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Top-Two Election Reform Will Not Boost Voter Participation -- On Its Own
Top-Two Election Reform Will Not Boost Voter Participation -- On Its Own
On Friday, February 6, the Cook Political Report published an article on the impact the nonpartisan, top-two primary and independent redistricting have had on voter turnout. The author, Amy Walter, po ...
09 Feb, 2015
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Audit the Fed In Better Position To Clear Congress in 2015
Audit the Fed In Better Position To Clear Congress in 2015
Amidst a nationwide outbreak of measles, Kentucky U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R) made headlines this week for his controversial defense of a parent's right to choose whether or not to vaccinate ...
05 Feb, 2015
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2 min read
Calif. Privacy Laws Complicate DEA License Plate Tracking
Calif. Privacy Laws Complicate DEA License Plate Tracking
Privacy has been a major concern for the American public in the last several years, primarily because of leaked or released information about government projects involving collecting information about ...
03 Feb, 2015
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4 min read
Media Does Disservice to Veterans by Sensationalizing PTSD Stories
Media Does Disservice to Veterans by Sensationalizing PTSD Stories
For the past two weeks, movie goers have flocked to the film American Sniper, the story of an American hero gunned down by a fellow veteran stricken with PTSD. But new information has revealed that, w ...
29 Jan, 2015
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6 min read
Asm. David Hadley Says Seniors Hit Hardest by Rising Health Care Costs
Asm. David Hadley Says Seniors Hit Hardest by Rising Health Care Costs
California State Assemblymember David Hadley (R-South Bay) took office as the representative of Assembly District 66 after one of the most competitive Assembly races in California. After narrowly ...
29 Jan, 2015
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3 min read
Standing Up for Secularism
Standing Up for Secularism
In Saudi Arabia this week, doctors advised that the next phase of the punishment of liberal blogger Raif Badawi be postponed until he has healed from the first. Badawi has been sentenced to ten years ...
25 Jan, 2015
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 47 U.S. Representatives Co-Sponsor Bipartisan Industrial Hemp Farming Act
47 U.S. Representatives Co-Sponsor Bipartisan Industrial Hemp Farming Act
Vote Hemp, a major grassroots hemp advocacy group, on Thursday announced the introduction of complementary bills in the U.S. House and Senate, S. 134 and H.R. 525, titled the "Industrial Hemp Farming ...
22 Jan, 2015
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3 min read
From American Jobs to the Banking Industry: Who Will Unusually Low Oil Prices Hurt Most?
From American Jobs to the Banking Industry: Who Will Unusually Low Oil Prices Hurt Most?
Two weeks ago, I took an immense amount of criticism in the comments section on both the IVN page and Facebook site for the article, 3 Reasons Why Lower Gas Prices Are Not A Good Thing.Representing&nb ...
19 Jan, 2015
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5 min read
Bible, Koran, or Bhagavad Gita: Match The Quote with the Sacred Text
Bible, Koran, or Bhagavad Gita: Match The Quote with the Sacred Text
I have been surprised this week by how many of my friends and acquaintances are actually Islamic studies experts. Since the Charlie Hebdo shootings, I have talked -- online or in person -- with more t ...
13 Jan, 2015
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Rep. Amash: It's Time For New Leadership in the GOP
Rep. Amash: It's Time For New Leadership in the GOP
On Tuesday, U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) will face a challenge from a small handful of Republican lawmakers who are dissatisfied with his leadership as speaker, demanding that a ...
06 Jan, 2015
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