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Nine Reasons to Save Public Libraries
While the War on Women and Chick-fil-A might be getting all the juicy headlines lately, there's another issue quietly smoldering in the background noise of this election season. It's buried under all ...
08 Aug, 2012
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Election Update: Race to the White House
Credit: dailybeast.comElection Update: And The Tax Return Saga Continues...Despite pleas from Democrats and even some Republicans, Mitt Romney continues to keep his tax returns under covers, arguing ...
07 Aug, 2012
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Who's an Independent? Part Two: Independent Governors
Angus King, former independent governor of Maine in 1994 and 1998 is running for senate as an independent in November. King has gotten a lot of media atention so far, what other independent governors ...
01 Aug, 2012
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An Appreciation of Alexander Cockburn
Credit: wikimedia.orgOn Saturday, I was shocked to learn that Alexander Cockburn, founder of the influential hard left political website Counterpunch, had died of cancer. Despite my disagreemen ...
25 Jul, 2012
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Marijuana Prohibition Loses Ground to Modern Federalism
As a constitutional republic, the US system of government is designed on the principles of federalism. In our federalist system the federal government is one of enumerated powers and those powers not ...
24 Jul, 2012
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Chris Christie's Drug War Remarks Belie His Solutions
As recently reported, New Jersey’s Governor Chris Christie did what so many politicians are still unwilling to do: He called the War on Drugs a failure. In a speech at the Brookings Institution, Chris ...
12 Jul, 2012
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Ron Paul Delegate Count Rises from Romney Missteps and Frivolous Lawsuit
Last week, IVN commented on a lawsuit brought by alleged delegates to the Republican National Convention. The Republican National Committee, while stating that suit was frivolous at the same time orga ...
26 Jun, 2012
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Plague In Oregon?
An unidentified Oregon man is hospitalized in critical condition with what doctors believe is Oregon’s fifth case of plague in the last 15 years, according to a report in The Oregonian. The rural Croo ...
19 Jun, 2012
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Food Insecurity a Nationwide Threat, Study Finds
According to Feeding America's Map the Meal Gap study, over 1000 American counties have at least one in four “food-insecure” children. The findings coincide with summer recess for the nation's schools ...
08 Jun, 2012
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CA Primary Election Results Tip Sheet: Congressional Districts 1-26
California voters have spoken. And while voter turnout was relatively low for a presidential primary, the new California top-two system ran smoothly, with no major glitches or problems.Here is a break ...
06 Jun, 2012
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