Freedom to Choose our Leaders
We are supposed to be a democracy “of the people, for the people, and by the people.” U.S. lawmakers are all for more competition–just as long as they do not have to compete. This reality is...
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The last 11 years have proven that Iraqi leaders are not willing to work together. Yet, we are still telling them to do so. Never mind that the Shiite-Sunni conflict has existed for over 1000 years. As...
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October 30, 2014 – The Beltway Beast: A Challenge to Our Democracy by Munir Moon is a concise look at a litany of problems with the American political system—and a glimpse at a possible solution....
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According to a Gallup poll in October 2013, only 26% believe that two major parties adequately represent Americans, and 60% of Americans think a third party is needed. This book is designed to be a...
View ArticleThe Beltway Beast review by the Kirkus Reviews
Dec 10, 2014 – A political treatise that laments how America’s democracy inadequately represents its citizens and calls for the creation of a third party. In his debut effort, Moon catalogs a host of...
View ArticleThe Beltway Beast – 2014 INDIEFAB Book of the Year
Political Science – Non-fiction Category June 26, 2015—Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards, judged by a select group of librarians and booksellers from around the country, were announced...
View ArticleThe Independents Are Coming
September 13, 2015 – The Republican and Democratic parties have mostly offered the regular party insiders as potential candidates for the 2016 presidential election. Both parties’ insider candidates...
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Women Millennials, and Technology Leading the Way THE MIDDLE CLASS IS GETTING CRUSHED. BUT NOT FOR TOO LONG. Despite the doom and gloom making headlines, there are major forces working together—from...
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The middle class is getting crushed. But there is hope. The most common argument about the middle class destruction is the declining or stagnant income, which is true. However, the main culprits are...
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The last 11 years have proven that Iraqi leaders are not willing to work together. Yet, we are still telling them to do so. Never mind that the Shiite-Sunni conflict has existed for over 1000 years. As...
View ArticleThe Middle Class Comeback – 2016 Finalist for Political Science
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The greatest security threats to the United States are not from nuclear weapons but from cyber space and domestic terrorism. The Russian interference in the 2016 elections through email hacking and...
View ArticleThe Beltway Beast
Wednesday, November 5th, 2014 – One cannot underestimate the power of the Beltway Beast, whose tentacles tap into every city, county, and state. But there is so much more to the Beltway Beast’s...
View ArticleThe Beltway Beast review by the FOREWORD REVIEWS
October 30, 2014 – The Beltway Beast: A Challenge to Our Democracy by Munir Moon is a concise look at a litany of problems with the American political system—and a glimpse at a possible solution....
View ArticleIllogical Logic of Our Iraq Policy
November 17, 2014 – We attacked Iraq in the aftermath of 9/11 to remove Saddam Hussein who presumably represented a potential threat to us by having weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). Even though...
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