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How to Solve the Second Amendment Debate
There has been yet another mass murder using a gun in the U.S., and now we have the inevitable reiteration of the arguments for and against ‘gun control.’ To my mind, all we need to wrap this up is to ...
24 Jun, 2015
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Focus on What Makes America Work; While Eliminating the Vestiges of Hatred
In 1636, my 11th-great-grandfather, the Rev. Thomas Hooker, founded the colony of Connecticut and contributed greatly to the ideas of constitutional government and universal Christian suffrage in colo ...
24 Jun, 2015
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Roll Call: Only 10 Congressional Districts Are Toss-Ups in 2016
Roll Call reported Tuesday on efforts by both major parties to secure an election win in Texas' 23rd Congressional District, the only competitive district in the state. This is not a new development. ...
23 Jun, 2015
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On Obamacare, Supreme Court Ruling Doesn't Matter -- Here's Why
What if state regulation, not federal law, is the leading impediment to setting up interstate insurance markets, coverage, and sales? Would that be a win for Republicans, Democrats, or simply up for g ...
22 Jun, 2015
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Congratulations Congress: You Voted Against Torture... Great Job!
In December 2014 the Senate Intelligence Committee declassified its 500-page executive summary on the use of 'enhanced interrogation techniques' by the CIA during the Bush administration. The report w ...
19 Jun, 2015
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Government of a Few: New Data Shows Just How Broken Our Democracy Really Is
FairVote on June 12 released Government of the Few in the “Decided Dozen" -- Frozen Representation and the Distorted Demographics of Decisive Primary Elections. Report authors Andrew Douglas and Zack ...
19 Jun, 2015
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Standing at a Crossroads, America Must Decide The Right Path in 2016
Historically, when an election has a wide-open field of candidates, both inside and outside of the two-party system, it's a symptom of America facing a major crossroads.Sometimes it's a party ideologi ...
16 Jun, 2015
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Fight of the Century: Media Sets Stage for Bush v. Clinton II
The headliners for the 2016 presidential campaign are likely to be Bush v. Clinton again. Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton have been rumored to be the nominees for months, nay years, prior to their o ...
15 Jun, 2015
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800 Years after the Magna Carta, We The People Must Rise Again
June 15, 2015 marks exactly 800 years since the sealing of the Magna Carta by King John, in an English meadow called Runnymede.The Magna Carta is widely regarded as the document that marked the beginn ...
15 Jun, 2015
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The Presidential Primary is a Reality TV Show
We have all seen it, a slew of contestants vying for the attention and affection of an eligible suitor. Welcome to The Bachelor: U.S. Presidential Primary addition, where the contestants are candidate ...
11 Jun, 2015
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