5 Keys to Civil Political Discussions & Debates With Friends &...
According to Professor Nolan McCarty of Princeton University, it seems that political rancor today has reached heights not seen since Reconstruction after the Civil...
7 Reasons Why the Keystone XL Pipeline Should Be Approved
During the past presidential campaign, the Keystone XL Pipeline became a political football. Since that time, the pipeline's planned route has been changed to...
7 Ways to Prevent Political Arguments With Family & Friends
"There cannot a greater judgment befall a country than a dreadful spirit of division as rends a government into two distinct people, and makes...
How to Prevent Mass Shootings & Gun Violence in America –...
Another dark day in America, one of 62 similar days in the last 30 years according to statistics compiled by Mother Jones. Despite the shootings...
Big Government vs. Small Government – Which Is Ideal for the...
The term "big government" stimulates plenty of images and emotions, and they're generally negative. Words like "bureaucratic," "inefficient," "intrusive," and even "corrupt" are often...
The Failure of America’s Political System – Understanding Hyper-Partisanship
If you are frustrated, disgusted, and fed up with the failure of Congress and the President to address the primary issues facing the country,...
How to Maintain Civil Discourse – Understanding Political Division
"Let your conversation be without malice or envy, for it is a sign of a tractable and commendable nature: and in all causes of...
Income Inequality in America – Definition, Causes & Statistics
Warren Buffett, number two on the Forbes 400 list of the richest people in America, said, "There's class warfare, all right - but it's...
What Is the Federal Reserve System – History & How It...
The words of Saint Paul to Timothy in the Christian Bible have resonated throughout the ages: "For the love of money is the root...
5 Political Lies About Social Security – Understanding the Problems
Social Security was created on August 14, 1935 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act and has been controversial since its...
Are American Schools Failing? – How to Improve the U.S. Education...
A headline in the December 2013 issue of The Atlantic claimed that American schools compared to the rest of the world - the members...
“United States of Texas” – What America Would Be Like Under...
Few people are aware that, in 2008, Igor Panarin, dean of the Russian Foreign Ministry's academy for future diplomats, predicted that the United States...