Jon Stewart Comparing Congress to Herpes is Hilariously Accurate

Jon Stewart's satirical examination of Congress is often full of accurate criticisms about how the legislative branch has conducted its business over the years. No examination may highlight the problems with our electoral system more than a 14 percent approval rating that somehow runs parallel with a 95 percent incumbency rate.

"[F]ourteen percent disapproval to 95 percent incumbency is the same disapproval to recurrence ratio currently enjoyed by the Herpes virus," Stewart says.

How Republicans and Democrats Are Dissing Hispanic Voters

Hispanic voters have been called the “sleeping giant.” It seems like the giant is waking up, but not necessarily in bed with either the Republican or Democratic Party. The feeling of either party not taking them seriously might be the reason why more Hispanics (or Latinos) are becoming independents (along with a variety of other reasons), following the trend of many other demographics.

The Democratic Party has, for the most part, been the predominant party of choice for Hispanics.

Rep. Amash: It's Time For New Leadership in the GOP

On Tuesday, U.S. House Speaker

John Boehner (R-Ohio) will face a challenge from a small handful of Republican lawmakers who are dissatisfied with his leadership as speaker, demanding that a more principled conservative lead the GOP in the House. U.S. Representative Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) is one of a few Republican lawmakers who believe they would make a better speaker than Boehner.

Potential Jurors in Boston Marathon Case Must Consider Death Sentence

Jury selection began on Monday in the Boston Marathon case, a process that could go on for weeks as prospective jurors not only weigh the guilt or innocence of 21-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, but what his sentence will be if he is found guilty: life in prison or death.

There is no doubt that the trial will be closely watched by people all over the country; it is likely to be the most followed terror trial since the Oklahoma City case where Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to death for bombing the Alfred P.

Are We In A New Golden Age of Journalism?

The turn of the twentieth century was a period of profound change on the art of journalism. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin

explored this era in her book, The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism.

3 Reasons Why Lower Gas Prices Are Not A Good Thing

Russia President Vladimir Putin has openly accused the Saudi government of orchestrating a form of economic terrorism by glutting the oil markets with supply. While most Americans are cheering over the lower gas prices at the pump, a growing number of experts, politicians, and commentators are quietly siding with Putin's opinion that the lower prices aren't necessarily in our best interest.

Russia's economy is directly tied to oil; when oil prices are higher, the economy (as a whole) tends to function better.

Poll: Government Now Biggest Concern for Americans

At first blush, an elected representative might rejoice after learning that 2014 was the first year since 2008 that the economy wasn't the American public's biggest concern, according to a Gallup Poll

released Friday. After a closer look, however, they'd be shaken to see that Government and Politicians replaced the economy at the top spot as the most important problem facing the U.S.

Can Independents Win Statewide Campaigns?

A 2014

Gallup survey showed that a majority of Americans – for the first time since Gallup started asking the question – believe their children’s lives and lifestyle will be worse off than their own. Gallup also reported this year that the United States Congress has the lowest approval ratings in the history of political polling. Coincidence? Or cause and effect?