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Think Act Lead - Refreshingly Honest

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Think Act Lead is a non-profit think tank dedicated to promoting progressive policies, democratic political reforms, civic awareness and engagement. The Refreshingly Honest blog provides information and commentary from a progressive viewpoint.

• Added on: Sep 27th, 2009
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: ThinkActLead
• Listed in: Politics Independent
• Tags: politics progressive policy u.s. politics civics think tank

Recent Posts

• What Would Truman Do?

  Posted on Thursday December 17th, 2009 at 16:18 in politics, President, Barack Obama, healthcare, courage, reform, u.s. politics, healthcare reform, harry truman

  By Steve West President Barack Obama is a student of history. One of his models is Harry Truman. This is the moment that Barack needs to channel Harry! Toward the end of his first term, that he inherited upon Roosevelt’s death, Truman went agai...

• The Hollow Opposition

  Posted on Sunday October 11th, 2009 at 13:24 in Republicans, Democrats, war, obama, health care, iraq, system, healthcare, u.s. politics, electoral reform, joe wilson, opposition party

  By Yury Konnikov Despite its unprofessional and disrespectful nature, Republican Rep. Joe Wilson’s, “You lie!,” outburst at President Obama was an exclamation point on the overly hysterical theatrics of our nation’s only offic...

• The Middle East: The Puzzle of Peace

  Posted on Friday September 25th, 2009 at 07:10 in Israel, Barack Obama, Turkey, iraq, peace, palestine, iran, pakistan, afghanistan, saudi arabia, abdullah, carter

  By Robert Watson, Ph.D. Presidents have tried to make progress toward the puzzle that is Middle East peace, and have come up short. Although the lessons of history are discouraging, Obama’s speech to the Muslim world signaled a new approach to the ...

• Health Care: The Cost of Not Acting

  Posted on Monday September 14th, 2009 at 18:35 in Republicans, Health Insurance, obama, health care, clinton, healthcare, gop, reform, u.s. politics, industries, truman, health care system

  By Robert Watson, Ph.D. That we are desperately in need of a complete overhaul of our health care system would seem to be a no-brainer. We have the highest health care costs in the world (no other country is even close), yet we rate toward the bottom...

• A Thriving Stagnocracy

  Posted on Tuesday September 8th, 2009 at 09:46 in Republicans, Democrats, obama, health care, pluralism, democracy, system, healthcare, reform, u.s. politics, electoral reform, lobby

  By Yury Konnikov In mid-August, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich provided insightful commentary on Marketplace regarding a closed door compromise between the White House and the pharmaceutical industry lobby. In the deal the Obama administration ...

• Keeping Healthcare Reform in Perspective

  Posted on Saturday August 22nd, 2009 at 15:13 in health, Republicans, Canada, obama, healthcare, care, u.s. politics, john stossel, healthcare reform, reforms, health care reform, media politics

  By Yury Konnikov Given the fact that a serious campaign of misinformation is being waged to strike up fear about healthcare reform, it is important to understand what IS and IS NOT actually being proposed. The BBC has an interesting article providin...

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