Last week, a circuit court judge struck down the initiative to reform redistricting in Illinois. However, the state Supreme Court quickly decided to hear the appeal, which could provide new life for the effort.

On July 22, Wikileaks released nearly 20,000 e-mails among DNC staffers, a number of which suggest bias against the Sanders campaign during the Democratic primary. Some e-mails show high-level DNC members trying to undermine the Sanders campaign, and others reveal the attitude of DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz toward Sanders and his campaign manager, Jeff Weaver.

As the 2016 Republican National Convention wrapped up Thursday, one aspect was clear: Americans are increasingly looking for alternative candidates outside of the two-party duopoly. According to Google Trends, searches for "3rd party candidate 2016" increased by 1,150 percent over the last week.

While we often study issues related to bridging divisions between liberals and conservatives, there are many issues that aren’t quite as clear cut. We recently studied an event put on by The Village Square concerning the tension between sensitivity to minorities on campus, which sometimes involve limits on what people can express, versus the principle of free speech.

I despise Ted Cruz's politics. I have to get that out in the beginning because I'm going to spend the rest of this piece singing his praises for last night's performance at the RNC.

The fact that he could stand in front of a stadium full of people, a stadium largely booing him and not cheering him, and get his last thoughts out -- all while maintaining his somewhat creepy smile -- this guy is truly a political 'Man of Steel.'

We already know the two presumptive nominees for the Democratic and Republican parties are the most unpopular in recent history and the problem is much greater than that as an increasing number of Americans leave the two major parties, knowing their views are not represented by either.

San Diego-Comic-Con is in the house.

That house is the Convention Center in America's Finest City.

With the iconic convention in town -- for years the largest in San Diego -- it's a good opportunity to educate on the question that's become such a political football in San Diego.

Would a non-contiguous expansion of the Convention Center and possible Chargers stadium component have a damaging effect on tourism and attracting conventions to San Diego?

I grew up in a country where most elections were fixed, voting made no difference, and the political process was a dull affair run by a party whose politics were as odious as its leaders. In that country I was able to live and vote without joining the aforementioned party, although I had to withstand poll workers knocking on my door until I exercised my civic right and duty.

Republican and Democratic parties are in the middle of conducting their national conventions, leaving behind a primary season full of voter confusion, lawsuits, voter purges, and