United to Rebuild Democracy

by: Stephen Erickson 17. Feb, 2011 0 Comments

Dear Friends,

CenterMovement.org is now Americans United to Rebuild Democracy.  We have launched our new website, which we will be expanding in the near future .  Please come visit us at www.RebuildDemocracy.org and sign up to join our new American political ...Read more

Campaign Reform
To Rebuild Demcoracy: Reform #1 – Congressional Term Limits

To Rebuild Demcoracy: Reform #1 – Congressional Term Limits

by: Stephen Erickson 31. Jan, 2011 0 Comments

Recent events are reminders – and they will become increasingly painful reminders – of the short-sighted nature of our political system.   Our politicians, who are always too fixated on the next re-election, seem incapable of serving the long-term needs of ...Read more

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Fixing Social Security

Fixing Social Security

by: Adele Wick 17. Jan, 2011 1 Comment

Social Security faces a future that’s insecure in the extreme.  Designed to make seniors financially safe, it’s fiscally unstable  itself — statistically bankrupt, in fact.  Why?  Because our government has  failed to respond to demographic issues that have been predictable ...Read more

Social Security
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Pick Up the Axe – Strike at the Root: CenterMovement.org Preparing to Rebuild Democracy

Pick Up the Axe – Strike at the Root: CenterMovement.org Preparing to Rebuild Democracy

by: Stephen Erickson 04. Jan, 2011 2 Comments

Henry David Thoreau sometimes used horticultural metaphors in his writing.  We feature one with  CenterMovement.org’s welcome message :

I have great faith in a seed.  Convince me you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.

Harvard Law professor ...Read more

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The Historic Level of Partisanship in the Last Congress and the So-called “Climate of Hate”

The Historic Level of Partisanship in the Last Congress and the So-called “Climate of Hate”

by: Stephen Erickson 14. Jan, 2011 0 Comments

Many reasonable sounding people regularly suggest that the Tea Party is today the source of a “climate of hate” in America.   And from this dubious assertion many people from the  Center to the Left are now shamelessly exploiting the tragedy ...Read more

Politics
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Social Insecurity: The Senior Boomers Are Coming and We’ve Already Spent Their Forced Savings

Social Insecurity: The Senior Boomers Are Coming and We’ve Already Spent Their Forced Savings

by: Adele Wick 10. Jan, 2011 0 Comments

Starting this new year of 2011, an average 7000 baby boomers will be turning 65 every day through 2029.  By 2030, an estimated 78 million Americans will be at least 66, and the retirees, their surviving spouses or dependents may ...Read more

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Our Military Needs to Boost Morals, not Morale

Our Military Needs to Boost Morals, not Morale

by: Mike Spinney 03. Jan, 2011 3 Comments

Even as some of the armed forces’ staunchest supporters bemoan the recent repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT), news breaks from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise laying bare what the military’s troublesome issue with sexual behavior ...Read more

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What Do They Mean by “American Exceptionalism?”

What Do They Mean by “American Exceptionalism?”

by: Stephen Erickson 30. Dec, 2010 3 Comments

In the last election a new litmus-test question emerged to determine whether or not a candidate was sufficiently conservative.  All across the country true-believing conservatives were trying to herd out the RINOS (Republicans in Name Only) by asking whether the ...Read more

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