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IRS Targeting Conservative Groups May Douse Enforcement
credit: Real Clear PoliticsReleased by the Associated Press on Friday, an inspector general's report regarding the IRS revealed the agency had improperly targeted conservative-leaning groups that wer...
IRS Targeting Conservative Groups May Douse Enforcement
credit: Real Clear PoliticsReleased by the Associated Press on Friday, an inspector general's report regarding the IRS revealed the agency had improperly targeted conservative-leaning groups that wer...
Gov. Pat Quinn Calls for Illinois Gay Marriage Bill Passage
(Credit: Chicago Tribune)As the legislative session in Illinois nears its conclusion on May 31, several issues, including gay marriage, remain unresolved in the state. Now, Governor Pat Quinn is dire...
New National Curriculum Standards Geared for Global Economy
Photo by Woodley Wonder WorksFears about the absence of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird or JD Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye are merely myths that mask real facts on a new national curriculum, Comm...
Top Ten Events of 2012 in Politics
As 2012 comes to an end, we're all scrambling to nationally recollect the top ten events of 2012. Yes, there were the London Olympics, the Giants winning the World Series and a myriad of oth...
Waiting for the End of the World in 2012
For nearly twenty five years, December 21, 2012 has been the talk of soothsayers and oracles, all of whom forecast a worldwide event that will, in one way or another, change the face of the planet.Thi...
Five More States Secure Early Learning Challenge Grants
Credit: www.ed.govIllinois, New Mexico, Colorado, Oregon, and Wisconsin will get a share of the 2012 Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge, a $133 million grant fund to enhance superiority and exp...
By Popular Vote
Today is the first day that same-sex couples are allowed to get married in the state of Washington. The legislation permitting same-sex marriage was passed by the legislature and signed into law...
Low Water Levels on the Mississippi River To Affect Economy
Credit: Erik M. LunsfordThe environment and climate change were not only discussed in a limited manner during the election season, but the current Doha Climate Change Conference, hosted by the United...
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad Seeks Elimination of Straw Poll
(Credit: Washington Times)Barely a few weeks after the conclusion of the 2012 presidential election, there is already much speculation about the 2016 elections. Kentucky US Senator Rand Paul has indi...