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Illinois State Rep. Mike Bost to Enter US House Race
(Credit: WSIL)Choosing to leave his seat in the Illinois General Assembly, State Representative Mike Bost is hoping to capture Illinois' 12th congressional district in Washington. He is challenging i...
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...
Legal Drugs Lead to Majority of Overdose Deaths in the United States
In recent years, there has been a massive spike in premature deaths among U.S. citizens and military personnel due to prescription drug use. Meanwhile, some drugs that have shown potential for co...
Fracking Potential in California is Vast But Barriers Stall Process
Credit: Calin Tatu / Shutterstock.comHydraulic fracturing, commonly referred to as fracking, is the process of injecting fluids under high pressure to crack underground rocks and release oil or gas. ...
Beyond the Headlines: The Week of July 16, 2013
Dear IVN Readers,It's a shame that our 24/7 mainstream media rarely finds the time for stories of substance. One station literally participates in a revolution on the other side of the globe, th...
Independent Ohio Pushes Nonpartisan Top-Two Primary
In off-election years, years where there are no major elections for national office, voters tend to hear much less about the electoral system in their state. For all the fervor surrounding heated race...
A Solution to Online Privacy Concerns: Anonymous Browsing
With so much press surrounding the NSA and privacy concerns, it's important to know the alternatives to providing Internet information through your browser. While not as nostalgic a solution as Russia...
Ohio Governor John Kasich Signs Controversial Budget Bill
(Credit: ThinkProgress.org)After the US Supreme Court last week struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, more shots are being fired in the culture wars. Rather than setting the stage for same-sex mar...
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...
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...