In a recent town hall meeting, Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn let it be known that, in his opinion, President Obama is “perilously close to the Constitutional standard for impeachment.” He is wrong.
By now, most people have heard of the 8-year-old boy who shot his grandmother in Louisiana not long after he finished playing the video game,
Grand Theft Auto IV. Networks like CNN have made sure you have heard about this story and have made sure the focus remains on the role video games played in this incident. Why? Because it is "good" television.
A president’s legacy is defined not only by his actions, but also by his words. Those who have held the highest office in the United States know well that what they say has impacts far beyond the podium. This list compiles some of the best presidential quotes from American history, grouped within themes, from most recent to oldest.
Note: Dates next to names indicate the years of their presidency.
Mexican Army troops during a firefight in Michoacan // Credit: AP Mexico
Coverage of drones in the American news media borders on either fear-mongering or near-total silence. How can voters form intelligent opinions about drones and the effects of their domestic and foreign use when, many times, media outlets only discuss how the machines relate to everyday Americans? The use of drones domestically certainly raises constitutional questions about privacy and U.S. citizens. At the same time, the results of foreign drone use attract only surface-level, if any, attention from the news media.
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The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) came out with a new report on the risks of doing nothing to fix Social Security and provided several solutions that Democrats, Republicans, and those in-between, can agree on.
Non-affiliated or no party preference voters comprise about 37 percent of all registered voters in Maine as of the last election. Democratic and Republican voters compose 32 and 28 percent of the electorate, respectively.
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With over two years before any candidates begin announcing for the presidency, Kentucky US Senator Rand Paul is making the fundraising rounds and retrieving a sizable sum.
I read an article in the NY Times last week that surprised me. It started out as a scathing, if somewhat predictable, exposé of the consequences of unfettered Republican rule in North Carolina and efforts by the GOP to solidify their agenda by employing voter suppression and gerrymandering tactics. What surprised me was that the Times, normally so quick to use stories of Republican malfeasance to project the Democrats
