The emergence of social media has heightened the influence of the Internet in our communities. Users of social media have eagerly taken advantage of opportunities to share their personal information
A recent trend in the naming of legislation is to include the purported benefits in the title, hence, the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”—aka Obamacare. Unfortunately, experience has
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The Supreme Court of the United States of America, under Chief Justice John Roberts, has had its highest percentage of one vote majority decisions than ever
Some of the largest known reserves of natural gas are located in the United States; our country alone has an estimated 2,400 trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas. Fracking,
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“Extend the sphere, and you take in a greater variety of parties and interests; you make it less probable that a majority of the whole will have
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In my campaign for Governor of Massachusetts, it’s been interesting to learn how many people think voters in our state are almost all Democrats. They’
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As natural gas is the second most widely used energy source in California, the state’s power market has experienced a 59 percent increase in wholesale
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller discussed how the work of the CFPB and the consumer complaints we receive help his office serve consumers in Iowa. // Credit: CFPB flickr
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When New Jersey Governor Chris Christie decided to hold the New Jersey special election apart from the previously scheduled November election, he received widespread criticism. Voters and pundits alike blasted
Governor Jerry Brown and Corrections Secretary Jeffrey Brown are in hot water with the Supreme Court. The system appears to be 9,600 inmates over the legally determined cap. They
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On Monday, Kentucky's Rand Paul became the first US Senator to vote against an FBI director's nomination since the death of J. Edgar
