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Credit: GaryJohnson2012.com Judge Jim Gray (ret.) is running with Gov. Gary Johnson as the Libertarian Party’s Vice Presidential nominee. Judge Gray made an unprecedented move in 1992 by coming out against the drug war as a sitting judge in Orange County, California. He and Gov. Johnson actually co-star in a documentary entitled American Drug War: The Last White Hope (2007), along with other prominent political figures such as Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich, Ralph Nader, and Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Judg

Screenshot: Comedy Central What are we to do when the essential conversations that surround any serious political issue have been rendered a joke by the inadequacy of mainstream media coverage? Enter the comedians. Though comedians are usually found musing over the absurdities characteristic of major news networks at the edge of the political stage, comedians like Stephen Colbert have rushed the mainstream center stage. Monday night a Colbert Report War on Drugs segment poked fun at the absu

Credit: kqed.org One of the few things that government in America should do is punish those who initiate force or fraud against others. The judicial system and our prisons are paid for with tax dollars and run like a government monopoly. While we demand that government be very tough on crime, Reagan Conservatives know that anything run by the government should be carefully watched. Government tends to grow and to expand its power driven by its own needs and wants. For too long conservatives ha

Credit: kqed.org One of the few things that government in America should do is punish those who initiate force or fraud against others. The judicial system and our prisons are paid for with tax dollars and run like a government monopoly. While we demand that government be very tough on crime, Reagan Conservatives know that anything run by the government should be carefully watched. Government tends to grow and to expand its power driven by its own needs and wants. For too long conservatives ha

Photo: JillStein.org One of the enduring paradoxes of American politics is that, despite a campaign season that stretches nearly a year and gives candidates ample time to air their views, there are some issues that hardly ever get a moment in the spotlight. Climate change is a prime example. In the first televised debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, the words “climate change” and “global warming” were never mentioned. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein addresses the mainst

Credit: commons.wikimedia.org Shock waves reverberated through Sacramento with the recently announced closure of a Comcast call center and an iconic Campbell’s Soup plant that has employed lower middle-income people here since 1947. Campbell’s Soup employed 700 people who made as much as $20 an hour as members of the Teamsters Union. Comcast eliminated 300 call center jobs in the Natomas area just north of the Sacramento River, but unlike Campbell’s Soup, Comcast at least offered these workers

(Credit: BostonGlobe.com) Naturalized citizens are quickly becoming a major demographic in the upcoming election. This is largely thanks to thousands of initiatives nationwide that encourage eligible, naturalized US citizens to register to vote. The question then, is this: if new Americans are flooding the voter base, how does this effect the outcome of the election? At the National Immigrant Integration Conference in Baltimore last weekend, leaders of grassroots and national organizations cam

Photo: American Civil Liberties Union Rep. Corrine Brown is attempting to block a Florida early voting law which reduced the number of days available for early voting in the state from fourteen to eight. Judge Timothy Corrigan held a hearing on Wednesday addressing the lawsuit, which contends that the current law is discriminatory. Rep. Brown (D-Fla), the Duval County Democratic Party, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference are behind the suit. "I don't know exactly what the ruling

Credit: bangstyle.com In just over seven weeks, voters will decide the fate of the three 2012 state marijuana initiatives to legalize possession and use of the plant for adults in Colorado, Oregon, and Washington State. As the polling data available for these measures continue to warrant optimism among those in favor of ending marijuana prohibition, it is no surprise that nine former heads of the Drug Enforcement Agency recently wrote a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder encouraging him to

Australia has recently used an Internet voting system as a means to allow interstate, disabled, and overseas voters to participate in elections. The program is similar to that we are familiar with in absentee voting programs that large percentages of Americans already take advantage of. The government of New South Wales contracted with an organization called Everyone Counts to develop a program that would allow these voting groups to participate. The organization is also known for implementing o