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While National ACT Scores Decrease, Individual States Show Improvement
If high tuition and student debt weren't enough of a barrier to enter college, scoring well on national entrance exams may become a new problem for those looking to pursue higher education. According ...
Defining Natural-Born Citizen: The Debate Over Who Qualifies To Run For President
In order to qualify to be president, the U.S. Constitution states, "No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall ...
Another IRS Scandal?
According to Barack Obama, the melange of scandals that have recently come to light are "phony". An examination of the facts indicates otherwise. While there may not be a direct link to members of the...
Brown Shows Early Lead for 2014 California Gubernatorial Race
The first filing period for campaign finance has passed and the prospective candidates for California Governor in 2014 have reported. between January 1st and June 30th of this year. In compa...
Asian Foreign Policy May Be Doomed To Repeat History
USS Enterprise at Supic Bay // Credit: Dual Freq via Wikimedia CommonsThe 20th Century began with a rising power in Asia whose nakedly expansionist aspirations and increasing belligerence produced da...
On the History of Congressional Majorities and the Management of a Nation
One-hundred and twelve legislative bodies have come and gone. We are now in the midst of our 113th Congress. And since our inception, only 27 of these assemblies have consisted of a sixty percent majo...
College Degree Programs Should Account for Realities of Labor Market
credit: University of GeorgiaIf states are to rebuild and retool their economies, they must establish innovative and cost-effective solutions to increase student access to public colleges and univers...
Can States Nullify The Affordable Care Act?
President Obama signs healthcare reform in 2010 // Credit: Reid.senate.govCan a state unilaterally suspend the operation of ObamaCare within its borders? Of course not. That measure would violate the...
The Defense of Marriage?
In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act (more commonly referred to as DOMA), Conservatives across the country are up in arms. As a Conservative, this baffles me to some ...
Voter ID Laws Weakened in Arizona, Opens Door for More Legal Challenges
www.ncsl.orgThe 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 voter ID law in Indiana in 2006....