Evaluating what affects teachers and students beyond the classroom. There is no final exam.

"Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion." - Thomas Jefferson

An alternative view to third parties, independents, and primary challengers

A Frenchman's journey in the land of the free.

Calling on Congress to examine ways in which partisanship is hurting the political system

Independent Journalists Covering America's Finest City

Raising the discourse surrounding the Supreme Court of the United States

Taking controversial positions and questioning the conventional wisdom

Electing ideas/Demanding passage: What will make it onto the GREATER PLATFORM

Taking a closer look at politics and current events

Exploring the seminal role of money in politics

News from the Golden State.

An Independent's slightly skewered observations of politics and society running amok

Bridging the Old Right to a New Era

Navigating the political world, elections, and innovation through the lens of social media.

Conservatism, as the name implies, is about conserving: conserving life, conserving culture, and conserving one’s country.

Realist Foreign Policy from an Indepndent Perspective

Unwinding the tangled partisan media mess

A liberal versus conservative digital debate. Agreeing to disagree is just the start.

Contemporary political commentary with a literary flair

A little common sense in a chaotic world

It comes down to reality, and its fine with me cause I've let it slide

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Political observations and ruminations from a fish out water

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. —Benjamin Franklin

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Taking the crazy world of politics, and making it visual.

Keeping a close eye on Texas politics so you don't have to

Free your Vote from Party Control

A Common Sense take on public policy, electoral politics, and current events.

Deciphering the media and politics with an independent perspective

Open Primaries, Blanket Primaries, Digital Democracy and better ballot access from former member of New York State Committee of the Independence Party

Sustainability in financing and trade will determine the future of our world.

Dedicated to digging up historical, fun, and interesting facts about political partisanship and much more in the United States.

An eye in the sky for middle America's political landscape

National and South Carolina politics with an independent flair

Bringing the foundation of American principles to the today's politics

Examining the intersection of the environment, the law and politics

Ideas are needed to fuel change, but the wheels of change are turned through collective action

Independent political thought that unites us all

Libertarian analysis of 21st century politics

A place to discuss political demographics and geographical foundations which affect the dynamics of that atmosphere.

Foreign events, developments, and agendas particularly relevant to American interests.

The debt is too damn high

2012 Election Coverage for Independent-minded Voters

American culture told through real narratives. Grassroots journalism covering issues that affect us all

Arizona currently has the largest proportion of independent voters in America.