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6 Sensible Approaches to Gun Violence Everyone Can Agree On
Whenever there is mass shooting in the U.S., whether committed by a deranged lunatic with questionable motives or radical Islamic jihadists, the debate about gun violence inevitably ramps up. Gun ...
10 Dec, 2015
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The Fight for Free Speech: What Is Happening on Our College Campuses?
"This is not a day care. This is a university!"This was the reaction from the president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University, Dr. Everett Piper, in response to a student's complaint about a ...
08 Dec, 2015
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7 min read
Want to Know Who Will Win in 2016? Don't Watch the Debates; Watch The World Series
Almost everyone has heard of different 'predictors' of the debates and presidential races--from Weekly Reader to the Washington Redskins' last home game.What many people may not know is there is ...
29 Oct, 2015
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After 10 Years, Return of Death Penalty in Arkansas an Ideological Statement
The governor of Arkansas aims to end the state's decade-long hiatus on executions in October.Gov. Asa Hutchinson has set dates for the executions of eight convicted murderers, according to Reuters. Th ...
18 Sep, 2015
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The First Amendment You Know Was Not The One Proposed by the Founders
We all know that the Bill of Rights enshrined in the Constitution contains ten amendments. However, it is less well known that the Bill of Rights sent to the states for ratification originally contain ...
09 Sep, 2015
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7 min read
When Gerrymandering Backfires: District Oversight Gives All Power to 23-Year-Old Voter
The Huffington Post reported Monday that an effort by business leaders in a community improvement district in Columbia, Missouri, to impose a half-cent sales tax without local residents being able to ...
01 Sep, 2015
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3 min read
CNN Snubs Only Woman in GOP Field Despite High Poll Numbers
There was general consensus among the public that Carly Fiorina won the first GOP "happy hour" debate and the poll numbers showed it. Now, even with high poll numbers, Fiorina is at risk of being rele ...
28 Aug, 2015
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What The Urbanization of the Nation Means for American Politics Today
In response to How State, Federal Courts Are Working to End Partisan Gerrymandering, published July 13, I received several emails and Facebook messages questioning the statistic that the United States ...
15 Jul, 2015
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Like It or Not, The Media Shapes our Views of Reality
In 2013, Vice President Joe Biden stated as fact that Jewish industry leaders in Hollywood and social media had more to do with the normalization of America's perception of gay marriage than any other ...
07 Jul, 2015
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Government of a Few: New Data Shows Just How Broken Our Democracy Really Is
FairVote on June 12 released Government of the Few in the “Decided Dozen" -- Frozen Representation and the Distorted Demographics of Decisive Primary Elections. Report authors Andrew Douglas and Zack ...
19 Jun, 2015
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