Most people I know associate with either the Republican or the Democratic Party when it comes to politics, but in a democratic society such as our own we have many other choices. Just some of the other active political parties in this country include the Christian Liberty Party, the United States Marijuana Party, and the United States Pirate Party. I’m sorry to say that this last party is not one promoting a national curriculum of swashbuckling or the exchange of our submarines for multi-sail wooden ships. Instead, this group’s core issues lie in the more contemporary use of the word—including …

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This is Scott Walker’s fault. Not too long ago, back in the Bush years, unions were out of sight and out of mind. The only time you’d ever hear mention of unions were in old gangster movies when the mob would “put the squeeze” on the unions. Now, thanks to Governor Walker’s plans to remove state workers’ collective bargaining, the union wars are everywhere. The fight between collective bargaining and deficit reduction has spread from Wisconsin, reaching statehouses coast to coast. But it hasn’t stopped there. I can’t even get a sub at Jimmy John’s without being reminded of the …

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The GOP’s Jekyll and Hyde Amendment against women.

The death of real news or is opinion journalism a public interest?

The supposed vouching fraud incidents of Nov. 2 seem to have been overlooked by the news media.

Republicans are destroying the very jobs they are trying to create.

Giving the world police job to China.

Giving a boost to the country of curry.

Debunking claims of the spin party.

You have heard it countless times: “All politics is local.” In most elections, this is true—local issues and individual candidates can defy the national or regional trend. In 2009, for example, an awful Democratic Senate candidate in Massachusetts made serious, repeated blunders, including misspelling the name of her own state in an attack ad, causing a Republican to win in a heavily liberal state.

But the 2010 elections have taken a turn for the national. Candidates have been asked to or volunteered to take positions on issues that have little or nothing to do with their prospective office. These issues …

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Recently, Stephen Colbert was asked to testify in front of congress as an expert witness on the issue of immigration reform and migrant workers. He obliged and, to the horror of many congressional representatives, showed up to the hearings…completely in character.

Those unfamiliar with Colbert’s work need only watch the first ten minutes of his show, “The Colbert Report”, to understand that he is a walking parody of an overzealous and completely biased “news”-caster. More often than not, his portrayal is spot on and damn funny.

He has also starred in some of the biggest controversies a basic cable star …

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Once again, the election cycle is starting to turn on, its rusty gears sputtering and whirring to life even earlier than usual, as more and more candidates for political office are declaring their intention to run, dropping out of the race or simply saying nothing. Since the political machine is already underway, the issues politicians must address have taken shape, the big questions on a state and national level are already being asked and dodged with aplomb by both media and politician. Thankfully, the American public will begin to weed out the fringe politicians who either preach a bizarre, negative …

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Should taxpayers’ money really be going towards a bill that will make so little of an unemployment dent. We need a bill that will kick the economy back into shape.

While the 2010 election may still be well over a year away, Sixth District House of Representatives DFL runner Maureen Reed has hit the ground running while raising a little over $200,000 this last summer campaigning for Minnesota’s sixth congressional district. Reed, a native Minnesotan and graduate of University of Minnesota’s medical school, is an unknown in the political world but has been notably active in the Health Care field. Reed was inspired to run for office when President Obama opted to put Health Care reform at the front of the national agenda. Currently, very few members …

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Politics may be an old man’s game, but that doesn’t mean that younger candidates are automatically down for the count when it comes to political elections. After all, one of the big political platforms every election season is how politicians can get more so-called “young people,” involved. Yet often enough, college students that participate in the political process by running for election lose out to an older, more experienced candidate. While this isn’t always the case, it happens enough times to make one wonder: What’s the viability of a student candidate?

“We need …

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