How can the average citizen get the attention of a Representative when lobbyists are at their beck and call with expensive meals and all the extra perks our lawmakers have come to expect? The answer is, they can’t. That’s why special interest groups flourish while the average small business person flounders. Would it change anything if limits were put on lobbyists gifts, or as some people think, would it only cause our Representatives to hide the loot?

India celebrated its sixty third Republic Day recently. The vibrant spirit of Indian Atman is slowly dying in the selfish struggles of the politicians who make the poor still poorer and make the rich exploit the poor. It is sad to note that the power mongers are more particular about filling their own pockets than doing service to the downtrodden.

New Nigerian police boss is coming on board with a baggage.

Do we really need an out of control government telling us how to live every aspect of our lives?

A commentary on one of history’s most depraved figures.

For centuries saints and sages have urged the people to eliminate graft and corruption from private as well as public life; there have been countless sermons against this deep-rooted menace that has eaten into the vitals of society, distorted all values and made mincemeat of morality, truth and virtue.

Murasman and Rahman, reportedly based on the findings, Audit Agency (BPK), because of natural disaster grants Kerinci in 2009 there has been corruption.

But the law remains silent, corruption continues to occur, almost all components of the Kerinci people protest against their leaders, by providing reports to the central government in Jakarta, and Indonesia anti-corruption commission, but no law enacted by the Indonesian government.

Some people said corruption is the cause of poverty. Other said that corruption is a symptom of poverty. Some international scholars stressed that "Corruption, lack of education, and lack of opportunity cause poverty. Corruption include graft, bribery, embezzlement, backdoor deals, nepotism and patronage.

Corruption is an activity to enrich individual or group by using the entrusted power in politics as politics officer or in our daily life.