On Thursday April 19th, the University of San Diego School of Law Independent Voter Club, the Independent Voter Project, and congressional and mayoral candidates will come together for a forum on the importance of independent voters in 2012 elections.

With Earth Day coming up this weekend, it might be helpful to remember that the worst polluter on planet Earth is not a major corporation, but the United States federal government, and if we're going to be serious about reducing our impact on the environment, we need to advocate for less, not more government.

Yesterday evening, I had a chance to hear my friend Tom Goss sing in my city.  He's from Washington DC, so I usually only get to see him perform once a year.  It's always a good time, and a great way to spend the evening.  But as the night unfolded, my mind did tend to start twirling around an issue... one that he and many others in our nation's capital face.  None of them are fully represented in Congress.

Things are starting to look really bad for U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, whose continued presence in Obama's White House cabinet may prove a devastating liability to the Democratic ticket in November.

PRESS RELEASE

With former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum out of the primary, the dynamics of the presidential race have changed, with increased attention on the likelihood of a general election battle between Republican Mitt Romney and Democrat Barack Obama. In response, both campaigns have shifted into general election mode.

We get a lot of great comments from our readers, so every week we'll be highlighting the top comments to various articles from the week.

Towards the end of 2010 radio shows and TV shows hosts asked: where is the next third party? When are we going to see another party go against the Republicans and Democrats? I do not understand these questions, because there are many third parties in our nation.