It's time to drop Columbus Day—and celebrate indigenous peoples instead
Our most controversial national holiday is once again upon us: Columbus Day, the celebration of the historical contributions of...
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Sean Hannity says Paul Ryan is not the right choice for speaker
Sean Hannity is not jumping on the Paul Ryan bandwagon. The talk-show host who inadvertently helped torpedo Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s bid for...
Sanders Misleads on Social Security
Sen. Bernie Sanders repeats a Democratic talking point in saying that Social Security hasn’t contributed “one penny” — or “one nickel” —...
Four big differences between the leading Democratic candidates ahead of Tuesday’s debate
Hillary Rodham Clinton has taken the world of politics by surprise the past couple of weeks, giving her support to the most liberal...
Ex-Israeli Premier Olmert sentenced to 8 months in prison
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been sentenced to eight months in prison for unlawfully accepting money from a U.S....
The hypocritical folly of Congress' capricious interest in foreign policy
Senate Republicans want to get involved in President Barack Obama's nuclear negotiations with Iran, as they demonstrated when the vast...
Robert Kennedy Jr. apologizes for likening vaccine effects to 'holocaust'
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has apologized for using the word "holocaust" to describe the health effects of vaccine...
How will Hillary announce?
It’s no longer a question of will Hillary Clinton run for president. It’s a question of how she’ll do it. Clinton is widely expected to...
In campaign for 2016, this year looks to be good one for Hispanics
The man was an ordinary-looking man, a working man by his looks and clothes. When asked in Spanish where he was from, he responded,...
Will Rand Paul's Black Voter Outreach Pay Off In 2016?
When Rand Paul kicks off his campaign for president Tuesday, the Kentucky senator will be in a unique position among the likely -- and...
Marijuana refugees' seek help for sick daughter
AURORA, Colo. — In a sixth-floor room at Children's Hospital Colorado, Kristy Frederick gives her daughter a dose of cannabis oil. Then...
Marriage in American Culture
Had I not made my mind up about the beauty and necessity of marriage in society, then this opinion of marriage in American culture by me...
Should incarcerated felons share an equal right to vote in state and federal elections?
Hard to be on a particular side on this, but this is what I think. What I think we should do first is worry about the very fashion of...
Beast of Conscience
BEAST OF CONSCIENCE No matter how you look at it, the human being is a dynamic creature amongst the many entities placed on the earth by...
The United States and Russia Must Repair their Partnership on Nuclear Security
For more than two decades, the United States and Russia partnered to secure and eliminate dangerous nuclear materials — not as a favor to...
Party politics
Party politics does have great bearing on the American voter’s voting choices and policy preferences. It is so because party...
My issue with campaign financing
In early 2010, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that corporate funding of...
Advantages of Political Parties
Political parties promote centrism and enables political parties to find positions which appeal to wide pools of the electorate. This can...
A typical voter in the United States
A typical voter in the United States has become ever more difficult to define in the 21st century. Only a split of the total number of...
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