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How the Presidential Candidates celebrate Presidents' Day 2012
How the Presidential Candidates celebrate Presidents' Day 2012
While Americans around the country celebrate George Washington's birthday with the day off, the 2012 presidential candidates are hard at work in their campaigns for the White House. With primaries in ...
Presidential Election 2012 Update: Gearing Up for the Weekend
Presidential Election 2012 Update: Gearing Up for the Weekend
Heading into the weekend, the Republican presidential candidates scatter themselves throughout Georgia, Michigan, Ohio, and Idaho, while President Obama returns to Washington after a short visit to Lo...
Presidential Election 2012 Update: Glitter-Bombed
Presidential Election 2012 Update: Glitter-Bombed
"Romney was the latest target Tuesday night in Denver, when a man tried to toss what appeared to be blue glitter on the former Massachusetts governor as he shook hands with supporters after delivering...
Presidential Election 2012 Update: A Santorum Sweep
Presidential Election 2012 Update: A Santorum Sweep
The Republican presidential race took another turn last night, with Rick Santorum sweeping the Colorado and Minnesota caucuses and also coming in first in Missouri's "primary". While delegates were no...
Virginia GOP Primary highlights need for ballot access reform
Virginia GOP Primary highlights need for ballot access reform
Supporters of independent and third party candidates have long decried the draconian laws regulating ballot access in states across the country.  They have argued that the ballot access system, w...
Arizona is #1 in meth use by high school students
Arizona is #1 in meth use by high school students
The Arizona Meth Project is trying hard, and succeeding at, reducing first-time meth usage by young people "through public service messaging, public policy, and community outreach."  It does so p...
California meth use still a problem
California meth use still a problem
California is so geographically huge with such a large population, that problems which are sometimes more evident elsewhere are also problems here too, even if they may not get as much attention. One ...
USDA announces beginning farmer awards
USDA announces beginning farmer awards
The average age of farmers and ranchers in America is increasing, and rural populations are in decline. This is why the U.S. Department of Agriculture is acting to plant a new crop of much needed agri...
Unintended consequences:  Fewer undocumented workers could mean fewer farm workers in California
Unintended consequences: Fewer undocumented workers could mean fewer farm workers in California
Will California be going the way of Georgia, which recently passed a get-tough law against illegal immigrants only to discover crops were rotting in the fields? Georgia seemed to be well-intended in d...
California budget assumes a sustained recovery even as economy slows
California budget assumes a sustained recovery even as economy slows
The recently passed California budget assumed $4 billion in increased revenues. Without that additional income, the budget will not be balanced. Draconian cuts will then ensue, and will hit education ...