It is now commonly accepted that a majority of Americans support the legalization of marijuana, with states like Colorado and Washington taking the first steps in making recreational marijuana socially (and legally) acceptable.
A recent investigation by the Center for Public Integrity (CPI) found that there are approximately 1,000 ingredients that companies have added to their foods over the years that were not first reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration, a government agency that is responsible for regulating 80 percent of the nation's food supply.
When it comes to presidential campaigning, television, mail, print, and radio advertising have become the hallmarks of an election year. In 2012, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama alone spent over $800 million on just TV advertising. According to the Washington Post, more than 85 percent of this money went toward trashing the other candidate.
The Independent Party of Oregon (IPO), which recently gained major-party status in the state, has reportedly told Oregon's secretary of state that it will allow unaffiliated voters to participate in its state-funded primary election. Imagine the irony if it didn't.
Over the past several years, it’s been the common narrative to refer to aggression toward the United States as an “attack on freedom” or “hate for our culture.” It’s been engraved into the public’s conscience that while the U.S polices the world, we remain immune to repercussions.
Two days after Dwight D. Eisenhower broke off diplomatic relations with Cuba on January 3, 1961, the New York Times published an editorial that both understood Eisenhower's decision but also explained that:
"All Americans and all Cubans with the interest of our two countries at heart must hope that this unhappy breach will soon be healed. It brings nothing but ill to both of us." - New York Times
The paper's calls were not heeded. Instead, it took 54 years for that breach to even begin to heal.
When U.S. Senator
Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) throws a breakfast party for bundlers and donors, he really knows how to set the theme -- by announcing a bid for the 2016 presidential race.
While announcing his candidacy to "the money" first might be an error of judgment, Rubio isn't the garden variety Republican and brings a collection of both moderate and conservative values to the race.
Greg Orman ran for U.S. Senate of Kansas in 2014 as an independent candidate against a 16-year incumbent, Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts. Despite the obstacles in running for U.S. Senate without the benefit of a political institution to help fund, promote, and otherwise support his campaign, he gave Roberts a serious run for his money.
The media is obsessed with Hillary Clinton -- especially now that she has officially launched her 2016 presidential campaign.
The difference between the male and female vote in elections has always been an issue that has baffled pollsters trying to predict the outcome.
Most of the time, the pollsters can tell definitively after the fact what reasons and issues were important to both men and women, but they have a difficult time predicting it while the election is still in play.