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New National Curriculum Standards Geared for Global Economy
Photo by Woodley Wonder WorksFears about the absence of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird or JD Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye are merely myths that mask real facts on a new national curriculum, Comm...
Terry McAuliffe Leads Ken Cuccinelli in VA Gubernatorial Race
Credit: The Washington PostAs a battleground state, Virginia garners much attention leading up to elections. In 2012, it held one of the most expensive senate races in the United States history betwe...
Mental Health and Media Unspoken Factors in Gun Debate
Credit: lcmh.com/psychIn the ongoing debate about how to stop mass shootings like Columbine, Virginia Tech, and now Sandy Hook Elementary, there are two issues that are being largely ignored in favor...
5 Media Fails of 2012
Another year has passed and a handful of notable media misreports along with it. One of the most prestigious journalists was caught plagiarizing another journalist’s work this year as well as one repo...
Mystery Donations Prompt Campaign Finance Reform
As reports slowly trickle in disclosing the money spent the week leading up to 2012’s presidential election, the identities of the spenders are coming into focus. Yet, even the most avid researcher wo...
Climate Change Likely to Shape Koch Brothers' Future Election Plans
Charles and David Koch, heads of Koch Industries and the founders of the conservative activist organization, Americans for Prosperity (AFP), are postponing their semi-annual meeting to April. The reas...
New Jersey CPA Sentenced to 54 Months in Prison in Fraud Case
Photo: CNN Security BlogThe Department of Justice has sentenced a New Jersey CPA for his role in a fraud case involving PCI, Provident Capital Indemnity Ltd, and hundreds of millions of dol...
Petraeus, Eisenhower, and the Cold War Pledge
Credit: washingtonpost.comLast August, the Drudge Report pushed a story about CIA Director and four star general, David Petraeus, who was said to be on the short list of Governor Romney’s potential v...
Online Petitions for Secession: Have Americans Forgotten the Past?
Citizens in nearly thirty states have signed online petitions propagating secession from the United States. These states have filed their petitions with the We the People Program, a facet of the Obama...
Ron Paul 2012: An Election Night Revenge
The Ron Paul 2012 Revolution supporters might have delivered some revenge for being shunned in Tampa, as a close look exit polls reveal the group could have carried Romney to victory. It’s unclear how...