Daniel J. Smiechowski
Daniel is a former public school teacher in San Diego, California where he currently resides. He is considered an overall bon vivant having written on topics as diverse as politics, bicycle racing, French Culture, philosophy and social issues. He has completed over one hundred triathlons worldwide and has visited France eighteen times at last count. He attended the University of France, "Sorbonne" and graduated from San Diego State University. He has run for public office seven times.....
Articles by Daniel J. Smiechowski
October 22, 2011
Why we all occupy Wall Street---A psychological review of dissent within society.
April 28, 2011
The politics and morality of legal and illegal immigration.
July 17, 2008
Two distinctively varied views from America's religious community.
Regarding: Obama, McCain have "God" problems: The recent revelations and continuing saga of three surrogates to Presidential contenders McCain and Obama illustrate the high water mark in political philosophy and psychology in the ra...
August 24, 2007
There continues to be much discussion among Iraq War supporters, most notably the reference of former Congressman and Vice-Presidential candidate Jack Kemp comparing U.S. involvement in Iraq to the events of WWII Europe. Mr. Kemp is correct in his assertions, but has his facts inside out.
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January 28, 2006
Mexico's leftist candidate for President vows to help the poor and elderly, to clean up corruption and to not be a puppet of George W. Bush. Newly elected Presidents of Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Venezuela, Spain and Norway elect likewise. All these countries have participated in fr...
October 21, 2005
A few weeks ago at the University of California San Diego during a public debate for Mayor, a telling sign emerged with regard to the political philosophy of Candidate Jerry Sanders. When posed a question regarding the City of San Diego supporting a Federal Department of Peace, Mr.Sanders appeared...
August 25, 2005
How is it possible to validate our Government's illegal, immoral and illogical preemptive strike against a proven non threatening sovereign state? What appears to be so threatening to the crocodile tear crowd is their sense of national morality.
The pro war crowd undoubtedly suffers many sleepl...
August 02, 2005
During the early Middle Ages, the great barbarian invasions which destroyed much of the Roman Empire had supplanted a mostly civil society with one of considerable churlish and crude mannerisms. It was mostly for pastoral influence that excessive boorishness was refined and the mass proletariat ...
July 11, 2005
Many residents throughout the City of San Diego are being mistreated in having to wait up to an hour or more for taxi service to return home from shopping. These short fares do not prove lucrative for some private transportation companies. Isn't the free market wonderful?
Few, if any San Diego P...
June 28, 2005
The U.S. occupation of Iraq has called in question a wide range of moral sources in legitimizing actions of the Bush Administration. There exists a broad consensus of public opinion outside the United States, depicting the Iraq quagmire as morally illegitimate.
Forces inside the United St...
June 13, 2005
Bastille Day is the great national holiday of France, equivalent to our Independence Day. In the true Gallic tradition, Bastille Day is also celebrated in America.
Why have we Americans so fervently embraced a foreign holiday of which we know so little about? It is due, perhaps, to the unmistakab...