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While the War on Women and Chick-fil-A might be getting all the juicy headlines lately, there's another issue quietly smoldering in the background noise of this election season. It's buried under all the campaign rhetoric and doom-and-gloom forecasts about the economy.Our public libraries are not just threatened this election season. They're fighting for their lives -- and with them, the livelihoods and well-being of hard-hit communities all over the country. Library districts in California, Il

A trending topic on Twitter this weekend has been a plea for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney to select either Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin or Senator Marco Rubio from Florida as his running mate with the corresponding hashtags "#giveusryan" and "#giveusrubio." The smart money remains on Romney selecting either Ohio Senator Rob Portman or former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, but the speculation about a candidate like Ryan is based purely on political celebrity

Western Growers, a powerful trade association representing the interests of California and Arizona specialty crop farmers, recently endorsed Mitt Romney for president, saying he subscribes to the right kind of immigration reform. The first-ever presidential endorsement by the organization is also significant for its having come before the conclusion of the primary race. Clearly, fresh produce growers are anxious to send a message to national farm policy makers: corn, soy and wheat aren't the onl

Concerns over potential invasion of privacy has lawmakers from both parties railing against certain campaign behavior they say is going "too far". As Politico originally reports, House members have sent a letter to both the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee concerning tactics used by political trackers. “We believe filing candidates, sometimes with hidden cameras, while they take care of routine family activities like

Gov. Romney stumps in Missouri Credit: Reuters The swing state Missouri has been coveted for more than a century, but this election seems to be ignoring the home of the big arch, Enterprise Rent-a-Car and the blues. But its tenure as a swing state may be coming to a close. “Missouri has been a bellwether state for more than 100 years, with presidential candidates lavishing attention on Show-Me State voters and spending millions on field operations, glossy campaign mailers, and TV ads. But this

Credit: Think Progress It is commonplace in our politics today to view the decision between a Democrat and a Republican is nothing more than a forced choice between competing evils. It can be difficult, however, to find data that might provide us with greater insight into the prevalence of the lesser of two evils mentality among the American voting public. Fortunately, two new polls may shed a little bit of light on the matter. A Rasmussen public opinion survey published yesterday asked flat o

Rep. Steve LaTourette Credit: Gus Chan, Plain Dealer file Yet another sitting lawmaker is stepping down from their post citing a toxic partisan atmosphere in Washington, D.C., and his announcement was one of the most damning of modern Congressional dysfunction yet. Rep. Steve LaTourette of Ohio announced his plans to retire today and not seek reelection for a tenth term. He is the second high-profile moderate Republican lawmaker to retire due to the prevailing political climate. Long time Repu

Rep. Steve LaTourette Credit: Gus Chan, Plain Dealer file Yet another sitting lawmaker is stepping down from their post citing a toxic partisan atmosphere in Washington, D.C., and his announcement was one of the most damning of modern Congressional dysfunction yet. Rep. Steve LaTourette of Ohio announced his plans to retire today and not seek reelection for a tenth term. He is the second high-profile moderate Republican lawmaker to retire due to the prevailing political climate. Long time Repu

Credit: US Navy QUESTION:  What do you call a 30-year-old agreement that has the support of President Obama, former President Bush, former President Clinton, the other former President Bush, every living Secretary of State of both parties, the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the military, the U.S. Coast Guard, the National Association of Manufacturers, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Telecommunications Industry Association, the American Petroleum Institute, oil companies (like Exxon and Chevron), ca

As a constitutional republic, the US system of government is designed on the principles of federalism. In our federalist system the federal government is one of enumerated powers and those powers not explicitly granted to the federal government are reserved to the states. The framers of the Constitution established this system through the Tenth Amendment, which reads: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the stat