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4 Biggest Things Americans Worry About In 2013
Unemployment While unemployment is slowly decreasing, hitting a slight decline for the first time in the last 4 years, many American citizens are still concerned about whether or not they’ll be able t ...
04 Oct, 2013
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3 min read
What a Government Shutdown Means to Military Families, DoD Civilians
With the new fiscal year upon us, and Congress still bickering about Obamacare as a condition of passing a stop-gap measure, military members, their families, veterans, and DoD civilian employees are ...
30 Sep, 2013
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6 min read
Overused Talking Points on Guns Prevent America from Moving Forward
It's become routine now. Not long after news breaks of a mass shooting words like "gun control," "gun free zones," and "Second Amendment" begin to float around. We never have a serious conversation af ...
17 Sep, 2013
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3 min read
3 Names Stick Out to Take Larry Summers' Place as Fed Nominee
Federal Reserve Building in Washington DC // credit: wikipediaThe line to be the next Federal Reserve Chair got one person shorter Sunday when former treasury secretary Larry Summers withdrew his nam ...
17 Sep, 2013
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2 min read
Income Inequality among Minorities Widens Achievement Gap, Study Says
Credit: FlickrPoverty is increasingly becoming a deterrent to academic achievement. Research indicates that 46.2 million Americans, or about 15 percent of the population, lived in poverty in 2011. Na ...
16 Sep, 2013
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3 min read
9/11: Bikers take on Muslims
via John J. Kruzel Motorcycle riders outside the National Mall in Washington, D.C., during the 20th Rolling Thunder Ride for Freedom, May 27, 2007. // Credit: Defense.govThousands of bikers roared in ...
11 Sep, 2013
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1 min read
Ron Paul Reddit AMA and The Future of Liberty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR4nn3B_XM4Former Congressman Dr. Ron Paul held his second Ask Me Anything (AMA) Thursday on the social media network, Reddit. Timed to coincide with the launch of ...
22 Aug, 2013
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15 min read
Race For Congressional District 17 in CA Will Be Highly Competitive
Image - Left: Candidate Ro Khanna / Right: Congressman Mike HondaIncumbent Democratic U.S. Representative Mike Honda has been a popular fixture in the House of Representatives since his first election ...
21 Aug, 2013
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3 min read
Confidence in Congress Continues to Drop
Four out of five Americans disapprove of Congress' attempts at serving its nation, a recent study found. This year marks Americans' lowest confidence in Congress since 1973, which amounts to a 1 ...
19 Aug, 2013
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1 min read
6 Issues Where Bipartisan Agreement Means No Productive Change
Dan Thornberg / shutterstock.comBipartisanship is met with glee in the hyper-partisan atmosphere of modern politics. Congress being at its most divided point in history, a bipartisan agreem ...
26 Jul, 2013
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5 min read
