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  MyVote - How to...

  Zed Starkovich

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  MyVote is a bold, practical blueprint for turning your smartphone into a comprehensive e-governance platform that unifies access to government services, modernizes democratic participation through secure digital identity and verified polling, and aims to reduce control of American democracy by billionaires and corporate interests while increasing accountability, transparency, and citizen empowerment. 
  Drawing on real systems already running in countries like Estonia, Singapore, and Denmark, MyVote describes a single, ad-free, government-funded app that puts emergency help, veterans' benefits, housing support, job programs, health coverage, taxes, and local services under one trusted roof. No more predatory ads, scam websites, or hours lost in bureaucratic quicksand; with MyVote, you log in once, see exactly what services are available to you and track everything from your pocket. 
  But this is more than a service portal; it is a complete electronic governance vision explaining how secure data exchange, biometric digital IDs, verified polling, and standardized candidate profiles can make representatives more responsive, their donors visible, their promises trackable, and your vote verifiable in real time. It shows how continuous, authenticated public input and transparent election infrastructure can make lobbyists weaker and citizens stronger, without sacrificing privacy or civil liberties. 
  Accessible, sharply argued, and packed with real-world examples, MyVote is for everyone who senses that "the system is rigged" but wants to revitalize democracy with a better user interface instead of tearing it to the ground. If you care about voting rights, digital privacy, income inequality, or simply getting the help promised by your government without being exploited, this book shows how electronic governance can move America toward the "more perfect union" promised at its founding, and invites you to help make it real.

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  Veto Message Regarding the Bank...

  Andrew Jackson

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  In 1832, President Jackson vetoed a bill that aimed to renew a charter for the US Bank. He issued this message to accompany the rejection in which he explained his controversial decision. He believed the bank held too much power, and that “It is easy to conceive that great evils to our country and its institutions might flow from such a concentration of power in the hands of a few men irresponsible to the people.” While some saw this decision a dictator-like act, others saw it as a spark of hope for the poor.  

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  When the War Never Ends - The...

  Leah Wizelman

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  Veterans with PTSD speak: “Anyone wanting to understand what it is to have a ‘flashback’ will learn more from these firsthand accounts than from any textbook.” ―The British Journal of Psychiatry   The chances of service members developing PTSD after military-related traumas is, according to a U.S. study, at least thirty percent. The effects can be devastating, ranging from distressing flashbacks to nightmares, sleep disorders, physical symptoms, irritability, aggressions, and memory and concentration problems. These symptoms often cause severe impairment in all areas of life and may lead to despair and hopelessness. PTSD is neither a localized nor a temporary problem.    Here, Leah Wizelman relates the true stories of service members from different service branches and ranks from the United States, Canada, Australia, and Germany, who were participants in various wars (Vietnam, Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan, Grenada) and peace missions (Kosovo, Bosnia, Croatia, Cambodia, Somalia, Cyprus, Haiti). They talk openly about their lives after trauma and share their fates with the reader. Spouses of affected military members also tell their stories. They talk about the challenges loved ones face when living with a partner with PTSD, how it affects their children, and how they manage to cope.    As these stories show all too vividly, military-related PTSD has not been dealt with effectively or with enough empathy or sympathy. Those affected by PTSD will realize that they are not alone in their suffering—and others will gain insight into the realities of this challenging disorder.   “I highly recommend this volume to all who seek to understand combat-related PTSD.” —Kathryn M. Magruder, MPH., PhD, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Military Science Division, Medical University of South Carolina

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  Life in a Tank

  Richard Haigh

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  Richard Haigh was an Infantry lieutenant in the 2nd Royal Berkshire Infantry Regiment serving in the Somme area in 1916. Shortly after Tanks were first used in battle in September of 1916 the British Army asked for volunteers, Lieutenant Haigh signed up and was accepted in December of 1916. He describes the training and actions he participated in until the war ended in 1918. He was awarded MC in 1916 as Lt. (acting Capt.) Richard Haigh, Royal Berkshire Regiment. He was commissioned from the RMC (Sandhurst) to the Berkshires 16th Feb 1915; on resigning his commission in 1919, he joined the General Reserve of Officers. (Summary by William A. Crenshaw)

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  Grave Dealings - Body Snatching...

  Tim Dewysockie

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  In the eighteenth century the first American medical school was established in Philadelphia. Following the model of European universities, anatomical lectures were conducted with cadavers. But where did the bodies come from? Dissection was viewed as a fate worse than death, and the only legal source of "stiffs" was executed criminals. But there were not enough. As the medical profession and its need for "anatomical material" grew, a new, macabre practice emerged: body snatching. 
   
   
   
  Body snatchers secretly obtained bodies from cemeteries and sold them to medical schools for dissection. But how did body snatching work? How did body snatchers and medical schools avoid getting caught, and what happened when they did? How did the era of the body snatchers end? Grave Dealings: Body Snatching In Philadelphia, 1762-1883 digs through archives to unearth the forgotten history of a time of graveyard patrols and anatomy riots, when the dead needed protection from the living. Philadelphia pioneered and became the center of American medical education and practice–and body snatching–in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. 
   
   
   
  Grave Dealings explores the social, cultural, practical, and legal aspects of body snatching in America's first capital city and relates it to the continuing ethical struggles that surround the treatment of human remains to this day.

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  Ethics of Aristotle

  Aristotle

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  "The Ethics of Aristotle" is a timeless classic of philosophy that continues to influence ethical thinking today. In this work, Aristotle explores the nature of morality, virtue, and the good life, drawing on his extensive knowledge of human psychology and the nature of the world. With a focus on practical wisdom and the development of character, Aristotle lays out a comprehensive ethical system that is grounded in reason and guided by a sense of purpose. His ideas on friendship, justice, and the role of the individual in society have had a profound impact on Western thought and continue to be studied and debated by philosophers, scholars, and everyday readers alike. "The Ethics of Aristotle" is a must-read for anyone interested in ethics, morality, and the human condition.

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