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While everyone was toasting in the new year, few likely saw the major election news that broke on December 31. The Baltimore Sun reports that Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley failed t ...

As around a dozen armed protesters gathered at the unoccupied Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in rural Oregon, angry over the federal government’s resentencing of local ranchers, Dwight and ...

Reinvention is the key and peacemaking is the heart of today’s revolution.Building peace requires fixing government. Only 19% of Americans trust our government to do the right thing and 75% of America ...

On Sunday, Cheryl and I joined millions of Americans to watch the Season Premiere of Downton Abbey. As we are drawn to their lavish 1920s lifestyle, we also retain a degree of detachment, knowing that ...

Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ben Carson are currently two top contenders for the Republican nomination. Trump remains the leader with 35.6 percent of the polls, while Carson was in second ...

The fact that Virginia’s Republican Party wants voters to take a Party loyalty oath as a condition of voting in the publicly-funded and administered presidential primary shouldn’t surprise anyone ...

The last 15 years since 9/11 has set into American minds a very narrow view of what terrorism means. A fitting standard definition is:[T]he use of violent acts to frighten the people in an area as a w ...

With the polling decline of Ben Carson, Texas U.S. Senator Ted Cruz has emerged as the presumed conservative choice in the Republican presidential primary. As of this writing, Cruz is polling at nearl ...

Christmas time, that wonderful time of year when we can pause and reflect on the first Christmas in America, with the Pilgrims exchanging gifts with the Indians in snowy New England.After all, the Pil ...

The United States is often celebrated as the world’s leading example of representative government. However, we as a nation barely inspire half of our voters to show up for a national election—lea ...