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If there has been a unifying theme of Barack Obama’s presidency, it is the inexorable growth of the administrative state. Its expansion has followed a pattern: First, expand federal powers beyond their constitutional limits. Second, delegate those powers to agencies and away from elected politicians...

The idea for this book arose out of a little known political scandal, known as "phonegate", that occurred in Minnesota in the early 1990's in which a number of legislators were found to have been abusing their phone privileges. The hubris of the legislature in response to the discovery of...

In the first comprehensive reading of dozens of American literary and social culture classics, Tom Cronin, one of America’s most astute students of the American political tradition, tells the story of the American political experiment through the eyes of forty major novelists, from Harriet Beecher...

This biography of Malala is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Malala (1997 -     ) was lucky. Her parents knew the value of an education for both boys and girls, so Malala was sent to school and excelled. Today, Malala is known...

Beginning in the 1850s, thousands of immigrants from Nordic countries settled in Minnesota and quickly established themselves in the political life of their new home. These Norwegians, Swedes, Danes, Finns, and Icelanders first sowed their political seeds at the local level—as town clerks, city...

Let's suppose you have a really ambitious goal in life - you want to kill your community! You want to drive away people, eliminate jobs, undermine businesses, and you won't quit until the whole place is in ruins. Here is the perfect manual, filled with proven ideas, taht every town wrecker needs to make his dreams come true!

What becomes of a child who struggles with Attention Deficiet Disorder and Hyper-Activity and how he survived and overcame it in time!

In 2006, Michigan voters banned affirmative action preferences in public contracting, education, and employment. The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI) vote was preceded by years of campaigning, legal maneuvers, media coverage, and public debate. Ending Racial Preferences: The Michigan Story...

Swimming Against the Culture of Corruption is, as the title suggests, intended to fight corruption, which has been one of the societal ills in Kenya. It is intended to point out to the ordinary Kenyan that he or she has a responsibility to deal with this evil and not to wait for political leaders...

America is divided but we do not have to be, we can be a united nation that stands together and fights alongside each other. This is a book about that division that exists between the two sides. It is told from a liberal point of view but focuses on how the two sides differ on the polarizing issues that all Americans deal with on a daily basis.

America has changed, however the disparity of equality between white and African Americans have not. African Americans are still statistically unemployed more than whites, statistically first in receiving welfare benefits and first in violent crimes reporting. Today, African Americans and white people...

The dreams and visions began January 1997. The writer shares astonishing end-time revelation knowledge concerning three heavenly bodies with their symbolic meaning and prophetic calling that will lead you to the edge of your seat and into the hands of Almighty God. As you read the divine messages...

What does the Bible really say about homosexuality? The answer may very well surprise you. Did you know: * The Old Testament does not prohibit homosexuality as we see it today. Don't believe it? The Torah never forbids homosexuality when examining original language and historical context; the Hebrew...

The Diplomatic Lifestyle Journal offers content whose primary goal is to give the reader an insight as to how to live like a Diplomat while positioning themselves amongst the top 1% in the Social, Political and Economic spheres of the world’s population.   Living life can sometimes...