The Plan of the President Elect: Barack Obama

This weeks featured discussion: President Elect Barack Obama has won the election based on an ideology of change. What kind of change does Barack Obama plan to implement and how does he plan to address current issues that concern the American public? Please do a little research and give us some of his key initiatives [...]

Financial Melt-Down….Where’s the Change?

This weeks featured discussion: With the current melt down in global financial markets, to what extent should the federal government regulate big business? Was the bail out a good idea? and who should be responsible for costing the tax payer billions of dollars? Also, please give examples of change that need to take place within [...]

Bureaucracy: Bigger then Ever. The day we all work for the Government.

This weeks featured discussion: Why is it easier to build a bureaucracy then it is to tear it down? What factors have motivated the growth of both federal and state bureaucracy in this country?
We will also be highlighting one organization every 2 weeks that has made an impact on social change around the world. If [...]

International Trade: Outsourcing is here…what now?

This weeks featured discussion is on International trade.
The question is: What is the best way to protect the U.S. work force from outsourcing in today’s competitive global market? How do we have to shift our thinking in order to secure jobs for the citizens of today and tomorrow?

We will also be highlighting one organization [...]

Constitutional Law and Judicial Activism: The Human Element, in a constitutional world of “absolutes”

This weeks featured discussion is on constitutional law.
The question is: What can we do about judicial activism and the psychological factors behind personal judgment and constitutional judgement? The human factor plays a large role in the supreme court, when do supreme court justices cross the line in terms of individual conviction and constitutional absolutes?
We will [...]

Domestic Social Responsibility: What do we owe to ourselves?

This weeks featured discussion is on sustainability: what are some ideas that could be implemented in order to promote sustainability within our local domestic economy? Thought: When dealing domestically within our own country how do we move forward in a positive way toward social responsibility and equality?
We will also be highlighting one organization every [...]

Global Political sustainability: conflict resolution how?

This weeks featured discussion is on sustainability: what are some ideas that could be implemented in order to promote sustainability within the modern global economy? Thought: When dealing with different cultures how do we move forward in a positive way toward social responsibility and equality within a myriad of different belief systems?
We will also [...]

Sustainability and Hawaii: Becoming Self Sufficient.

This weeks featured discussion is on sustainability: what are some ideas that could be implemented in order to promote sustainability within the modern economy? Thought: If capitalism is dependent on continual growth we will soon run out of resources, is there a way to promote capitalism and sustainability at the same time? i.e efficiency and [...]

Sustainability: Sufficiency vs. Efficiency

This weeks featured discussion is on sustainability: what are some ideas that could be implemented in order to promote sustainability within the modern economy? Thought: If capitalism is dependent on continual growth we will soon run out of resources, is there a way to promote capitalism and sustainability at the same time? i.e efficiency and [...]

Sustainability: Fundamental social change

This weeks featured discussion is on sustainability: what are some ideas that could be implemented in order to promote sustainability within the modern economy? Thought: If capitalism is dependent on continual growth we will soon run out of resources, is there a way to promote capitalism and sustainability at the same time? i.e efficiency and [...]