Does ISIS pose a credible threat to the United States and its interests? And if so, what is the best way to manage that threat? If you had asked any politician in 2003, they most likely would have agreed that Saddam Hussein and Iraq under his reign posed a credible threat to the United States, and a 10-year war was started because of that belief.

As we wrap up Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month, and as the VA health care problems linger on, it has become tragically apparent that more and more veterans are feeling like they have nowhere to go and can't get the help they need. So, they choose to end their lives. In some cases, those suicides can be attributed to veterans being ignored by the VA.

There have been many accounts of veterans committing suicide outside of VA clinics, not only to end the pain and suffering that seemed endless, but also to give the VA one final furious message.

In an interview with the Laura Ingraham Show, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) accused the Obama administration of "underplaying" the threat of Ebola now that it has been identified in Dallas, TX.

According to Gallup, 42 percent of Americans self-identify as independent from either major party. But when it comes to our primary elections, the independent/unaffiliated/nonpartisan voter can be completely locked out of primaries, forced to choose a party in order to vote in a primary election, or live in a state where one party has an open primary and the other has a closed primary, even though their tax dollars subsidize both elections.

The race for the congressional seat in Massachusetts' 6th District on the north shore of Boston is hot enough to boil over. Since Seth Moulton’s upset win in the Democratic Primary over 9-term incumbent John Tierney, three candidates are jostling for endorsements, media coverage, and the support of voters in the district. The race is sure to be close.

California Senate District 26 saw a crowded pool of 8 candidates in the June 3 nonpartisan, top-two open primary. There were no Republican candidates in the race. There was, however, one No Party Preference candidate, Seth Stodder, who came in third behind Democrats Sandra Fluke and Ben Allen.

Many people have a flashlight app on their smartphone. It's a useful tool when the power goes out or when a user is looking for something in a poorly lit environment. However, what most people likely don't realize is these apps are geo-locating the user and stealing their data.

In the last couple of weeks, Jon Stewart has nailed in on a couple of issues, including how the media has treated the threat of ISIS and the United States' response to that threat. On Tuesday, Stewart had a segment about what congressional productivity (or lack thereof) actually means.

Abysmal congressional approval ratings have become the norm in our hyper-partisan political environment and government dysfunction is now cited as the most pressing issue facing our nation. Problem solving and compromise have been replaced by party politics and congressional gridlock, bringing our government to a halt in 2013.

Jim Jenkins, an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in Nebraska, passed a major hurdle recently by qualifying for the ballot in the November election. If successful, he would be the first independent senator from Nebraska in the state's history.

Nebraska is a big state. In square miles, it is the fifteenth largest state in the U.S. -- larger than New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Michigan. Politically, it takes on a lesser role than these high-profile states, and is often written off as a solid red state with little chance for movement.