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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 ...
19 Jun, 2013
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Independent Voters Critique Pennsylvania's Closed Primaries
On Tuesday, Pennsylvania held primary elections where voters could choose either a Democrat or Republican candidate who would then proceed to the November ballot in the state's municipal elections. Li ...
23 May, 2013
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Rick Santorum Returns to Discredit Himself
(Credit: Gage Skidmore)We're not trying to turn IVN into the Rand Paul channel, but this comment about him from Rick Santorum in Tuesday's Wall Street Journal bears comment:"Rand Paul's brand do ...
24 Apr, 2013
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New California Corrections Secretary to Restore Prison "Luster"
On Thursday, Governor Jerry Brown’s appointment to California corrections secretary, Jeffrey Beard, was sworn in at the capitol. The appointment as head of the California Department of Correction ...
29 Dec, 2012
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Who Holds Jurisdiction over the TSA?
The Aviation Subcommittee held a hearing on Thursday, November 29. Acting Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security, Charles Edwards, and Government Accountability Office Director of Ho ...
02 Dec, 2012
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Fracking Remains a Controversial Way to Retrieve Fossil Fuels
Energy experts now say that the “Rebirth of the Rust Belt” may emancipate the United States from much of its oil dependency by the year 2020, with states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan on the ...
17 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 ...
14 Nov, 2012
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GOP Loss Reveals Demographic Trouble, Split within Party
Credit: LA TimesThe only silver lining for the GOP that can be gleaned from the November 6 elections is that it retained control of the House of Representatives. Otherwise, the election results were ...
12 Nov, 2012
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The Youth Vote Helps Re-Elect President Obama
Atif Cheema/The Daily Northwestern Young people may have sealed President Obama’s re-election, according to a series of post-election tallies. While there was concern about the political interes ...
08 Nov, 2012
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Election Night Coverage Live on IVN.us
[Update 5:20 PM PST]Independent candidate Angus King is projected, by CNN, to win the Senate seat in Maine. --[Update 5:15 PM PST]In Ohio, 1.8 million voters cast their ballot early or by absentee bal ...
06 Nov, 2012
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