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Frohnmayer: Over 50% of Oregon Voters Don't Have Equal Voice in Elections
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NbDOpx4g70The Approval Voting Primary Act in Oregon has cleared a major hurdle which could allow Unified Primaries to be put before Oregon voters later this y ...
13 May, 2014
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5 min read
Thomas Piketty Is Changing the Discussion on Wealth in America
Thomas Piketty, a French economist trained at MIT and a professor at the Paris School of Economics, recently published a book two decades in the making, titled Capital in the 21st Century. The book ha ...
09 May, 2014
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4 min read
Crime Reduces at Steeper Rate in States Allowing Medical Marijuana, Study Says
Despite police fears that legal marijuana businesses attract crime, including under-the-table drug dealing, weapons violations, and robberies, a new study says the opposite might be the case.Researche ...
28 Mar, 2014
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2 min read
Religions We Like/Religions We Don’t: The Real Stakes in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby
Let’s first consider the two questions that everybody is asking. The first of these — Can the government force business to purchase a particular insurance product? — is a question for your Facebook fr ...
26 Mar, 2014
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4 min read
A Brief History of American National Security
First, it's important to note the implied marriage between foreign policy and national security. Foreign policy is designed to promote national interests abroad and national security is design ...
24 Mar, 2014
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6 min read
As Cost of Oregon Primaries Rises, Voters Pay More for Elections They Can't Vote In
Oregon's political atmosphere, with its wide range of official political parties, gives one an initial feeling that the election process is somewhat representative, but a closer look at the process be ...
17 Mar, 2014
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2 min read
As Political Landscape Evolves, Parties Must Adapt to Survive
The political landscape in the United States is changing. The electorate is frustrated with the two dominant political parties as they have completely abandoned voters for their own interests. If curr ...
14 Mar, 2014
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4 min read
The Executive Branch Has An Obligation to Enforce All Laws
In the past week, the Oregon attorney general stated that her office will no longer defend the state's constitutional ban on gay marriage. This has come at a time when state voters may soon revoke thi ...
26 Feb, 2014
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3 min read
Do You Know the Difference between Marijuana and Hemp?
Video embedded from BenSwann.comWhen many people hear industrial hemp, the first thing that may come to mind in marijuana. After all, there is a close association between the two, but perhaps not as c ...
18 Feb, 2014
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2 min read
A More Inclusive Presidential Primary Would Motivate Voters to Participate
It seems that in every cycle there is debate about which states should hold the first presidential primary elections. Some state always seems to try to jump ahead of Iowa and New Hampshire. Since 1972 ...
13 Feb, 2014
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4 min read