At first blush, an elected representative might rejoice after learning that 2014 was the first year since 2008 that the economy wasn't the American public's biggest
A 2014
Gallup survey showed that a majority of Americans – for the first time since Gallup started asking the question – believe their children’s lives and lifestyle will be worse
No State shall . . . coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts... --U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 10
For the U.S., ‘quantitative easing’ (QE) is over—for now, anyway. While the costs and benefits will take time to reveal themselves completely, we can assess what we know
This article is for people who would like to believe that, despite our nation's political woes, there is cause for renewed optimism. It is for those among us
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration published state-level
data from it's National Survey on Drug Use and Health this month. The data examines marijuana use
For about a decade, Russian and Chinese politicians, bankers, and industry captains have been calling for a new world super-currency in an effort to ditch the United States dollar
Have you ever found yourself at a church gathering where the topic of conversation is supported by default, only because it is part of the agenda of the political party
California's nonpartisan, top-two primary has been in place for two major elections now. Critics, including several media outlets in the state, have frequently argued that it has
A report
published on Tuesday shows that the number of police deaths increased by 56 percent in 2014 and included 15 ambush deaths.
The annual report was released by the
The $560 billion
National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2015 may have been forgotten by the mainstream media, but some of the details of the bill remain troubling for
Millennials are often characterized as narcissistic, lazy, and entitled. A generation that came of age at one of the worst economic times in U.S. history, were mostly coddled by