The United States is often celebrated as the world’s leading example of representative government. However, we as a nation barely inspire half of our voters to show up for a national election—leaving U.S. voter participation among the lowest in the developed world.

China has wanted to expand its own currency into the world markets, recently being added to the SDR currency basket by the IMF.

But China has also long had its eyes on the continent of Africa, spending billions of dollars in development aid -- and building economic and strategic allies along the way.

Singling out a politician for honesty is a tough prospect.

Tennessee State Representative Jeremy Faison (R-Cosby) said last week that he is drafting a bill that would decriminalize marijuana possession by military veterans in the state who have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.

There is no doubt that the networks have had a heyday turning the 2016 presidential primary debates into a sideshow, with at times all of the major contenders playing the role of the chief clown.

So great the sideshow that even President Obama has joined in mocking the utter ridiculousness of the candidates' demands -- he has nothing to lose, why not?

Bernie Sanders’ campaign was recently threatened with being locked out of the Democratic National Convention’s database—a devastating blow to any campaign, especially one buoyed by grassroots efforts. The penalty was in response to a Sanders staffer accessing data that was intended for the Hillary Clinton camp.

For the most part, people view the world and politics and make judgments through biases that color what they see and understood. Personal morals or political ideology is a powerful perception-biasing lens that operates intuitively, fast and unconsciously. In essence, this lens is a personal moral framework the mind uses to make sense of the world.

A small group within the U.S. House has filed an amicus brief in a court case that may affect what can be posted and distributed on the web.

A recent poll by Public Policy Polling (PPP) on the state of the New Hampshire Republican Presidential Primary shows Donald Trump retaining a strong lead, but it also shows how a ranked choice voting (RCV) election would leave Trump in a neck-and-neck race with Senator Marco Rubio

If anything can possibly be said about the 2016 presidential race, it's been entertaining from both sides of the political spectrum.

On the left, there's almost a dramatic angst waiting for Hillary's final implosion (consider 2008), while Bernie Sanders keeps packing stadiums with supporters interested in his old ideas reaching newly-receptive ears.