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The Facts versus the Myths about Our Flag, and how they relate to commerce and politics
Friday, June 14th 2013 was flag day, a day which tends to go uncelebrated, and about which most people know very little.This post will be a brief detour from my continuing series on the different face ...
18 Jun, 2013
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South Carolina Nullification Bill Passes House
(Credit: Gage Skidmore)On Wednesday, the South Carolina House of Representatives passed a bill that would effectively make it a federal crime to enforce the Affordable Care Act within the Palmetto St ...
04 May, 2013
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CA Bill Would Lower the Voter Preregistration Age to 15
California District 19 Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson / PHOTO: Sen. Jackson's FacebookA proposed California initiative would lower the voter preregistration age to 15.Under the bill put forward by Senator ...
22 Jan, 2013
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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 ...
18 Dec, 2012
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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 ...
06 Dec, 2012
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Significance of GOP Gain in the 2012 Gubernatorial Elections
Credit: dukechronicle.comThe 2012 general election was bitter for the GOP because so much hope was put into defeating President Obama, yet he won re-election anyway.While there has been a good deal o ...
27 Nov, 2012
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Obama Lost Independent Voters Compared to 2008
Cognitive Match released this infographic soon after the 2012 election. Obama lost independent voters in every state except North Carolina, compared to 2008. North Carolina was the only swing sta ...
20 Nov, 2012
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Online Petitions for Secession: Have Americans Forgotten the Past?
Citizens in nearly thirty states have signed online petitions propagating secession from the United States. These states have filed their petitions with the We the People Program, a facet of the Obama ...
14 Nov, 2012
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Union Dissolved
Since Obama won reelection a week ago, the White House website has been flooded with petitions from citizens in various states wanting their states to secede from the union. It is important to n ...
13 Nov, 2012
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The Things That Seem & Those That Are
For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances, as though they were reality, and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are.- Nicolo Machiavelli, The 8t ...
13 Nov, 2012
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