It's interesting that several during the Republican debate invoked President Kennedy's lofty goal of putting a man on the Moon in 10 years as an example of America's greatness -- when we can't even put a man into space right now.

Since the close of the space shuttle program in July 2011, America has relied on the Russian Space Agency for transporting people to the International Space Station and the Russians and private contractors to launch resupply missions.

With the way many people view government nowadays, it is typical for me to get a strange look when I tell someone that I work in politics. I get an even stranger look when I tell them that I have worked for both parties. I always have to explain that I feel like neither party addresses all of the issues that are important to me and, surprisingly, I have found that most people will agree with that statement.

Being a business mogul has never been a qualification for being the President of the United States. That is because the United States government is not a business. Being able to run a business, grow profits, and expand a company is not synonymous with being able to run a complex federal government that oversees 50 states.

The position of the President of the United States has almost universally been the purview of generals, law experts, and community activists and organizers. In short: people who have experience in governance and truly care about policy.

The latest headlines on nonpartisan voting rights from California and across the nation. Enjoy.

On September 15, The Hill published a story with the headline, "Bernie Sanders goes on the attack against Hillary Clinton." Now, this is a big deal because up until now Sanders has promised not to go negative against his primary rival. The media has goaded him time and time again to say something, but Sanders has thus far refused.

The governor of Arkansas aims to end the state's decade-long hiatus on executions in October.

From PT Barnum traveling the country dazzling audiences with "genuine fakes," to the modern day Internet, Americans love a good lie.

They excite us and at times elicit outrage. Often, though, in the modern age, they show how little we really know about a subject.

But even at that, we still love them -- and share them wildly.

Three particular lies circulate the Internet, ones that have become part of the collective wisdom of political arguments.

Four years ago, Ron Paul filled stadiums with tens of thousands of people. His natural heir to those numbers - and in fact, his natural heir - is Rand Paul.

Is there a way to find more consistent and sustainable funding for administering local, state and federal elections in California?

The search for those answers is underway at California Forward.

Right now, California counties are the sole entities responsible for funding and administering elections. However, how these elections are funded is varied and contentious.

Criticism of Israel and Zionism is increasingly being considered 'the new anti-Semitism.' BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanction) supporters claim that conflating anti-Israel and anti-Zioinist sentiments with anti-Semitism unconstitutionally silences dissent and abridges freedom of speech, and dangerously conflates the state of Israel with all Jewish people.