Commonsense Guide to Current Affairs: The Issues We Hear About Every Day from the Standpoint of What the Politicians Have Forgotten-common Sense

by Bedogne, Vincent Frank; Everest, Marcy Jean

• ISBN13: 9781606087862
• ISBN10: 160608786X
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781498274425
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-08-01
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Pub
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Summary

From clones, family, abortion, terrorism, and the concept of the collective to economics, nuclear power, cap and trade, renewable energy, and the politics of climate change, Everest and Bedogne do something much needed and remarkably absent in today's media. They strip away the layers of liberal and conservative ideology to look at the most talked about topics of our time from the standpoint of what the politicians have forgotten--common sense. Brought to light by logic, history, and science, the book filters the issues that in today's world every citizen, student, and educator needs to understand through what we know to be sound--that which we have gained through our day-to-day trials--our all-too-often repressed ability to see things in a practical and matter-of-fact way.

Author Biography

Marcy Jean Everest is a Professor of political science with teaching and research experience at Kings College. University of Oregon. Weber State University, South Florida Community College and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Argument	p. 1
Science	p. 5
Statistics	p. 9
Diet	p. 13
Exercise	p. 18
Self	p. 21
Collective	p. 25
Family	p. 29
Society	p. 34
Civilization I	p. 38
Scarcity	p. 42
Civilization II	p. 46
Economics	p. 51
Civilization III	p. 56
Socialism	p. 61
Civilization IV	p. 65
Capitalism	p. 70
Civilization V	p. 74
TodayÆs Economy	p. 78
World War I	p. 85
Taxes	p. 90
World War II	p. 5
Politics	p. 100
Cold War	p. 103
Democracy	p. 109
Education	p. 114
Healthcare	p. 120
Earth	p. 126
Environment	p. 131
Population	p. 136
Global Warming	p. 141
Cap and Trade	p. 146
Energy	p. 153
Hybrid Cars	p. 158
Renewable Energy	p. 163
Hydrogen	p. 169
Nuclear Power	p. 173
Energy Plan for America	p. 179
The Middle East	p. 185
God	p. 191
Islam	p. 195
Terrorism	p. 200
Darwin	p. 206
Clones	p. 211
Abortion	p. 214
UFOs	p. 220
Bibliography	p. 225
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