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Syria, Chemical Weapons, and Ad Hominems
Interventionist hawks of the partisan variety sure are having a hard time holding a position on the Syrian civil war. Only the bipartisan War Party hawks of the John McCain and Lindsey Graham sort see ...
30 Aug, 2013
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Rand Paul Fundraising Numbers Reach Nearly $2 Million
(Credit: Gage Skidmore)With over two years before any candidates begin announcing for the presidency, Kentucky US Senator Rand Paul is making the fundraising rounds and retrieving a sizable sum.To to ...
27 Aug, 2013
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FBI to Rand Paul: We Don't Need a Warrant for Domestic Drone Use
(Credit: Gage Skidmore)On Monday, Kentucky's Rand Paul became the first US Senator to vote against an FBI director's nomination since the death of J. Edgar Hoover in 1972. Lifting the hold Rand Paul ...
30 Jul, 2013
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NJ Senate Candidate Voices Opposition to NSA Surveillance
Since whistleblower Edward Snowden released shocking revelations about a far-reaching national surveillance program, the issue of “Big Brother,” and exactly whom he is watching, has become a topic of ...
19 Jul, 2013
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Strong Second Quarter Fundraising For Congressional Incumbents
credit: thv11.comThe 2014 midterm election is more than a year away. Nevertheless, congressional incumbents have been busy gearing up for the ever-longer campaign season. The fundraising deadline for ...
09 Jul, 2013
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Five Things that Same-Sex Marriage Probably Won't Lead To
Now for the slippery slope arguments—those rationally indefensible, but emotionally satisfying predictions of what "something" is going to lead to. The “somethings,” of course, are the two recent Supr ...
27 Jun, 2013
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Five Things that Same-Sex Marriage Probably Won't Lead To
Now for the slippery slope arguments—those rationally indefensible, but emotionally satisfying predictions of what "something" is going to lead to. The “somethings,” of course, are the two recent Supr ...
27 Jun, 2013
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On Immigration Reform Liberty Movement Shows Disagreements
(Credit: Gage Skidmore)Along with gun control, immigration reform has been among the more divisive issues in Washington and within the Republican Party.Within the GOP is the so-called liberty movemen ...
24 Jun, 2013
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Amendment to Protect Industrial Hemp Production Survives House Vote
Source: Industrial Hemp Tasmania / FacebookA bipartisan amendment to the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 (FARM Bill) that would guarantee a state's right to make its own de ...
20 Jun, 2013
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Next Generation Science Standards Given C Grade by Education Think Tank
credit: U.S. NavyThe National Science Teachers Association shot back at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, an education research think tank, after the organization gave a lackluster grade to the newly ...
17 Jun, 2013
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