The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its jobs report Tuesday indicating the economic recovery is continuing at a snail's pace. When compared with other contemporary recessions, including those from '01, '91, and '81, the Great Recession remains unparalleled. Likewise, recovery in each of the earlier recessions picked up considerably two years following peak unemployment.

The Atlantic's Andrew Cohen sat down with former Texas Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson to discuss the consequences of partisan judicial elections.

published a report on our behaviors and fears online.

Researching the impact of the Internet on society, Pew Internet focused in on privacy online, and found that while most Americans want to remain anonymous online, they fear that it's not possible.

Republican Senator from Kentucky, Rand Paul, introduced a Constitutional Amendment last week that would prohibit members of Congress from passing laws "applicable to a citizen of the United States that is not equally applicable to Congress."

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The vote to reopen the government and pass a temporary budget deal has shaped up to be possibly the most divisive vote of 2013. H.R. 2775, also called the Continuing Appropriations Act of 2014 funds the government until January 15, 2014, and was passed October 17. The Senate voted 81 to 18 to fund the government and avert a potential default, whereas the House voted 285 to 144.

On Saturday, approximately 1,500 gun rights activists gathered at one of Texas' most sacred historical sites, the Alamo, in San Antonio to protest a city ordinance that bans open carry of firearms. According to the local news site, San Antonio Express-News, about a third of the protesters carried rifles, shotguns, and antique pistols as an open display of civil disobedience.

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It is truly a matter of survival as a nation for us to resolve this dilemma.

There are veritable plethora of ways to accomplish the ultimate goal, yet the concept remains the same.  It's not a complicated concept: spending more than you generate has some rather serious consequences.

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