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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and drone policy have recently taken center stage among privacy advocates, with the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) involvement in domestic drone use causing a stir among those both for and against the commercial use of drones within our borders.
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.—US District Judge Thomas B.
Approximately one month separates Illinois from its deadline to enact some form of concealed carry legislation and the passions on both sides are heating up.
Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, recently made headlines for his involvement in the immigration reform debate. With his new social welfare group FWD.us, he favors an increase in the number of visas for skilled workers.
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Nowhere in our political system is power more institutionalized than in the pocketbooks of the political players. However, a little discussed, and even lesser questioned reality is that the sources from which the parties draw much of their funds are not their own, but from the taxpayers they are elected to represent.
