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Memoir Gives First-Hand Account of the Real Crises on the Southern Border
Since the New Year, I have been reading a steady diet of memoirs. The genre has captivated me since working with my 93-year-old father to finish his memoir, Hilltop Echoes, about growing up on a farm ...
11 Mar, 2019
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Everyone is saying they just won a big court case on pensions. What does that mean for you?
If all sides are declaring victory in the California Supreme Court’s pension ruling on Monday, it’s because the decision had a little something for all the combatants in the state’s pension wars.In a ...
05 Mar, 2019
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4 min read
Jason Cabel Roe Says He's All But Ending Political Career
San Diego, Calif.- After more than 25 years of political and communications strategy, Jason Cabel Roe has confirmed to IVN that he is all but leaving politics.Roe says he "does not plan to be act ...
04 Mar, 2019
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12 Things Everyone Should Know About The Debt Ceiling
There are a lot of misconceptions out there about the debt ceiling. Here are 12 things every American should know about it and what hitting it means.
28 Feb, 2019
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10 min read
Debunking the “Spoiler Myth”: Lessons from a Competitive Kansas Independent to Howard Schultz
Since Howard Schultz announced that he was considering running for president as an independent, there has been much speculation about how his potential entry might affect the race in 2020. Specificall ...
25 Feb, 2019
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6 min read
Debunking the "Spoiler Myth": Lessons from a Competitive Kansas Independent to Howard Schultz
Since Howard Schultz announced that he was considering running for president as an independent, there has been much speculation about how his potential entry might affect the race in 2020. Specificall ...
25 Feb, 2019
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6 min read
OPINION: Boycott Iowa and Its Fraudulent Caucus
The lead story in Wednesday’s Washington Post, was written by two reporters telling us what might happen to Democratic candidates running for president, in a race that doesn’t end until November 3, 20 ...
25 Feb, 2019
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4 min read
American History Is Black History: Overcoming The Politics of Division
“The establishment of democracy on the American continent was scarcely as radical a break with the (European) past as was the necessity, which Americans faced, of broadening the concept to include bla ...
22 Feb, 2019
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6 min read
Mayoral Candidate Cory Briggs Wants Immediate Halt to Phony YIMBY Proposals To Relax Rules on High-Density Development
It’s like déjà vu all over again: City Hall insiders asking politicians to leap before they look.This time it’s proposals backed by the YIMBY (“yes in my back yard”) movement to lift height limits and ...
22 Feb, 2019
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Tribal Politics: Jussie Smollett The Latest Puppet in Manufactured Outrage
I'm quite sure there are few things in this world Chicago Police superintendent Eddie Johnson has not seen, which makes his news conference this week on the Jussie Smollett case all the more remarkabl ...
21 Feb, 2019
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3 min read