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LATEST ARTICLES ( 56 )

• Pew Poll Gives Insight into the Future of Politics

  

  Alignments in 2008. What will they be like in 2020? A recent Pew Research Center poll produced some interesting findings. How will the political landscape be... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2011 SOCIETY

• Fringe Is the New Mainstream

  

  "The Donald," Attention-Seeker Extraordinaire Conspiracy theories and wacky ideologies that might have been considered outlandish and extreme a few decades ago... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2011 SOCIETY

• GOP Field Full of Fascinating Dark Horses

  

  By this point in the election cycle, the 2012 Republican primary field has finally started to take shape. We've learned that Mike Pence, Haley Barbour, Donald... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2011 SOCIETY

• Is Pure Democracy Possible?

  

  Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" In his famed text On the Social Contract, French philosopher Jean Jaques Rousseau argues that although pure democracy migh... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2011 SOCIETY

• Mixed Feelings About Death of Bin Laden

  

  "Patriotic" Americans in Kansas After I heard Osama Bin Laden was dead, I had a feelings of relief, not euphoria. My initial thoughts were disbelief. Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2011 SOCIETY

• Guantanamo Bay: Still Open, and No Sign of Closing

  

  One of President Barack Obama's campaign promises was to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, a prison opened by the Bush Administration in... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2011 SOCIETY

• What an Actual Path to Prosperity Looks Like

  

  Ryan himself, a rising star in the GOP In the midst of a budget battle that has had the government wavering on the brink of shutdown, Republican Representative... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2011 SOCIETY

• Reducing Speed Limits Is a Good Idea

  

  The National Speed Limit: Boon to Drivers, not Bane In 1974, the federal government put in place a National Maximum Speed Limit Law. It capped the speed... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2011 SOCIETY

• Not Oil, but Not Green Either - Part 4: E85

  

  The rolling corn fields of Ohio To conclude this series on poor alternatives to fossil fuels is one of the biggest culprits, albeit one that has flown under... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2011 SOCIETY

• Where's the Cooperation?

  

  The Happy Planet Index: Happiest in Green, Least Happy in Brown Since the State of the Union address, we've heard a lot more about "Winning the Future. Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2011 SOCIETY

• Not Oil, But Not Green Either - Part 3: Nuclear Power

  

  Effects of Radiation: A Mutated Dog from the region near Chernobyl First of all, my apologies for the protracted lull in posting - it's been a hectic couple of... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2011 ENVIRONMENT

• Not Oil, but Not Green Either - Part 2: Natural Gas

  

  Like clean coal, natural gas has been hyped as a major player in America's energy future. Also like clean coal, it has some significant flaws that inhibit... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2011 SOCIETY

• Not Oil, but Not Green Either - Part 1: Clean Coal

  

  As the US has continued to pursue non-oil remedies to our energy consumption issues, our focus has drifted. Right now, it's more about the source not being... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2011 SOCIETY

• 'Constitutionalists' Could Use a History Lesson

  

  Pawlenty: Misinterpreter-in-chief At the Tea Party Patriots' Summit, former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty remarked: "The Constitution was not written to... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2011 SOCIETY

• Muckraking Vital to a Healthy News Media

  

  Considered to be the one of the first of a line of muckrakers, Upton Sinclair exposed the squalor of the meatpacking industry in his 1906 book The Jungle. Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2011 SOCIETY

• Middle East Wholly Engulfed by Protests

  

  Protesters in Morocco on Sunday What began as a man immolating himself in Tunisia has now tentatively deposed two despots in the Middle East, and the wildfire o... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2011 SOCIETY