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What does it take in America when there is a senseless gun shooting for the country to say enough is enough about firearms? In
Losing the individual mandate could be good for Obama
If the Supreme Court strikes down the individual mandate to buy health insurance, conservatives and Tea Party members will be dancing in the streets,
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In the April 1 (no fooling) episode of Mad Men, Governor Romney is called a clown. We’re talking about Michigan Governor George Romney, father
Voters need protection from self-appointed “vote protectors”
For now, at least, there’s not going to be a voter “protection” ballot measure on Missouri’s November 2012 ballot, and that’s good news for
Whose approval do Supreme Court justices want?
There aren’t many things that I remember from college classes. However, I do remember taking an American Government class when the professor was covering
Rick Santorum, contraception, and the ghost of Anthony Comstock
Listen up, ladies. Did you think your reproductive destiny was yours to decide? Think again, because it looks like we’re going to be refighting
When slaves sued for freedom: A city reckons with its past
In Memphis, they’ve turned the hotel where Martin Luther King was murdered into a museum honoring the Civil Rights Movement. Across the South, “Civil
The costly, inconvenient financial lives of “unbanked” Americans
What would your life be like if you didn’t have a bank account? Ask a member of one of the 9 million American households
Football bounties and Super PACs: Excess is the common denominator
The answer to the question of what NFL bounties and Super PACs have in common, is one word, “excess.” If we were to expound