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Guantanamo Bay: is it making America safer?

Obama pledged to shut down Guantanamo Bay by the end of his first year as President. One year later, Guantanamo Bay is still open and may remain so for an

By Ryan Jaroncyk

/ February 22, 2010

Guantanamo Bay: is it making America safer?

Is partisan gridlock leading to a national debt crisis?

The New York Times recently cited rancorous partisanship as one of the chief causes of America's skyrocketing national debt. Running $1.4 trillion budget deficits and having increased

By Ryan Jaroncyk

/ February 18, 2010

Is partisan gridlock leading to a national debt crisis?

Independents score initial victory for more open primaries in Kentucky

Fed up with the two-party system, independents scored a huge victory for more open primaries in the Kentucky state senate. Despite strong opposition from Democrats, the Kentucky Senate voted to

By Ryan Jaroncyk

/ February 17, 2010

Independents score initial victory for more open primaries in Kentucky

Is Sarah Palin the fiscal conservative the Tea Party is looking for?

Sarah Palin has emerged as the unofficial leader of a national movement that is championing limited government, lower taxes, and less debt. While Palin espouses a fiscally conservative platform, it

By Ryan Jaroncyk

/ February 17, 2010

Is Sarah Palin the fiscal conservative the Tea Party is looking for?

Avatar: a blueprint for an independent, third party candidate in 2012?

Avatar's pro-environment, anti-war ideology has been thoroughly scrutinized by political pundits on both sides of the aisle. One aspect of their critical analysis that has been missing, however,

By Ryan Jaroncyk

/ February 12, 2010

Rising number of independents could be good news for open primary

For the first time, slightly over 20% of the state's registered voters are officially classified as 'Decline to State'. Some political analysts also posit that this

By Ryan Jaroncyk

/ February 9, 2010

Rising number of independents could be good news for open primary

Where has the anti-war movement gone?

During the Bush administration, millions of anti-war protestors voiced their passionate dissent over the massive cost, in blood and treasure, of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Largely composed of disaffected

By Ryan Jaroncyk

/ February 8, 2010

Sarah Palin and Rand Paul are having a Tea Party

Long before the Tea Party movement sprang up in the early days of President Obama, the liberty movement was catching fire. Dedicated to a pro-constitution, fiscally conservative, and anti-war GOP

By Ryan Jaroncyk

/ February 4, 2010

Sarah Palin and Rand Paul are having a Tea Party

Challenging Glenn Beck's conservative icons

Last week, on his Fox News television show, Glenn Beck hailed former Presidents George Washington and Ronald Reagan as the paragons of conservative ideology and limited, constitutional government. But, upon

By Ryan Jaroncyk

/ February 1, 2010

Challenging Glenn Beck's conservative icons

Politics and science shouldn't mix

Since receiving $3 billion in voter authorized bonds in 2004, the state's publicly-funded stem cell research institute has been beset by one controversy after another. Wranglings with the

By Ryan Jaroncyk

/ January 29, 2010

Challenging a sacred cow of the federal budget

US Senate candidate, Tom Campbell, issued a list of specific cuts he'd propose to restore fiscal sanity to an out of control the federal budget. However, the military

By Ryan Jaroncyk

/ January 28, 2010

Challenging a sacred cow of the federal budget

High-speed rail gets stimulus boost

Though far below the requested $4.7 billion, the state's high-speed rail project will receive $2.25 billion in federal stimulus funds to move ahead with construction. While

By Ryan Jaroncyk

/ January 28, 2010