Tom has authored numerous books and produced several documentary films on some of the leading issues of our day.

Books

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The Maxims of Politics
Making Government Work
By Tom Mullikin
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Great leaders are made, not born. Just as effective CEOs and politicians can learn the nuts and bolts of their positions by learning from others, so too can effective leaders apply a proven set of skills to the task of learning effective leadership techniques from the pages of history.

Filled with examples and analysis from the canons of science, philosophy, literature, and religion, with application in military, political, and issue management campaigns, The Maxims of Politics identifies the 10 rules-to-lead-by that every leader should know.

CLICK HERE to purchase a copy of The Maxims of Politics.



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Global Solutions
Demanding Total Accountability for Climate Change
By Tom Mullikin
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America’s heightened awareness of the phenomenon of global climate change has led to increasing pressure on the institutions of our society to react. Politicians are rushing to adopt any plan that demonstrates to voters that they care about greenhouse gases, without giving any serious consideration to the effect on total global greenhouse gas emissions.

Tom Mullikin led a team of researchers, environmental experts, and policymakers on expeditions to Antarctica and Africa to study the effects of climate change on the polar and sub-Saharan regions. Accompanying him on the trip was Dr. Robert Thomas, Chair of the Department of Environmental Communications at Loyola University in New Orleans, and renowned environmental expert. What they saw in those regions was truly remarkable — and disturbing. Global Solutions: Demanding Total Accountability for Climate Change reflects on these journeys, and examines the problems surrounding the implementation of sound social policy to address global climate change.

To learn more, visit the Global Solutions website.


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Truck Stop Politics
Understanding the Emerging Force of Working Class America
By Tom Mullikin
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More than 5 million manufacturing jobs have been lost in the United States since 1998. And yet, politicians in Washington still pay little more than lip service to the issues threatening the domestic manufacturing sector, while working class communities wither on the vine. Policymakers proclaim the booming service industry as the panacea for displaced manufacturing workers, who struggle to adapt their skills to these lower paying service jobs. The stress of unemployment and the need for multiple incomes eats at the core of American life – the family. Ripples of distress reverberate in the streets of our communities, from the pulpits of our churches, and through the halls of our local governments.

Truck Stop Politics examines the key voting block in America that keeps resurfacing with different names – Roosevelt Democrats, Hardhats, Reagan Democrats, and Red-state Republicans – and looks at how the working class is coming to terms with the 21st century realities of globalization. Neither “protectionists” nor “economic nationalists,” America’s workers are eager to take on the challenges that accompany a global marketplace, and want leaders in D.C. who will be champions for a level playing field on which American workers can compete.

But in a Washington obsessed with maintaining power, it is the multinationals that have the ears of America’s decisionmakers, who turn a blind eye to the unfair and illegal trade practices that accommodate the flow of goods from foreign nations. And as the 2006 mid-term elections showed, working Americans are fed up. They want a chance to show that the age-old American values of hard work, ingenuity, and dedication can still allow us to outcompete anyone in the world. And they perceive a political class in D.C. that prefers the values of manipulation, distortion, and spin.

Until one of America’s parties steps up to enforce fairness and compliance from our trading “partners” with our existing trade agreements, Washington will continue to see the incumbent party – Republicans or Democrats – turned out, as voters search for a government of the people.


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Sportsman Environmentalist
By Tom Mullikin

In Sportsman Environmentalist, Tom explores the rich legacy of America’s sportsmen taking measures to conserve and protect the nature we enjoy.

From the mid-19th century until the early 20th century, sportsmen were the leaders of the American conservation movement. From the early writings of a New York attorney to the conservation laws signed by one of America’s most rugged Presidents, our nation’s sporting enthusiasts have left their stamp on the American outdoors.

Today, it is critical to draw upon the traditional American values of ingenuity and creativity to develop and promote new technologies that will preserve the great outdoors for future generations in a way that complements – not challenges – the pastimes of America’s sportsmen and women.

To learn more, visit the Sportsman Environmentalist website.

Films

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The Whole Truth
A Documentary By Thomas S. Mullikin

Join Tom Mullikin and his team as they travel around the globe to examine the issues related to a changing global environment. From the ice shelves of Antarctica to the dunes of the Namib Desert of Namibia, Africa; from the rain forests of the great Amazon to the Great Barrier Reefs of Australia. Mullikin and his team have explored the greatest challenges of our day in search for The Whole Truth.






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Climate Change: Meeting the Global Challenge
A Documentary By Thomas S. Mullikin

Addressing global climate change is the challenge of our generation, and requires serious commitment by all members of the world community, not just a handful of nations, or a single sector of our economies. Over the course of a climate change symposium in Namibia, Africa, Tom Mullikin and other participants discuss the means by which we might craft solutions that protect the global environment, rather than simply shift emissions from industrialized to industrializing nations.





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Climate Change: Global Problems Global Solutions
A Documentary By Thomas S. Mullikin

America’s heightened awareness of the phenomenon of global climate change has led to increasing pressure on the institutions of our society to react. Politicians are rushing to adopt any plan that demonstrates to voters that they care about greenhouse gases, without giving any serious consideration to the effect of local policies on total global greenhouse gas emissions. This documentary follows Tom Mullikin, environmental attorney and public policy expert, and Dr. Robert A. Thomas, Director of the Center for Environmental Communications at Loyola University New Orleans, on a research expedition to Antarctica to see first hand the impact of climate change on the Antarctic, and to reflect on the problems surrounding the implementation of sound social policy to address global climate change in a way that demands total accountability from all members of the world community.