The Gramblinite
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Dr. Nasir Ahmed is a professor of Public Administration at Grambling State University. In history, we have seen how great nations becomes small – it’s not by other nations’ acts but by a nation’s dysfunctional short-term political, economic and social policies. Our American values are a reflection of our internal […]
Dr. Nasir Ahmed is a professor of Public Adminstration at Grambling State University. When I came to America 40 years ago as a graduate student, I paid less than $100 per year for my health insurance. Today, as a gainfully employed professor, I pay $8,000 from my paycheck and my […]
Dr. Nasir Ahmed is a Professor of Public Administration at Grambling State University. Since my teenage years, I got used to seeing ‘change’ happening around me right and left. My teenage years include attending a Civil War when Bangladesh became an independent country in 1971. We thought the sun will […]
Osama Bin Laden became a mythical figure in the past decade. Everyone thought he was in possession of the remote control to do all the evil things in the world. As the news broke out in late Sunday that U.S. Special Forces killed the most wanted man in the 21st […]
With the 9-11 anniversary, Park 51 controversy, and Koran burning threat (later withdrawn) – America had a pretty rough fortnight. The media, of course, brings the controversial issues in the living rooms of the world. Add to that the role of cyber chatters, making the discourse more intense and personal. […]
At the dawn of the 21st century the energy politics is taking a new twist. Currently, our world is going through an energy crisis of unprecedented nature. Energy crisis is not a national crisis anymore than it’s an international crisis with America at the center. The gas price has doubled […]
Gun violence is taking too many lives in America. Liberal gun laws and the Second Amendment right to own gun has made America a very dangerous society to live in. Gun violence is disproportionately affecting the African-Americans and the people at the low socio-economic level. The debate around the Second […]
A nation is like a human being. If you don’t have the right priority, you end up messing up your life. In contemporary America, our leaders at the highest level have the priority issue mixed up. Since World War II, America was looked up to. The middle class in America […]