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,...
Vaccination Debate: Should Immunizations Be Mandatory for Children?
Childhood immunizations have been controversial for centuries. To many, the idea that protection or immunity can be gained by deliberate exposure to a disease...
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...
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...
“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...
What Is Sequestration – Definition & How It Cuts the National...
While our country's ability to borrow money is a valuable asset, particularly in times of need such as wars or economic recessions, continuously maintaining...
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...
Is America the New Rome? – United States vs. the Roman...
The example of the first great republic in recorded history (509 B.C. to 29 B.C.) was omnipresent in the minds of America's founders as they...
Obamacare History – Winners & Losers of the Affordable Care Act
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, otherwise known as "Obamacare," is destined to be one of the most controversial legislative acts...
How Will The New Health Insurance Laws Affect You
Last Sunday night Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act. This act reforms the existing health care industry and is expected to insure an additional...
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...
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...
