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Expanding the Role of Uncle Sam: The Excesses of the New Deal
In the last article, we covered how utopian dreaming and rationalistic faith in planning undermined the fundamentally conservative nature of the old Hamiltonian tradition and brought about a deformed ...
19 Feb, 2015
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Major Parties Conduct State-by-State Effort to Limit Voter Participation
There is an ongoing lawsuit attempting to close Montana’s open primary system. This lawsuit is being joined by the Montana Republican Party. State Republicans support closing their primaries beca ...
17 Feb, 2015
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How America's Tax Rates Compare With Other Countries
On December 16, 1773, a group of colonists dressed as Indians boarded three British cargo ships to destroy 342 cases of tea -- a "tea party" over a 90 percent tax cut.Tea throughout the Empire had bee ...
10 Feb, 2015
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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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Partisan Advocate Fears Calif. Court May Side with Voters
On Thursday, January 15, oral arguments were made before the California State Appeals Court in San Francisco in the case Rubin v. Bowen. Third parties continue to challenge the nonpartisan, top-two op ...
16 Jan, 2015
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4 min read
Body-Worn Cameras May Solve More Problems Than They Raise
In wake of recent high-profile police shootings, President Obama announced a $263 million proposal for the funding of body-worn cameras for law enforcement agencies across the country.The concept ...
03 Dec, 2014
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5 min read
Higher Voter Turnouts Challenge Big Money in Politics
Money and power go hand in hand in the current discussion over the state of politics in America. A 2014 study by the California Public Interest Research Group, CALPIRG, found a relatively small number ...
28 Oct, 2014
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3 min read
Negative Ads in Ill. 12th Congressional District May Determine Outcome
Illinois' 12th Congressional District has been one of the more closely watched races in the 2014 midterm elections. While each race is different, the contest between Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Eny ...
28 Oct, 2014
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In The End, Low Voter Turnout Comes Down to Competitiveness in Elections
No matter what political ideology a voter identifies with, every single election comes down to one thing: voter turnout. If voters don't go to the polls to cast ballots, their party affiliation, or la ...
23 Oct, 2014
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4 min read
Looking to the Founders: The Vote of the Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
It seems almost crazy to bring up an Aesop's fable in a series about the Founding Father's legacy to America -- but the fable of The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse really exemplifies many of th ...
14 Oct, 2014
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