Comcast has set net neutrality advocates buzzing after
striking a deal with Netflix to allow that company faster video streaming.
With Republican U.S. Representative Frank Wolf (R-10) retiring, the battle over who will take up his seat in Congress for Virginia's northern 10th Congressional District has shown signs that it may divide mainstream and tea party conservatives.
Ahead of their April 26 firehouse primary, the already-crowded Republican field features 9 contenders, who were required to formally file last week.
On Wednesday, Chad Peace, representing EndPartisanship.org, was interviewed on the Edgington Post, hosted by Mark Edge for Free Talk Live.
Gay rights activists have to feel like they have tackled a giant after a major court ruling on Wednesday, February 26. San Antonio federal Judge Orlando Garcia ruled that the Texas ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. He issued a preliminary injunction on the ban, but then suspended his ruling.
In the past week, the Oregon attorney general stated that her office will no longer defend the state's constitutional ban on gay marriage. This has come at a time when state voters may soon revoke this ban.
Democratic strategist James Carville may be wrong about a great deal, but he did have it right when he started the popular phrase, “It's the economy, stupid.”
The health of the U.S. economy drives the outcome of pretty much every other major issue before us. In particular, what happens with the environment, national debt, and the effectiveness of government is inextricably linked with the activities of our economy.
While we are in constant disagreement over what issues should be covered in the media, 71 percent of Americans agree that it is not the government's job to monitor what issues the media does decide to cover, according to a recent poll released by Rasmussen Reports.
There are people in the world who have sincere religious objections to taking their clothes off in public places while total strangers stuff money in their underwear. These people should not become strippers.
There are other people who have a sincere and constitutionally protected right not to engage in usury, or the lending of money at interest. These people should not own banks.
Recently, Bob Haran, chairman of the Constitution Party of Arizona, issued a press release announcing his support for the nonpartisan top-two primary. Haran said he appreciates the partisan argument that non-members of a party should not have a say on who represents the party in a general election. However, he pointed out that candidates selected in the primary are not only being selected to represent the party, but the constituents of their electoral district or state.
"I believe the voter has a right to vote for any candidate they want, regardless of party," Haran said.
If one wants to get a slight taste -- just a slight taste -- of those worried, hopeful days of 1989 when the Berlin Wall was coming down, murderous communist leaders like Nicolae Ceausescu finally got their just desserts from the people they had tortured for so long, and we all wondered when these leaders’ patrons in Soviet Russia would put an end to it all with the hammer of the Red Army, as they had in Hungary and Czechoslovakia before, just watch the unfolding events in Ukraine.
The dispute in Ukraine is, on its face, a fairly simple one.