Last week, FairVote.org released a new policy paper, in which it presents a proposition to resolve the deficiencies of California's nonpartisan top-two primary. FairVote is an
Harvard economist Greg Mankiw’s provocative recent paper, “Defending the One Percent,” has reinvigorated the debate about taxing the rich across the economics blogosphere, with Paul Krugman, The Economist and
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Along with gun control, immigration reform has been among the more divisive issues in Washington and within the Republican Party.
Within the GOP is the so-called
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The need for voter ID laws is a contentious and politically driven argument that tends to crop up around election years following the passage of the first
The Washington "Get Rich Quick" Scheme
When George Washington became the commanding officer of the Continental Army, he accepted no pay from the Continental Congress. He believed in
Distrust in traditional media sources is not limited to the United States and is prevalent in nations in the Middle East, according to recent research conducted by Northwestern University in
The practice of wiretapping has taken a new shape as technology has evolved. Telephone lines are no longer the only communication medium vulnerable to infiltration. E-mail, text messaging, and
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In the month of May alone, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) raked in a combined $10.8 million.
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The United States Supreme Court is expected to rule on the Defense of Marriage Act (Windsor v. United States) and California's Proposition 8 (Hollingsworth v.
A group of Pennsylvanian citizens, known as the Independent Pennsylvanians, have been working for the past 15 years towards changing undemocratic and archaic state laws which grossly favor the Democratic
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A bipartisan amendment to the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 (FARM Bill) that would guarantee a state's right to
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Surveillance states are a characteristic of dictatorships. The one-party, or one person, state typically restricts dissenting opinions that clash with the monopolistic status quo. The controversy involving
