By Niki Raapana, March 19, 2006 From sea to shining sea, America is changing the structure of local government. Our constitutional republic is rapidly changing into a communitarian system of law. New laws are introduced every day that incorporate a vague set of “community” values. U.S. law was established to protect and maintain individual rights. […]
By Niki Raapana, February 17, 2006 East Germany passed a public disclosure act soon after communism “fell.” The German people took their new freedom seriously. They insisted on their right to see government documents. The office in charge of turning over police files became overwhelmed with requests. A month after the new law passed, some […]
By Niki Raapana, January 25, 2006 Here’s how communitarian rulings create a new quality of life: “Adams offered an illuminating example of the questions arising from the interaction between European institutions on the one hand and society at large on the other. Only keen observers of communitarian matters are aware that the European Court of […]
By Niki Raapana, January 25, 2006 How both parties sold America down the river After wading through all the publications and websites representing both support and opposition for the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-approved by the U.S. Congress July 2005), it’s astonishing to realize how very few of them bother to explain the legal […]
By Niki Raapana, July 31, 2005 Mayor’s Task force on Obesity and Health at the Municipality of Anchorage Planning Department. “The task force is charged with the task of studying the many aspects, causes and impacts of Obesity in Anchorage, developing a ten-year plan to address it, and completing the process within twelve months.” (The […]
By Niki Raapana, March 18, 2005 The Third Way is another term used to define communitarianism and Civil Society (Dana Milbank, Washington Post (2001)). Third Way politicians claim they seek to find a middle ground between the far-right and the far-left. They identify the “new” American responsibilities to the “new” communities. Third Way philosophers, politicians, […]
By Niki Raapana January 10, 2005 The word community is a legal description that defines a system of law. Community Aquis. The word community is a political term that defines a political philosophy. Communitarianism. The word community, when used to define a political agenda, describes a communitarian system of global government. From Empire to Community. […]
By Niki Raapana, revised April 2, 2004 Ogden City: All About Councils. Appointed councils are the backbone of communitarian societies. Communitarian councils are composed of bureaucrats, non-profit organizations, selected elected representatives (who tow the party line), corporations, foundations, banks, businesses, police, and facilitators. Unlike the former American system of government which only allowed elected representatives […]
By Claudia Rosett, April 18, 2003 President Bush’s call to lift economic sanctions against Iraq could mean the end of the United Nations oil-for-food program, which has overseen the country’s oil sales since 1996. Not only are France and Russia likely to object, but they may well support efforts by Secretary General Kofi Annan to […]
By BBC News, August 27, 2002 A European official whose whistle-blowing revelations sparked the resignation of the entire European Commission has quit, after declaring that nothing has changed. Paul van Buitenen says he is returning to his native Netherlands because the pressure in Brussels became too great to bear. In 1999, he went public with […]