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 Kevin Anthony Stoda Educator and Political Scientist GERMANY, USA, PHILIPPINES, Oman eslkevin1@yahoo.com SHARE 
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KEVIN STODA-has been blessed to have either traveled in or worked in nearly 100 countries on five continents over the past two and a half decades.--He sees himself as a peace educator and have been-- a promoter of good economic and social development--making-him an enemy of my homelands humongous DEFENSE SPENDING and its focus on using weapons to try and solve global issues.
"I am from Kansas so I also use the pseudonym 'Kansas' and 'alone' when I write and publish.- I-keep two blogs--one with BLOGGER and one with WORDPRESS.- My writings range from reviews to editorials or to travel observations.- I also make recommendations related to policy--having both a-strong background in teaching foreign languages and degrees in teaching in history and the social sciences.--As a Midwesterner, I also write on religion and living out ones faith whether it be as a Christian, Muslim or Buddhist perspective."
On my own home page, I also provide information for language learners and travelers http://www.geocities.com/eslkevin/-,- http://the-teacher.blogspot.com/-& http://alone.gnn.tv/
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Friday, June 25, 2010Key Judge in Lousiana Fails to Recuse Himself--Should He be Impeached? According to Democracy Now and other national media, the judge who stopped the Obama's Administration's 6-month moratorium on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico this week likely should have had to recuse himself before taking part in the case.Judge Feldman may have been correct in his decision, but he was not the judge who should have made such an injunction--his hands and bank account are bloodied and well-oiled
Friday, June 25, 2010McChrystal, USA FLAG and Miscommunication Skills Social conflicts often involve some misunderstanding.Parties in conflict communicate by what they say (or do not say) and how they behave toward each other. Even normal interaction may involve faulty communication, but conflict seems to worsen the problem. Was General McChrystal just looking to get fired or did he really want to communicate more than incompetence in leadership style? Let's look at metaphor of misunderstanding
Friday, June 18, 2010For Our World Literature Teacher Friends this Summer Occasionally, the author and teacher, Kevin A. Stoda, likes to make teaching lessons or units available to his peers around the globe. Here is one such unit. It focuses on modern literature and how to get students to do research and put diverse ideas together overa semester. It focuses on literary trends and Nobel laureates. Feel free to share and pass on. HAVE GREAT SUMMER, TEACHERS wherever you are!
Friday, June 11, 2010SMOKING ADDICTED TWO YEAR OLD REMINDS ME OF OUR BIG-BONUS BANKERS & CEOs and THEIR TOO-BIG-TO-FAIL BANKS & Firms What does a 2-year old chain-smoker have to do with the global economic mess we are witnessing?
Thursday, May 13, 2010CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION and Me--A PETITION The European Union has a Charter of Human Rights but does not really have much enforcement going on, especially on behalf of immigrant labor--who live by the thousands and millions in Europe. The author is providing an example claim to the EU Ombudsman--as individual states can delay justice for over 5 years before foreign labor receive their right to access these supposedly universal rights in the EU.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010EURO LEADERS SPEND BILLIONS; GERMAN GOVERNMENT SHAKIER THAN EVER; STUDENTS IN THE STREETS BY THE THOUSANDS This was the worst election result in the history of the conservative party (CDU/CSU) in Germany since WWII. It was obviously a sign that the German citizenry are becoming tired, too, of the status quo and this rise in youthful (and voter) protests is likely to be a sign of a long hot summer in German politics.
Sunday, May 9, 2010JEREMY LAURANCE WRITES that MOST BABIES BORN IN BRITAIN TODAY WILL LIVE TO BE 120 I came across a Jeremy Laurance article that really made me think positively about the fact that Europe's population is continuing to get much older each year. The article was in the WORD AND PRESS (Feb. 1, 2009) and was entitled, " Most Babies Born in Britain will live to be 120". This demographic shift is already being perceived in Eastern Asian countries, such as Japan and South Korea. Retirement ages of 70+ are
Thursday, May 6, 2010Does the World need a strong America in the 21st Century? Does the world need a strong America anymore? If yes, what do we mean by the word "strong"?
Monday, May 3, 2010Some Students aske me about Why I Appreciate Germany What is it about Gemrany that so many immigrants found attractive to move to since WWII?
Thursday, April 29, 2010Where the Looting of Main Street Met the "Baddest' Banks who Should Fail or be Taken-Over as in Eminent Domain Carl Levin did a good job on Tuesday tearing into Goldman Sachs. Since Goldman Sachs is seen as a main character in the collapse of the Greek economy this year --and as Greece's good silent partner in intentionally keeping the weakness of the Greek economy secret from the rest of the EU EURO community of states.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010Defenestrations and God's Warriors "Defenestrations and God's Warriors" is a collection of videos, memories, and articles used to weed through the images of violence, broken glass, and terror across the ages. Kamikazes are heroes. Peasants are victors. Video violence is good for you. Question what you read and see. Read through this a historical collage going from the defenestrations in Prague to Japan, the Middle East, Mexico and NYC and our memories now.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010Off to the Races: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM HAS RESPONDED to Friedman's Challenge Mr. Friedman, what do you suggest if tecnhonology development racers--like in Germany and the USA--don't seem to really want to race in 2010 and beyond? Well, I think that people need to do their homework and undertake some butt-kicking in Washington, D.C., Berlin, and elsewhere where state governments stand in the People's way to protect our planet and climate.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010Almost no foreign non-profit insurance carriers will make a reciprocal coverage agreement with the many for-profit-USA ( This lack of insurance coverage for Americans--like for my sister formerly and I currently--whenever visiting the USA with our families has been the RESULT of the fact that USA HEALTH CARE HAS BEEN SO-OUT-OF-CONTROL-EXPENSIVE that almost no foreign non-profit insurance carriers will make a reciprocal coverage agreement with the many for-profit-USA's wealthier and larger insurance firms.
Saturday, April 10, 2010Dear President, NO MORE SPARTA!!!!! America needs to return to more Athenian Democracy this 2010 Dear President Obama,As I am expecting my first child next month, it is time to get serious on change and reform in the core pillars of American Democracy This past week has been an eye-opening period for many Americans--propaganda and cover-ups about the war and too-many victims are seen every where. This is why increasingly, Americans want the country to stop playing the role of an out-of-control Sparta.
Saturday, April 10, 2010MANY GERMANS HAVE NOT YET GOTTEN USED TO THE IDEA THAT THEIR COUNTRY IS AT WAR Until the new CDU, CSU, and FDP coalition German government came to power after elections last autumn for nearly a decade it was taboo in Germany for the defense ministry to say the W-word. However, with the worst and most intensive fighting of its 50-plus years of history taking place in Kundus (Afghanistan) last week, Germany's Bundeswehr says the words much more freely now.
Sunday, April 4, 2010Why the words of Gabriel Garcia Marquez in 100 years of Solitude Need to be read better, especially by European readers Is Europe only ready to take from the rest, like Latin American Magical Realist literature, while still not giving back any more of its wealth, its education and its sciences of peace (not war) to Latin America and the other continents? Whatever happened to real lovers of Latin America, like the Humboldt brothers? It is time for Europeans to reorganize and rescrambled their histories in time
Wednesday, March 31, 201021ST CENTURY IS STILL LOOKING FOR SARTRE 45+ years ago Jean-Paul Sartre turned down the Nobel Prize. "Sartre maintained that his ideals about freedom conflicted with those of the Nobel Committee and that he did not want to be "institutionalized' with the prize money, then worth about $53,000--which he believed would corrupt his writing. Days after the announcement, he told a reporter, "A writer ought to live according to his own lights.'"
Sunday, March 28, 2010HERE IS WHY THE TEAPARTY FOLKS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO LEAVE THE CONTINENTAL USA This past week (and month), it has become clear to most good and honest Americans that some people living in the United State's, like RushLimbaugh and Sarah Palin, do not need to live any more within the geographic United States anymore--that is, if they continue to evoke violence and oppose the fact that 32-Million more Americans will receive healthcare this next year due to recent congressional passage of HEALTHCARE
Thursday, March 25, 2010UM Kansas Bishop Scott Jones Restates Churches Centuries-Long Commitment to HEALTH CARE AS HUMAN RIGHT In a bid to caution many mainstream Americans (including Christian ones) from going at each other's throats on health care, the Kansas Area Bishop for the United Methodist Church felt called to circulate the following statement asking peoples to not use nor misuse the issue of "Health Care" and recent legislation to perpetuate a greater cultural divide.
Thursday, March 25, 2010FALLING on the SWORD! NEVER MORE, DEBBIE!! LET the NYC BOARD of EDUCATION [and Right Wing Bigots] FALL ON THEIR SWORDS Sadly, long before progressives and centrist Americans understood what a great propaganda campaign we were under in the 1990s, many generations were already suffering--and great American educational visions were being smashed left and right from the 1970s onward across the USA. Let me explain. Let's look at the Almontaser case.
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