Party Conventions Are a Free-For-All for Influence Peddling: The Soft Money Loophole for Lobbyists

The Democratic and Republican national conventions are supposed to be publicly financed electoral events with reasonable ethics restrictions on influence-peddling by lobbyists. However, the conventions have become mostly privately financed soirees funded by corporations and lobbying firms that seek favors from the federal government. The unlimited soft money donations from special interests to pay for the conventions, and the lavish parties and wining and dining at the conventions, run counter to the federal election law and congressional ethics rules

Thinking: The Foundation of Critical and Creative Learning in the Classroom

The author reviews the book Thinking: The Foundation of Critical and Creative Learning in the Classroom, by Robert Boostrom (New York: Teachers College Press, 2005)

Orinoco Flow: Culture, Narrative, and the Political Economy of Information

The author reviews the book Orinoco Flow: Culture, Narrative, and the Political Economy of Information, by Benjamin Keith Belton (Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2003)

Subject Headings for School and Public Libraries: An LCSH/Sears Companion (3rd Ed.)

The author reviews the book Subject Headings for School and Public Libraries: An LCSH/Sears Companion (3rd Ed.), by Joanna F. Fountain (Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2001)

Multicultural Social Studies: Using Local History in the Classroom

The author reviews the book Multicultural Social Studies: Using Local History in the Classroom, by A. Danker (New York: Teachers College Press, 2005)

Annual reports of the town officers of the town of Canterbury comprising those of the selectmen, treasurer, town clerk, school board, librarian, library trustees, tax collector and trustees of trust fund for the year ending January 31, 1942.

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire

Annual reports of the town officers of the town of Canterbury comprising those of the selectmen, treasurer, town clerk, tax collector, overseer of poor, road agent, library trustees, trustees of trust funds, fire departments, school board for the year ended December 31, 1952.

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire

Annual reports of the town officers of the town of Canterbury, New Hampshire comprising those of the selectmen, treasurer, town clerk, tax collector, health officer, road agent, library trustees, trustees of trust funds, planning board, board of adjustment, conservation commission, historical commission, historical society, police and fire departments, 1998.

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire