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Today, the Internet isn't accessible for two-thirds of the world. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is asking us to "imagine a world where it connects us all," with the launch of a global partnership to incr ...

Credit: cpsc.govI have a lot of libertarian friends, including some of the extreme variety who believe that government should not even be providing things like police, fire, roads, and sewers. Becaus ...

Although it is a statement widely attributed to Abraham Lincoln relating to a temporary suspension of habeas corpus under the Suspension Clause of the Constitution (Article 1, Section 9, clause 2), th ...

Rule number one in effective communication is to establish the relevancy of the topic to the audience. Why should they care? How does it affect their quality of life?Truthful accounting might do just ...

Credit: ARENA Creative / Shutterstock.comAfter the 2004 scandal, which found then-Governor John G. Rowland guilty of accepting free vacations, unpaid flights and pro-bono construction work from ...

The landmark immigration reform, Bill S. 744 recently passed through the Senate 68-32 during the afternoon of June 27. It includes reforms which focus on border security, economic oppor ...

Maryna Pleshkun // Shutterstock.comThere has been a lot of discussion about campaign finance reform. Many advocates suggest publicly financed elections, where each candidate gets access to an equal a ...

In 2012, states with higher taxpayer burdens had a lower recovery in home prices.The American dream is to own a home, and it’s every American’s dream that the price of his/her home rises continually. ...

Credit: Shutterstock.comA divide is growing amongst campaign finance reforms on how to re-democratize the political process. On the one hand, reformers are pushing for a constitutional amendment to o ...

An IVN article revealed the top five states with the highest number of registered independent voters. Surprisingly, a majority of these states still have primary elections that disenfranchise thi ...