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Federal Prohibition Prevents Billion-Dollar Industry from Helping Economy
Farmers can yield, at most, $1,000 per acre from corn. Moonrise Extracts, an industrial hemp operation in Colorado, expects to reap tens of thousands per acre, from what started as a few dozen feral h...
Gary Johnson Could Threaten Rand Paul's Libertarian Cred
The media is obsessed with Hillary Clinton -- especially now that she has officially launched her 2016 presidential campaign. Unlike Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, and soon Marco Rubio, Clinton d...
Who is Rand Paul?
He’s the guy named Rand who launched his campaign at the Galt House Hotel.He’s not named after Ayn Rand, says his father. And the Galt House is named after Dr. W.C. Galt, not John, says the hotel’s we...
How Rand Paul Is Different From Ron Paul
Rand Paul is expected to announce the launch of his 2016 presidential campaign on Tuesday. In anticipation of the announcement, people have wondered if his father, former U.S. Representative Ron Paul ...
Mike Huckabee Says There Should be Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices
The LA Times reported Saturday that potential 2016 presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) advocates term limits for Supreme Court justices. Huckabee said the Founding Fa...
Independent-Minded Leaders Focus on Fixing American Politics at National Conference
I was impressed to find such a far-reaching conglomerate of individuals at the National Conference of Independents in New York City, which took place during the weekend of March 13-15. Illinois, ...
POTUS Candidates Push Election Reforms that Favor Them, Not Voters
The Washington Post reported Monday that the way voters participate in presidential primary elections, who will be allowed to participate, and when may change in a handful of states based on how parti...
Civics and Elections: Saving Our Democracy Begins with Young Voters
In Athens of antiquity, the inventors of democracy set up a law that required every person to vote. Anyone found not voting would be publicly marked and labeled an idiot; someone who thought their own...
Farmers, Industry Leaders Excited About Future of Industrial Hemp in Kentucky
KENTUCKY -- Kentucky Hemp is coming back. Fiber, seed, fuel, oil, and artisan products are simmering in the recently revived hemp industry. Hemp seed can be used whole as a food, or crushed for oil, ...
Supreme Court to Decide Whether Gerrymandering Is Constitutionally Required
On Monday, March 2, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case, Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission. The high court will consider the constitutionalit...