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Debate over states' rights and the rights of the people goes as far back as the 18th century. Today, that political discussion is alive and well in the form of a struggle over gerrymandering. This ter ...

Each year as we approach the end (or beginning) of Daylight Saving Time (DST -- Daylight Saving in the United States is the correct term, not Daylight Savings as it is usually mistakenly called), ther ...

As we wrap up Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month, and as the VA health care problems linger on, it has become tragically apparent that more and more veterans are feeling like they have nowhere to ...

Never let it be said that Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) doesn’t know how to make an entrance — or exit.The onetime Republican presidential candidate arrived late to a homeland security committee hearing o ...

Meanwhile, here in Kansas. . . .Just a week ago, it was a forgone conclusion that incumbent Senator Pat Roberts would win an easy plurality in a three-person race with Democrat Chad Taylor and we ...

George Washington cheerfully using a waterboard to "baptize the terrorists." It almost seems ludicrous invoking such imagery, but there seems to be a real psychological need to tie all of our cur ...

1. Independents and major parties are responding to primary system in Arizona now that independents are the largest voting bloc."They long ago surpassed Democrats and this year they passed Republicans ...

1. On Monday, August 11, Lawrence Lessig's Mayday Super PAC announced its support for 3 more congressional candidates."In addition, today Mayday PAC announces three more of the eight total candidates ...

1. Democratic legislators in New Mexico say they support opening primaries up to independent voters."The effort is being taken up by two Democratic state legislators from Albuquerque. Sen. Bill O’Neil ...

1. Terry Goddard, the Democratic candidate for secretary of state in Arizona, describes how independent voters and candidates are disenfranchised by the current election system."Arizona encourages par ...