Tuesday, January 04, 2011

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Sunday, December 12, 2010

8 Hours of Dissent

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Bernie Sanders, the Vermont Senator who calls himself a Socialist but caucuses with the Democrats, took to the Senate Floor yesterday to spe...

Rulemaking Takes Center Stage?

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While the fights over tax cuts and Don't Ask Don't Tell in Congress dominate the headlines, another set of titanic political struggl...
Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Class or No Class?

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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Walmart v. Dukes case that has recently come out of the 9 th Circuit Court of Appeals. The ca...

Party Polarization Decreasing?

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In the most recent elections, many New York legislators focused on change and fair elections in their platforms. One of the main aspects th...

Not His Fault

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On Monday, December 6, President Obama announced an agreement with the Republicans to extend all Bush tax cuts for the next two years, as ...

Will there be a Great Compromise in 2010?

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On December 7, President Obama announced a tax-cut compromise —a combination of Bush era tax-cut extension and 13-month extension of federal...

School reform: a call for teachers unions to join

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School reform: a call for teachers unions to join The teachers unions aren't the biggest or the only problem facing our schools, but f...

Social Insecurity?

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Bill H.R. 5987, the Seniors Protection Act, was voted down earlier today in both the Senate and House of Representatives. The bill was meant...

DADT: to Repeal or not to Repeal? That is the question.

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The Don't Ask Don't Tell policy has been controversial ever since it was enacted almost seventeen years ago. There have been polls a...

Grandstanding, Payoff, or Genuine Concern?

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A United Kingdom parliament has the ability to pass environmental legislation on account of its unified nature. On the other hand, th...

Pardon Me

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Recently, President Barack Obama granted 9 pardons. These were the first of his presidency making him the second slowest president to ...
Thursday, December 02, 2010

Arizona Organizations Fight To Pass Prop 203

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On Monday November 15, almost 2 weeks after Arizona’s polls closed, constituents voted yes on the hotly debated medical-marijuana law. Al...

Stop stalling and get STARTed, Republicans.

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Aftermath of the 2010 election: lame-duck Congress. The office of John Boehner (R-OH) recently announced that the House Speaker-to-be plans ...

Does food equal bipartisanship?

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In the United States, over 76 million individuals get food poisoning every year, and as a result, 5,000 people die each year. And with the ...
Wednesday, December 01, 2010

The United States' Defining Deficit

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            Today, the Dow saw its highest one-day gain in over two months .  After ending on a fairly depressing note last month, this surg...

Will slow and steady win the race?

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The Pentagon finally released a long awaited report on its year-long study of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, first enacted under the Cl...

Wikileaks, the ultimate democratic tool?

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If, as Jefferson once said, "Information is the currency of Democracy", wikileaks is the ultimate tool for a democratic regime. ...