Page 1 of James Smith's writing

1. Is E-Vote Security The Hanging Chad Of Election 2008? The most clever advertisement on television today is when the Maytag repairman saves the day at a polling booth by holding up a handful of crumpled ballots that he has just removed from a voting machine. I watched that advertisement the other day... (posted by James 3 years 242 days ago.)

2. America’s Best Days-Gone or Yet to Come? In a Rasmussen telephone poll taken recently, voters were asked whether America's best days were ahead or behind it. In the poll's findings, 32% of those polled thought that the nation's best days were yet to come. However, more than 50% of... (posted by James 3 years 303 days ago.)

3. Future Cities Will Move And Change Shape Every day millions of people all over the world go to the office to work at the same location. It is another work day at the same address in the same office building. The structure may be old or it may be new, but the structure does not change. It... (posted by James 3 years 311 days ago.)

4. The Pentagon's Battle Plan Is To Go Green The vote was 324-84 as the United States House of Representatives recently approved legislation allowing the Justice Department to sue members of OPEC . The House bill blames OPEC for limiting oil supplies and working together to set crude prices.... (posted by James 3 years 345 days ago.)

5. Fighting The Next War With Insects And Sharks There is a long history of the use of the honey bee in war. Roman catapults, with bee hives as projectiles, unleashed the fury of angry bees on an advancing enemy. Bee hives booby trapped to topple over with trip wires were used to the advantage... (posted by James 3 years 352 days ago.)

6. Time Magazine's Profitable Use Of Climate Change On April 3, 2006, the cover of Time Magazine read "Be Worried, Be Very Worried" introducing an article on Global Warming. One year later the cover of Time Magazine announced its "Global Warming Survival Guide." A Time Global Warming cover story in... (posted by James 4 years 22 days ago.)

7. Taking The Temperature Of Global Climate Change The daily observation from the Solar & Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) clearly highlights a potential global problem. In 2008, nearly every day of each of the first four months of the year has recorded an observation of sunspot activity that is... (posted by James 4 years 26 days ago.)

8. Beijing 2008 Was A Bad Bet By The I.O.C. The 2008 Summer Olympic Games and events in Beijing are still several months away. However, sad and disturbing world headlines concerning China and these Olympic Games are everywhere. Last week the Chinese government reported that air pollution in... (posted by James 4 years 43 days ago.)

9. Banksy Is The World's Most Wanted Graffiti Artist You can see graffiti in every country in the world. It often defaces walls, poles, trains and the fronts and sides of buildings. Graffiti is considered undesirable vandalism to its victims who spend time and money to paint over or wash it off... (posted by James 4 years 103 days ago.)

10. Man-Made Global Warming Is Tulip Bulb Mania Global warming research has become a very big business throughout the world. Each year billions of dollars are spent studying climate change. The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), now has an annual budget that has reached more than $136... (posted by James 4 years 121 days ago.)

11. Surviving The Hype Of The Apocalypse of 2012 2012 will be a very interesting year. The United States will have a Presidential election. Across the world, elections will also be held in France, Mexico, and Ireland. The Freedom Tower will be completed in New York. The Summer Olympic games will... (posted by James 4 years 138 days ago.)

12. Global Warming Is An Issue, Not A Crusade The problem with the true believer is that an issue becomes black and white. There is no room for discussion. The true believer is right and if you do not agree with him/her, you are dead wrong. The fact is the true believer is not satisfied just... (posted by James 4 years 159 days ago.)

13. A Lunar Outpost For A Journey To Mars In the year 2004, American President, George W. Bush, outlined goals for NASA after the completion of the International Space Station in 2010. Bush stated that " our... goal is to develop and test a new spacecraft, the Crew Exploration Vehicle, by... (posted by James 4 years 164 days ago.)

14. A Survival Guide For This Holiday Season This was the first year in some time that I was out shopping on Black Friday. I usually get most of my holiday shopping done prior to Thanksgiving. Completely avoiding the annual post-Thanksgiving rush has been an objective of mine for some time.... (posted by James 4 years 184 days ago.)

15. The Road To The White House Needs Repair It's late October 2007 and we still do not know when the New Hampshire primary and the Iowa Caucuses will be held. Twenty states have been moving forward into early 2008 their primary election voting date. It is a game of election day calendar... (posted by James 4 years 198 days ago.)

16. Thanksgiving Day In America Thanksgiving Day in America means travel, family reunions, cooking , food, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade and the traditional high school football games. It is the official start of the holiday season which concludes on New Years Day. It is... (posted by James 4 years 210 days ago.)

17. In Myanmar, “Its Not Power That Corrupts, But Fear” You may have never heard of Myanmar until you read about the violence against monks that has been making world headline news over the last few weeks. Just what are the problems in the country? Why are monks under attack? Lets examine these... (posted by James 4 years 232 days ago.)

18. The Distinguished Guest “Was A Petty And Cruel Dictator” Sometimes, college and university administrators invite tyrants, terrorists, and other highly controversial people to speak at their schools. The guest arrives and is given a friendly welcome. The speech is made, several hostile questions are... (posted by James 4 years 236 days ago.)

19. Remembering The Life Of Luciano Pavarotti It is interesting that often when we read about the death of a famous person, we sometimes personalize it. We reflect on how that person has touched our life, what impact the person has had on us, and what memories we have that connect with the... (posted by James 4 years 240 days ago.)

20. The I-35W Was A Bridge Too Far There are some tragic news stories that reflect weather and nature related catastrophes like the death and destruction due to droughts, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes or tornadoes. There are sad, tragic stories like accidental drowning, car... (posted by James 4 years 240 days ago.)

21. Barry Bonds And Major League Baseball's Home Run Record During the 2007 baseball season, Barry Bonds will hit career home run seven hundred fifty six and break Henry Aaron's all time career home run mark. Barry Bonds will become baseball's new home run king and sultan of swat. Barry Bonds will have... (posted by James 4 years 299 days ago.)