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Rick Santorum: Ron Paul "Looking for a Platform Fight"
Rick Santorum: Ron Paul "Looking for a Platform Fight"
In light of former Senator Rick Santorum's recent comments on ABC's This Week, it is clear GOP social conservatives are becoming increasingly worried about the presence, and power, of Dr. Ron Paul at ...
12 Jun, 2012
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8 min read
Voting Independent: What Will It Take?
Voting Independent: What Will It Take?
What will it take for the majority to understand voting for either Republicans or Democrats is counter-productive in changing our societal issues through politics?The Wisconsin recall is an excellent ...
09 Jun, 2012
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3 min read
5 Questions for Bill Ayers: Policy Reform
5 Questions for Bill Ayers: Policy Reform
I interviewed former Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Bill Ayers. His various articles on education have appeared in countle ...
08 Jun, 2012
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2 min read
Florida Governor Rick Scott Puts State’s Innocence Commission to Death [CORRECTED]
Florida Governor Rick Scott Puts State’s Innocence Commission to Death [CORRECTED]
Florida holds the dubious honor of wrongfully convicting the largest number of innocent people put on death row. Since 1973, the Sunshine State wrongfully incarcerated and released twenty-three people ...
04 Jun, 2012
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5 min read
Artur Davis, Ex-Obama Backer Leaves Democrats, Says Future Run Will Be as Republican
Artur Davis, Ex-Obama Backer Leaves Democrats, Says Future Run Will Be as Republican
Artur Davis, at one time a Democrat representing Alabama's 7th Congressional District from 2003 to 2010, has decided to leave the Democratic Party. Furthermore, while undecided about the possibility o ...
01 Jun, 2012
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2 min read
A Shared Vision: Organizing Needs More Cooperation
A Shared Vision: Organizing Needs More Cooperation
I recently attended the 19th Dealing with Difference Institute Conference on the campus of Western Illinois University in Macomb, IL, where I was invited to speak on “Contemporary Social Justice Movem ...
21 May, 2012
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2 min read
President Obama's Stance on Gay Marriage: Prompted by Political Donations?
President Obama's Stance on Gay Marriage: Prompted by Political Donations?
 For the last few days I have been thinking about President Obama's stance on gay marriage. As much as I want to stand up and cheer for him I really have to do it with reservations. As an LGBTQA ...
18 May, 2012
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2 min read
Equal Protection: The Supreme Decision
Equal Protection: The Supreme Decision
So North Carolina voters approved a ballot measure that prohibits same-sex marriages within the state.  It became the last southern state to do so... and the 31st overall.  It was done durin ...
16 May, 2012
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7 min read
Romney, Ron Paul & RNC Rules
Romney, Ron Paul & RNC Rules
The blogosphere is in a flurry today on the heels of the Ron Paul campaign announcement. Concerning its future in states yet to hold Republican primary elections, it looks like Dr. Paul will not be po ...
14 May, 2012
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13 min read
Federal Spending Gone Wild
Federal Spending Gone Wild
  I remember as a young high school student hearing Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois making the comment, “A billion here, a billion there, before you know it you are talking about real mo ...
07 May, 2012
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