Twice in the last month, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed that the government can access records about you held by third parties without getting a warrant. It’s a nice illustration of the broad and deep reach of the “third party doctrine.”

Vermont is a place where the protest vote can be in the majority and Vermont protest itself is currently in full bloom across the state.

Vermonters have always been independent, whether it was having their own republic (1777-1791), re-electing a Congressman while he was in jail (Matthew Lyon, 1798), or sending a Socialist to the Senate (Bernie Sanders, 1994-2012).

Available resources are well above projected demand but still, Californians should conserve energy throughSunday.

A new CNN poll shows that independent voters are turning their backs on the former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.

“Among independent voters, the poll indicates President Obama has a 53%-42% lead,” CNN Polling Director Keating Holland told CNN.com

Often credited for sparking the Arab Spring, social media has played a huge role in recent political dissent. Facebook and Twitter have become crucial tools in organized protest, even seeing popularity in the Occupy Movements here in the U.S. While both sides are taking to social media to voice their angst, protestors in Syria have been sharing their struggles on the social network Instagram.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stopped by South Africa yesterday to grace the world with her jovial dance skills. The moves were caught on tape by Reuters and have since gone viral. She looks like she is having an awesome time, as do the attendees. Well played, for the country's head diplomat.

Gas prices are creeping up in California following a Chevron refinery fire in Richmond, but oil and gas are truly international industries. Many of United States' most contentious policies in the modern era have been related to oil. The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard released a new report in June 2012 on the global oil supply capacity. Here's a short video primer by the research team. Full study can be found here.