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Court denies Perry et al. ballot access in Virginia
Court denies Perry et al. ballot access in Virginia
In Virginia, the Republican presidential primary is officially a two person race. Only two candidates for the Republican presidential nomination will appear on Virginia's primary ballot in March: Mitt...
Activists work to keep coal trains out of Washington town
Activists work to keep coal trains out of Washington town
Concerns about energy independence notwithstanding, when the odor of coal dust wafting through the town offends the citizenry’s olfactory glands, the trains must be stopped.  At least that’s the ...
Arizona legislators push bill to allow guns on college campuses
Arizona legislators push bill to allow guns on college campuses
In a move sure to be controversial and which has already received national attention, Arizona legislators have redrafted legislation to allow guns to be carried at public colleges and universities. Go...
Virginia GOP Primary highlights need for ballot access reform
Virginia GOP Primary highlights need for ballot access reform
In Virginia, only two candidates have qualified for the VA GOP primary election: Mitt Romney and Ron Paul. Why? Because the restrictions for ballot access make it nearly impossible for candidates to g...
Virginia GOP Primary highlights need for ballot access reform
Virginia GOP Primary highlights need for ballot access reform
Supporters of independent and third party candidates have long decried the draconian laws regulating ballot access in states across the country.  They have argued that the ballot access system, w...
Money Matters: legislative perspectives affected by economic circumstances
Money Matters: legislative perspectives affected by economic circumstances
“We're going to close the unproductive tax loopholes that have allowed some of the truly wealthy to avoid paying their fair share,” Ronald Reagan said in 1985.  “In theory, some of those loophole...
Support Grows for Electoral College System Reform
Support Grows for Electoral College System Reform
Beginning with the Iowa caucuses on January 3, 2012, more than half of the states in the nation will hold their presidential primary and caucus elections over the course of the next three months. In t...
Time for Independents to walk the walk in 2012
Time for Independents to walk the walk in 2012
Public disgust with Democrat-Republican party government is at an all-time high in the wake of the debt ceiling debacle. As more Americans identify themselves as Independents, will they walk the wa...
Birthers lose the battle, but will they admit it?
Birthers lose the battle, but will they admit it?
It's doubtful that "birthers" are wallowing in embarassment today over the president's release of his long-form birth certificate.  They never really cared about the piece of paper.  It was ...
Chipotle feels the squeeze as the Obama administration flexes its immigration enforcement muscles
Chipotle feels the squeeze as the Obama administration flexes its immigration enforcement muscles
Contrary to the perception that Republicans are the only ones desiring a return to strict workplace immigration enforcement, the Wall Street Journal and others are reporting that immigration auth...