I have supported many environmental causes over the years, especially wildlife conservation. I am so passionate about these issues, that I have embarked upon a doctoral program to further explore man’s impact on the environment. As such, I research the issues and I will tell you–the truth is always buried somewhere in-between.

The rebellion within Syria has stayed in the news over recent weeks as the brutality in that country intensifies and the western nations attempt to figure out if they should intervene to stop the bloodshed and how they would go about doing so if they do get involved.  Syria is just one of the many countries throughout the Middle East and North Africa that were impacted by last year's Arab Spring.

Bill Bloomfield Jr., a prominent CEO of Baron Real Estate, will run as an independent in California's new 33rd Congressional District, challenging longtime Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman.

The Senate seat vacated by current Maine Senator Olympia Snowe is shaping up to be quite a contest with not one, but two Independent candidates now joining the race.