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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 during the primary election instead of the general election because the Republican-controlled legislature knew that Democratic turn-out during the primary would be low since there was no real primary taking place within that party.  Even so, the vote was close to a 60-40 split.  A couple of days later, President O

The following speech was addressed on May 9, 2012 to the Denver Forum by Kathleen Kennedy Townsend. "It’s great to be with you and I am delighted my good friend George Mitrovich asked me to speak to The Forum today. I came to Denver to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Migrant Workers Health Act at the Community Health Center Convention. Celebrations are a wonderful time to look at what our country valued a half century ago – and to compare it to the values of our own time. In the anti-im

The misconception that you must only be of one race reached almost ludicrous proportions last week when bloggers said that accused Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman was Black, because his great-grandfather had African blood. Does one drop of African blood make you Black in the United States? It would seem so.  But this is simplistic and indicates deep unease about race, if not racism. George Zimmerman is also of Peruvian ancestry and his father is Jewish. In Hawaii, he would be called “ha

California agriculture's first sustainability progress report is in. The consensus: the Golden State is on track to meet key environmentally-friendly goals set by a coalition of farmers, ranchers, environmentalists, public health groups, food access nonprofit organizations and policy makers as part of the state-sponsored Ag Vision program. However, challenges still confront proponents of sustainable agriculture, notes the report. Agriculture is booming. Farmers have earned record revenues over

Former Gov. Mitt Romney won handily in Wisconsin, Maryland and DC primaries on Tuesday. There are a couple conclusions born out of results in Wisconsin, in particular. As the primary race drags on, challenges for each of the presidential hopefuls remain. The next test will come in Pennsylvania, seen as a must-win for home son Sen. Santorum if he intends on surviving as a viable GOP competitor. For the remaining candidates, Republican nomination rules work in their favor to hang on for the nation

Today, Republicans in Wisconsin, Maryland, and Washington D.C. will go to the polls to vote for one of the four remaining Republican presidential candidates. In what will likely turn into a showdown between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, Wisconsin is at the center of today's political discourse, with 42 delegates up for grabs in the winner-takes-all primary. The Wall Street Journal and CNN have both been tracking the primaries and estimate that Romney has somewhere between 568 and 571 delegates

Good Friday? On Friday, the Obama administration's March employment figures will be released. Last month's report was largely positive. February saw the economy add 227,000 jobs. The "solid" showing continued gains from January (284,000) and December (223,000). Predictions for the employment report are quite varied. MarketWatch sees job growth slowing in March. Bloomberg expects a fourth consecutive month of over 200,000 added workers. In addition to Friday's jobs report, car sales are schedu

Despite the efforts of the Romney campaign and media treatment of the Republican nominating process as all but wrapped up in his favor, the reality is the GOP race continues on for several reasons. There remains a substantial and meritorious challenge to Gov. Romney receiving 50 delegates from Florida and 29 delegates from Arizona, based on the systems that those states used to award delegate. Both basically used winner-take-all rules, in a violation of RNC policy. It's a view shared by Michael

With diesel and gas prices climbing steeply, farmers have warned that food prices will inflate as a consequence. But more than just hike prices at the grocery store, rising production costs could burst what some economists speculate to be the newest market bubble. The cost of diesel is directly tied to every facet of commodity farming and distribution. Drastic fuel and fertilizer price increases over the last several weeks have helped push up grain, meat and farmland prices to new, record highs

Bill Bloomfield Jr., a prominent CEO of Baron Real Estate, will run as an independent in California's new 33rd Congressional District, challenging longtime Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman. Bill Bloomfield Jr. has filed to run as an independent against veteran Democratic Congressman Henry Waxman. The unexpected challenge means that both Rep. Waxman and his colleague Rep. Howard Berman (CA-30) face their first serious election year challenges since their first terms in office. The namesakes of the n