A medical marijuana dispensary owner and this California city just made history.
regarding potential violations of American civil liberties and international spying by the National Security Administration become public, Edward Snowden may have done something he had not intended.
In today's congressional atmosphere, suggesting ten costly programs that could be reasonably cut from the budget is analogous to placing warring siblings in a room with one toy and expecting them to cooperate.However, .
Obvious areas such as the morbidly obese defense budget and the contentious NSA surveillance programs are not listed here as the siblings just aren't ready for such a task, but here are ten things both sides could reasonably find common ground on:
“Disagreement is critical to the well-being of our nation. But we must carry on our arguments with the realization that those with whom we disagree are not our enemies; rather, they are our colleagues in a great enterprise. When we respect each other enough to respond carefully to argument, we are filling roles necessary in a republic.”—Judge Thomas B. Griffith, “The Work of Civility."
Human beings are really good at fighting with enemies.
Talk to anyone following election reform in New York, and they’ll tell you that there’s a storm on the horizon. That storm is the volatile future of campaign finance laws and regulations in the state.
In one corner, there’s the “irresistible force” that is independent expenditures. In NY Progress and Protection PAC (NYPPP) v.
For the last few years, we have seen the stories and blog posts about the split in the Republican Party. It's the Tea Party versus the establishment, vying for control of the GOP. Many independent and third party voices say this is what the political middle needs to finally get a foothold in the political process; this is the opportunity needed to win some seats at the table, join the debates, and change the status quo. However, this may not be possible because the middle is split too.
“I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.”― Oliver Cromwell
Socialism. Communism. Few words are more misunderstood, mistreated, and mysterious in American politics.
On Thursday, news was released to the world that former South African President Nelson Madela had died at the age of 95. In recent years, his health had been declining, but that still does not diminish the impact of his passing.
Mandela was born in July 1918. While living in Johannesburg later, he became involved in anti-colonial politics.
In 1948, the government began implementing the policy of apartheid, which he would be a voice against. Although he was a man of non-violence, he co-founded the militant organization, Umkhonto we Sizwe, in 1961.
The First Amendment protects one's right to free speech, the value of which was enshrined by John Stuart Mill in his 19th century classic, On Liberty: