Since the earliest days in the lobbies of the House of Commons, many had attempted to approach members of Parliament in an effort to gain political favors. Originating in the United Kingdom, the term ‘lobbying’ is simply the process of petitioning the government to influence public policy. Crucial to the process of democracy, interest groups [...]

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“It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” Those, now infamous, words of Charles Dickens parlayed well with the first quarter of the twentieth century. The United States had just come out of, what was then, the “Great War.” Coupled with the troops return home, the government’s expenditures for the war [...]

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We are a nation in peril. The economic foundation that has provided many American’s a great opportunity is being attacked. Stocks are plummeting, oil prices (until recently) have been through the roof, business credit is frozen, houses have lost over half of their value is some markets, and tax paying citizens are now on the [...]

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After a great day of golf yesterday – I came back to check my email messages and I find “Infringement of Hasbro, Inc.’s MONOPOLY® Logo.”
Immediately, I laughed and said to myself “yeah right.” First – why in the world would they care about my logo, and second – HOW in the world did they find [...]

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