Alaska's 2014 gubernatorial race was neck and neck as polls closed on Tuesday, November 4. Incumbent Republican Governor Sean Parnell trailed independent Bill Walker 46.42 percent to 47.83 percent, with 100 percent of precincts reporting.

“As a Republican who works in the tech industry I can say that this statement shows you either have no idea what you are talking about or you are bought and paid for by the American Cable monopoly. This is an amazingly stupid statement and is disheartening.”        —One of thousands of comments on a Ted Cruz Facebook page by conservatives attacking his position on Net Neutrality

This week, the Islamic State announced that they will be minting coinage in gold, silver, and copper that will be "purely dedicated to Allah." Labeling modern currencies as a "tyrant's financial system," the move is designed to gain more control over the internal economy in the areas they control.

Americans are very mistaken when it comes to perceiving the reality of key social issues. An August 2014 survey conducted by Ipsos MORI, a leading UK research company, found U.S. citizens were the most likely to overestimate the prevalence teen pregnancy rates and underestimate the proportion of Christians in the population compared to the 13 other countries.

On Thursday, November 13, Rasmussen Reports published a new survey they say reveals that a majority of Americans object to net neutrality.

While the news is focusing on the newly-elected Republican Congress wrangling with whether or not to overturn Washington, D.C.'s decriminalization of marijuana, the "War on Drugs" continues to be lost on all fronts.

National Institute on Drug Abuse reports heroin use is on a dramatic rise since 2007,  with numbers reaching all-time highs. The cause of the problem: cheap street heroin due to a large market supply.

Registered nurses organized strikes across the country on Wednesday to protest care standards in the wake of the Ebola crisis, even as some hospitals wrangled with union members over their pensions, pay, and collective bargaining rights.

National Nurses United, the Maryland-based union responsible for organizing the demonstrations, laid claim to 100,000 nurses joining protests over prevention and care standards nationwide.

Although California is the most populous state in the nation with just over 38 million people spanning a length of about 800 miles, its political leaders at the federal and state executive levels come from largely urban areas, specifically the Bay Area. This concentration of power calls into question the very nature of a representative government.

On Wednesday, Gallup published a survey that shows the Democratic Party's favorability dropping 6 percentage points in just the last week. The report reveals that this is a record low for the Democrats and that the Republican Party's favorability "remains steady at 42%."

After months of somewhat desultory media coverage, Republicans have swept to control of the U.S. Congress with record numbers in both the Senate and the House. The GOP also won multiple state governorships.

This “wave” election, a rout of the Democrats, is a classic backlash against the incumbent party, which has utterly failed to provide leadership to the nation.

Yet the sky is still above, the earth below and as far as we know, the world is still turning on its axis.