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...What do you hope to accomplish staying in the race for so long? MG: To show people that there is a way. See, the people overwhelmingly show in the polls that they want to be in power. They’ve got to recognize that the central power of government is lawmaking, so they’ve got to become lawmakers. And how can they do that? I have a website called The National Initiative where they can begin to be informed. This is out of the box. It’s very difficult for people to understand this...

Author: By Charleton A. Lamb, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions With Mike Gravel | 3/11/2008 | See Source »

...whole military-industrial complex being the top priority of the economy. The Congress won’t do that. The people would, if the people have the power. If they chose not to do that, I would not continue to be president because I couldn’t accomplish anything...

Author: By Charleton A. Lamb, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions With Mike Gravel | 3/11/2008 | See Source »

...have some lofty gals like eliminating the IRS and decriminalizing marijuana. Is the country ready for such radical change? MG: Of course it is. I know of at least five blind polls where people pick issues that they think that they want to accomplish. And you know something? The candidate that they most identify with is me. I dwarf Hilary and Obama in these blind polls. What are the people saying? If they knew who I was attached to the issues that they want to see resolved, then I would become president of the United States. But I don?...

Author: By Charleton A. Lamb, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions With Mike Gravel | 3/11/2008 | See Source »

...feel really confident with the work we’ve been putting in heading into the playoffs,” senior tri-captain Caitlin Cahow said.“Getting two hard-fought victories last week has gotten us thinking about how much we can accomplish.”Cahow is referring to the thrilling 3-2 and 4-2 quarterfinal victories over a Cornell team that fans expected the Crimson to crush. Nonetheless, when the buzzer finally sounded, it was Harvard that earned a place in the upcoming single-elimination semifinal, continuing its quest to add a tournament...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Aims to Cool Golden Knights Momentum | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

...wooded valley outside the city of Snohomish, added that she does not condone the tactic of burning down new homes to protect the environment. "It's stupid for anyone to go out and take the law into their own hands and commit a crime in order to accomplish making a change in laws or ordinances when you can work through a process," she said. Still, she was not alone in the absence of grief she felt at the loss of Quinn's Crossing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Local Support for Green Arson | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

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