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Study Shows Most of Economic "Recovery" is in Low-Wage Jobs

In June 2014, the government announced that all of the jobs that were lost during the Great Recession have been recovered. Since then, we have had a net growth of

By James Spurgeon

/ August 11, 2014

Study Shows Most of Economic "Recovery" is in Low-Wage Jobs

Are Causes of the French Revolution Present in the U.S. Today?

There once was a time when the wealthy upper class and the Catholic Church didn't pay anything to the government in terms of taxes and had special socioeconomic

By James Spurgeon

/ July 15, 2014

Are Causes of the French Revolution Present in the U.S. Today?

What The Law Actually Says About Unaccompanied Immigrant Minors

Since October 2013, 52,000 children from Central America have been apprehended crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. They are coming here by themselves, many searching for their parents.

By James Spurgeon

/ July 10, 2014

What The Law Actually Says About Unaccompanied Immigrant Minors

Small Businesses Often Left Out of Minimum Wage Debate

Last week, Seattle passed legislation that raised the minimum wage in that city to $15 an hour. As this is an election year, and one in which Democrats are expected

By James Spurgeon

/ June 9, 2014

Small Businesses Often Left Out of Minimum Wage Debate

Reforming the Electoral College to Be More Inclusive to Voters

The way we elect the president and vice president in the U.S. is quite unique compared to the way we elect every other elected office. We don't

By James Spurgeon

/ May 19, 2014

Reforming the Electoral College to Be More Inclusive to Voters

Do Affirmative Action Bans Hurt Minority Students?

Recently, in the case Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, the United States Supreme Court, by a 6-2 vote, upheld a Michigan ban on affirmative action. The ban stated

By James Spurgeon

/ April 29, 2014

Do Affirmative Action Bans Hurt Minority Students?

Muslims, Christians, and the Modern Religious War of Genocide

When one hears of genocide, most often the Holocaust comes to mind first. Some of us are old enough, though, to remember such atrocities in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Rwanda in

By James Spurgeon

/ April 15, 2014

Muslims, Christians, and the Modern Religious War of Genocide

How Much 'Political Speech' Can You Buy?

The ruling by the Supreme Court in the case McCutcheon v. FEC could have been predicted. This is the same court that gave us the ruling on Citizens United v.

By James Spurgeon

/ April 3, 2014

How Much 'Political Speech' Can You Buy?

Should the Executive Branch Have to Enforce Unconstitutional Laws?

In my last column, I wrote of the Executive Branch's responsibility to enforce all laws passed by the legislature. Failure to do so means that the executive (whether

By James Spurgeon

/ March 18, 2014

Should the Executive Branch Have to Enforce Unconstitutional Laws?

The Executive Branch Has An Obligation to Enforce All Laws

In the past week, the Oregon attorney general stated that her office will no longer defend the state's constitutional ban on gay marriage. This has come at a

By James Spurgeon

/ February 26, 2014

The Executive Branch Has An Obligation to Enforce All Laws

A Brief History of the Executive Order

With any administration, we tend to hear from time-to-time the mention of executive orders being issued by the president. Even in his last State of the Union speech, President Obama

By James Spurgeon

/ February 10, 2014

Do Independent Voters Really Matter?

It's 2014 and that means it's a midterm election year. This means the two main parties will head to their respective corners and leave out nearly

By James Spurgeon

/ January 28, 2014