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Don’t Kill Bill
New York City police officers are enraged over a legislative proposal that would handicap, or worse, imperil the lives even more of the officers involved in life-and death situations on a daily basis—requiring them to shoot gun-toting suspects in the … Continue reading
Voter Intimidation
Texas voters to are required to provide photo identification prior to casting ballots is one step nearer to passage. Debate on the measure which may take only a present driver’s license or state-issued personal identification card, a military ID, a … Continue reading
Ideas & Action
This is a place for information, discussion, research, and advocacy. Talking may be cheap, but we have to start somewhere. Maybe if we discuss it enough, we may actually get up and influence each other to get up, go out, … Continue reading
Elderly Nuns, Sec of State Charlie White
News today of an uncommon sighting of real voter fraud. In Indiana, the Secretary of State himself, Charlie White, has indicted for purposely voting within the wrong precinct, among other felony charges. He is charged with voting from an address … Continue reading
Proposed REINS Act Gets “F” in Poli Sci
The REINS Act would need an up-or-down vote on all new suggested rules with an economic impact of more than $100 million by both the House and the Senate and also the signature of the President before they can be … Continue reading
Courage to Learn and Lead
The scary events in Arizona on January 8, 2011 have caused calls for national soul-searching about the polarizing and often cruel rhetoric that pervades today’s political culture. We may never know whether the prevalence of such rhetoric helped create an … Continue reading
An Attack on One
Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona took a turn at reading aloud a portion in the U.S. Constitution on the House floor as the new Congress organised. ‘“I just read the first Amendment!” Representative Gabrielle Giffords, an Arizona Democrat, said gleefully as … Continue reading
From Anatole France to Cowardly Lion
The first year anniversary of Citizens United v. FEC has motivated many informative examinations of what the decision has wrought during the past year; but equally essential is an assessment of the future of the First Amendment considering the Supreme … Continue reading
Good Governance in Indian Country
At a time when Americans are listening to every day that their federal government isn’t functioning, it’s refreshing to enter a area in which superb government is on screen. This kind of was the case on the annual meeting in … Continue reading
Follow-Up OpEd: The Achievement Gap In Math And Sciences
Writing an op-ed feels a whole lot like driving through a tunnel. You travel inside a direct line and concentrate on only one destination. This is because an op-ed is often 650 words or much less, leaving small space for … Continue reading