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The United States House Of Representatives And The International Monetary Fund: Cognitions And Miscognitions, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article provides a brief cognitive analysis of rationales for not supporting the allocation of $18 billion to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Trends. Humane And Inhumane Rights: President Clinton's Trip To China, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The editor discusses President Clinton's performance in China as one that variously exacerbated, paid lip service to, discounted, and/or ignored the human rights violations of his hosts.

Mlgpa News (July 1998), Betsy Smith

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

No abstract provided.

The Political Personality Of U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Aubrey Immelman

Psychology Faculty Publications

This paper presents the results of an indirect psychodiagnostic assessment of the political personality of U.S. vice president Al Gore, Democratic nominee in the 2000 presidential election, from the conceptual perspective of Theodore Millon.

Information concerning Al Gore was collected from published biographical and autobiographical accounts and political reports in the print media, and synthesized into personality profiles using the second edition of the Millon Inventory of Diagnostic Criteria (MIDC), which yields 34 normal and maladaptive personality classifications congruent with Axis II of DSM-IV.

The personality profile yielded by the MIDC was analyzed on the basis of interpretive guidelines …

Fax: June 17, 1998 White House Office, Office Of The Press Secretary

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Press release announcing President Clinton’s intent to nominate David Michael Satterfield as United States Ambassador to the Republic of Lebanon.

Paca June Meeting

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Eight point agenda for the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts meeting, Parker Meridien Hotel, Vendome Room, New York, New York, 3:00 pm, June 6, 1998. Box 41 Folder June 1998 PACA Meeting

Mlgpa News (June 1998), Betsy Smith

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

No abstract provided.

Why Bulworth Is Bullfull, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article reviews the film Bulworth and uncovers its politically conservative messages.

Cognitive Complexity And The International Monetary Fund: An $18 Billion Question, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes two common political positions on the Clinton Administration's proposal to allocate an additional $18 billion to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and then offers a less common position. The three positions may be differentiated by the psychological construct of cognitive complexity.

Trends. Campaign Funds, Satellite And Missile Technology, And The People's Republic Of China: The Real National Security Problem, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses a potential national security problem concerning a myriad of stories about (1) Chinese military intelligence funneling funds to the Democratic National and (2) antecedent, concurrent, and/or subsequent decisions to facilitate Chinese launching of US commercial satellites; and (3) the consequences of (1) and (2).

Blowing Smoke: Tobacco Companies, Anti-Tobacco Tax Policies, And International Security, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article illustrates how governmental tax policymakers are an insignificant threat to tobacco companies. Security implications are alluded to--viz., company relationships with illicit trafficking organizations, the health of populations, and tax policies towards illegal drugs if the last were to become legal.

Memorandum From University Of Illinois College Of Law Professor Ronald D. Rotunda Memorandum To The Honorable Kenneth W. Starr Regarding Whether A Sitting President Is Subject To Indictment [Portions Redacted], Ronald D. Rotunda

United States Department of Justice: Publications

Re: Indictability of the President, with particular respect to whether President Bill Clinton could be charged with indictable offenses while in federal office.

Excerpt from the New York Times article: “It is proper, constitutional, and legal for a federal grand jury to indict a sitting president for serious criminal acts that are not part of, and are contrary to, the president’s official duties,” the Starr office memo concludes. “In this country, no one, even President Clinton, is above the law.”

Mlgpa News (May 1998), Betsy Smith

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

No abstract provided.

Lifting Printz Off Dual Sovereignty: Back To A Functional Test For The Etiquette Of Federalism, Alfred R. Light

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.

Paca Vacant State List, May 1998

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

The President's Advisory Committee on the Arts vacancies list by states as of May 18, 1998. Box 41 Folder June 1998 PACA Meeting

Paca Membership By State, May 1998

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

No abstract provided.

Trends. Nato Expansion And Rabelais: Approaching The United States Senate Vote, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the US Senate vote, that will soon be happening, on whether to expand NATO by adding the countries of Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary.

Trends. Warranted Dogmatism Against The Closed Mind: Preliminary Look At The Intelligence Agency's (Cia) Groat Case, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

In this article, the author analyzes the arrest of former CIA employee, Douglas F. Groat.

Psychology Of Sex: The Evolutionary Scandals, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the rudiments of evolutionary psychology as they pertain to the incidence and prevalence of sex scandals and their political consequences.

Fax: The White House – April 12, 1998, Radio Address Of The President To The Nation, William Jefferson Clinton

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Bill Clinton’s radio address to the nation from the Oval Office.

Mlgpa News (April 1998), Betsy Smith

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

No abstract provided.

Yale Political Monthly 1998 April, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

No abstract provided.

Clark Memorandum: Spring/Summer 1998, J. Reuben Clark Law Society, J. Reuben Clark Law School

The Clark Memorandum

• Remembering Lincoln the Lawyer (Kelly L. Anderson)
• Mourning Boerne (Hugh Hewitt)
• Religious Freedom and the LDS Law Community (W. Cole Durham, Jr.)
• Weimar on the Wasatch? (Timothy E. Flanigan)
• Civility (Patrick A. Shea)

The Political Essence Of Jungian Psychology: Thoughts On The Death Of Marie-Louise Von Franz, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article posits that a democratic, nonracist politics permeates Jungian psychology.

Trends. Human Rights In The People's Republic Of China: On Rewards And Leverage, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the Clinton administration's announcement that it will not sponsor this year's resolution before the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva that would condemn the People's Republic of China (PRC) for human rights violations.

Trends. A Strategic Defense Initiative Against Biological Warfare: Sense? Nonsense? Mal Vu, Mal Dit?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) that was initiated by United States (US) President Ronald Reagan during his first term.

Trends. Injustice Through Justice Within The Ins And The Fbi: Fertile Territory For Information, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the quest for justice, in which policymakers, legislators, and those who seek to influence them sometimes seek to effect mandatory sequences of adjudicative procedure upon allegations of misbehavior.

Mlgpa News (March 1998), Betsy Smith

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

No abstract provided.

Weapons Of Mass Destruction: A Psychological Commentary, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes a comprehensive approach to identifying psychological consequences of weapons of mass destruction, as well as psychological methods that can be employed to influence these consequences. This description should be viewed in the context of the quest to achieve political objectives that underlie military intervention and its threat.

Trends. The Phallic Presidency, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the illicit behavior of many of America's presidents.