Michael Manford McGreer
Michael M. McGreer, Ph.D, writes and lectures on issues of historical or contemporary interest to political decision makers and people wishing to survive the consequences of public policy.
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Shifting the Burden of SmokingSmoking-related disease is expensive but businesses that allow smoking shift the cost burden to the public.
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Fear and Loathing in MesquiteResidents of Nevada city fight to become smoke-free
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The Marshall PlanAmodei alignment with Tea Party turns voters to Marshall in Nevada
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Nevada State Treasurer Runs for National Congressional SeatNevada congressional campaign pits progressive democrat against regressive republican agenda to cut social security, medicare, medicaid, environment, energy and defense. -
Who Are the Koch Brothers and Why Do They Matter?The bankers behind the ultra-conservative movement
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Cresent Hardy's Freshman Year in the Nevada AssemblyNevada Republican votes against education, and supports lower pay for workers, smoking, and discrimination.
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Who is Ayn Rand and Why Does She Matter?Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum, (aka Ayn Rand) is the intellectual and cultural center of the conservative party. -
Truth and Consequences in Mesquite, NevadaTo understand the local approach to public budgeting it is only necessary to listen to what those currently in power say.
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The Consequences of Bulling in Public Policy.The casual relationship between bullying, murder and murder-suicide hard to make but possible.
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Community-owned GovernmentEmpowering the community
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The Unifying Effect of TragedyThe death of Bill and Donna Fairchild is Mesquite, Nev., own version of a tragedy.
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The Fatal Attraction of Theocratic IdeologiesPolitical strategists spend billions trying to predict who will vote.
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Truth or Consequences: Reid Vs AngleElections have consequences -
Rationalize Salaries and Benefits to Community Needs(42%) of Mesquite, Nevada employees were paid a base salary above the median income for a local households.
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Research Shows Proclivity to Oppose Obama Policy InitiativesPolicy resistance associated with brain processing views on race
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Upcoming Elections Hold Promise for Progressive GrowthProgressives address environment and economic conditions.
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Health Reform Faces Tough ChallengesIt's time to pay attention to implementation
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Solar Bill Proposed in CongressSolar trumps vulnerability to economic and environmental catastrophe.
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In the New Cold-war on Energy, China WinsChina's path to sustainable energy could make it the most powerful nation in the world.
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Health Insurance Reform and Nevada: Sen. Reid's Case for ChangeReid argues that proposed health care reform better than status quo.
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Proposed Health Care Reform DisingenuousThe bill does extensive harm to the poor and older Americans who need health care at a reasonable cost.
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City Council Urged to Improve Planning and Budgeting ActivitiesElected officials have a tendency to hide behind committees to
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Solar Cities Projects Provides Lessons Learned$10 million in solar initiative have shown impressive results.
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Mission Creep in Afghanistan UnsustainablePromise that Western troops will leave within 25 months unlikely. -
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Released98 % of Americans covered
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House Passes Burden of Health Care Costs to the Illiterate, and Poor42 million adult Americans can not read and 50 million can only read at the 4th or 5th grade level.
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Oath Keepers: A Necessary ReminderContinuity of Government (CoG) will test Oath Keepers allegiance to Constitution -
Nurses Protest H1N1 SafetySome 16,000 registered nurses in 39 Nevada and California hospitals may strike.
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Sen John Ensign, Nevada, Contributes to Health Care HypocrisyLegislators receive public option -
H1N1: A Case Study in GovernanceSix months after onset, the Government remains behind the health care power curve.
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War Vs. Health: A Necessary ChoiceSustaining defense spending while improving health care is an unsustainable policy
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H1N1 Virus Reaches Pandemic ProportionsThe World Health Organization (WHO) has acknowledged that the outbreak of H1N1 virus is now a pandemic that has infected 35928 people in more than 70 countries and killing 163. -
Health Care System Vs. ProfiteeringIndividuals, families, and small business owners are being crushed by rising health care costs,
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Farquhar McRaeThe land we know as the West was tamed and settled by many Farquhar McRae's -
Biomass Cuts Crude Oil Consumption by 28% and Imports by 58 %Non-eatable ethanol could meet 28.39% of the Nations current consumption 58.53% of the Nations imports. -
Biomass Cuts Crude Oil Consumption by 28% and Imports by 58 %Biomass meets 28.39% of the Nations current consumption rate and 58.53% of the Nations imports, -
Former President Convicted of Human Rights Violations Sentenced to 25-yearsThe conviction of Alberto Fujimori for human rights violations is a clear sign that Americans will not tolerate criminal activity from their elected leaders.
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Government Largess Fuels Self-Reliance and ProductivityRepublicans, and conservatives in general, live by an ideology that America's standard of living came about from Sabbath collection plates, self-reliance and hard work that unleashed the productive energies of it's inhabitants. -
Obama Accepts Geithner's Reaganomics SolutionThe same people that got the Nation into its current financial crisis are not the ones to get us out.
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Yucca DeadThe Yucca Mountain project is coming to an end. Nuclear Storage Options to be reviewed.
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Reaction to Opama Policy DisingenuousKeynesian approach displaces Reaganomics in Global Climate.
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Bush Era Attorneys Under InvestigationFindings could collapse Bush Administration legal arguments.
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Monetary Policy Requires Get Tough PolicyGet tough on the big banks and their bosses is necessary to get monetary policy back on track. -
Truth and Reconciliation: The Bush-Cheney LegacyPatrick Leahy, D, Vermont has proposed a "Truth and Reconciliation Commission." -
Richard Bruce CheneyFew people are as dangerous and as unstable as former Vice President Richard Bruce Cheney.
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Pollution Regulations a Step Towards Cap-and-TradeGovernors lead anti-pollution efforts. -
Coal-Fired Power Plant ChallengedNevada legislators should move immediately on a Cap-and-Trade policy in order to better manage proposed fossil fuel projects. -
Salazar Sets Sights High to Regain DOI IntegrityInterior Politics Compromised Agency's Integrity
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Nevada's Approach to Education Rated PoorIf all Nevada racial and ethnic groups attained the same higher educational levels as whites, the States total annual personal income in Nevada would be about $6 billion higher.
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Nation Needs Clean Energy PolicyScientists support comprehensive clean energy plan.
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Major Restructuring Necessary to Deal with BioterrorismThe Federal Government reports that decisive action is necessary to prevent a bioterrorist attack by 2013.
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Oil Shale Development360,000 acres to be auctioned for industrial development is pristine land
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Genes Contribute to Both Religious and Homosexual InclinationReligious zealots and gays share one thing in common: a genetic predisposition to their condition.
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Saddling Up is Easy, Staying Aboard is DifficultAmericans are tolerant but their collective strength has the potential for both good and evil.
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Spreading the WealthThe role of government has expanded from providing basic security to a greater emphasis on civil rights, and increasing control over the nations economies.
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Guess Who's Coming to the White HouseThe results of the November 4th election will tell the world how willing white Americans are to accept multiculturalism.
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Early Turnout in Nevada Favors DemocratsDemocrats lead in Nevada early voting
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Nevadians Shifting to ObamaThe last debate between Barack Obama, and John McCain was a reminder that Nevada's future rests with the next occupants of the White House.
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Colin Powell Rejects the Man from La ManchaPowell rejects the the extreme right wing of the Republican party, Sen. John McCain's erratic behavior and his selection of Sarah Palin
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Government is Not the EnemyFew events in modern history show how emotion affects decisions as does the fall in the stock market and the war in Iraq.
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The PretenderThe Vice President debate accentuated the differences between a master of his trade and a pretender.
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House Republicans Fail to Act as Stock Market Drops, $1.2 Trillion LostHouse Republicans inaction cost business $ 1.2 trillion
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Adherence to Wrong Ideology Drives Market CrashThe problem we face is one created by politicians who adhere to an extreme form of laissez fair in capitalism.
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The PrinceThe Cheney approach to governance fails as the public becomes aware of its abuses.
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The Zero-Sum EconomyWe are seeing the results of three decades of deregulation and wealth transfer to the rich.
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Sarah Palin on the Middle EastPalin misrepresents Iraq war to son and Troops
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Sarah Palin on EuropePalin's views on the Russia-Georgia conflict dangerous.
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Palin: An Impulsive Response to Karl RoveRove wanted Romney. McCain wanted Lieberman. Palin was the compromise.
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McCain; The Manchurian CandidateAmericans loath those who dishonor their country through any number of unforgivable acts.
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Sarah Palin RevealedIt was a pleasure to watch Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska, accept the nomination as Vice President: However
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Gene on Chromosome 8 Linked to Forms of ScoliosisA gene on chromosome 8 has been linked to some forms of scoliosis.
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Obama Vs. McCainThe nation has suffered through enough incompetence at the highest levels, it's time for a change.
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Suppressor Gene for Prostate Cancer IdentifiedResearchers suggest that a gene on human chromosome 11 may transmit information to chromosome 2 to suppress prostate cancer cells.
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Ménière's Disease Associated with Chromosome 12p12.3Menieres a genetic disease
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Research Suggests Humans and Neanderthals Evolved Along Separate LinesMtDNA from Neanderthals compared with modern humans
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Have Athletes Gone to the Dogs?Superior athletes may be genetically different.
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Democrats Highlight Energy Strategy at Summit in Las VegasFormer President Clinton, Senator Harry Reid and T. Boon Pickens among notables gathered to discuss alternative energy strategies.
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Bush-McCain Provokes Russia to Protect Oil GainsPresident George W. Bush admission that "bullying and intimidation," is an unacceptable "way to conduct foreign policy in the 21st Century," points finger on himself.
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Native Americans Deserve BetterOn August 7, 2008 Judge James Robertson, Washington D.C. District Court, issued an opinion in a 12 year old case alleging 112 years of malfeasance in the Management of Native American Trust Accounts.
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Grieving: Complicated, Distressing and EmotionalGrieving for a loved one is a complicated, distressing and an emotion experience
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Cuil: More Relevant Search Results, Content AnalysisCuil searches and ranks pages based on their content and relevance.
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The 2008 Olympics and Gene Doping.Eventually someone will figure out how to use genetic technology to enhance performance.
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The World Yields No Respect to Courts Organized to ConvictIn confusing criminal acts with war crimes the political actors of our time have re-created the Malmedy problem
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Demagoguery, Lying, Propaganda and War ProvocationsOvercoming contemptuous war provocateurs
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3-D Earthquake Prediction Models Useful in Earthquake Disaster Planning378 Quakes hit southern California and Nevada since July 23rd, 2008
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Karl Rove: A Genetic MisfitHuman behavior can be explained through natural selection and environmental impacts which helps explain Karl Christian Rove's antisocial personality.
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McCain Returns to Unsustainable Reagan DogmaJohn McCain (R-Ariz) announced plans to balance the federal budget is a misleading statement about defense funding and a return to Reaganomics.
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The Latest in Our Journey Out of AfricaWe all share the same out-of-Africa history as Illinois Senator Barack Obama
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John McCain Continues Energy Speculation, Investment LoopholesWhile the sub-prime mortgage business leaves homeowners in crisis, wealthy investors are shifting their investment strategies into the energy commodity futures.
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Renewable Energy Faces Stiff Opposition from Fossil Advocates in Upcoming Energy Conference in Las VegasIn August the Center for American Progress Action Fund will hold a Conference to define a renewable energy policy agenda
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The Capacity to Govern: Yucca Mountain NevadaAbout 80 miles northwest of Las Vegas Nevada lies an earthquake prone ridge created by an extinct super volcano where the Federal Government proposes to store more than 50,000 tons of radioactive spent fuel rods1 from 100 temporary locations in 39 states.
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Unified Communications Can Reduces CostsOrganizations using information technology to improve their bottom line must also deal with the rising costs of the labor, hardware and software .
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The Choice is YoursMost of us, but not all, are feeling the pinch of higher oil prices, lower wages, the rising costs of goods and services, and devastating floods and other weather related events
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Senate to Focus on Renewable Energy and TransmissionThe U.S. Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee begins hearings focusing exclusively on renewable energy and transmission.
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What's Next: Limits on Commercial Searches by the GovernmentGovernments will move to limit the capabilities of commercial Search Engines while expanding their spy systems. This action will diminish the potential value of citizen searches and lower stock prices.