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The Looming Crisis

Michael Zucker November 24, 2016

Controlling our national debt is… References and Footnotes Brooks, David. "Voices for Fiscal Action - David Brooks." YouTube. Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, 16 Jan. 2012. Web. 15 Aug. 2015. ↩Past & Present: Alexander Hamilton and the Start of the National Debt ↩ Breyer, Stephen G. The Court and the World: American Law and the New Global Realities. Penguin Random House, 2015. ↩ Zucker, Michael. "The Road Not Taken." Political Vendetta News Network. 6 Jan. 2016. Web. ↩ Hartmann, Thom. "Eisenhower Was An Idiot." YouTube. Russia Today, 17 Sept. 2012. Web. 22 Aug. 2014. ↩ Peters, Gerhard. "Republican Party Platforms: Republican Party Platform of 1956." Republican ↩Caro, Robert. "Passage of Power." On the Issues. 1 May 2012. Web. 18 Nov. 2015. ↩ Zucker, Michael. "The Corporate Welfare State • Political Vendetta News Network." Political Vendetta News Network. 28 Oct. 2015. Web. 18 Nov. 2015. ↩ Zucker, Michael. "The Modern Struggle • Political Vendetta News Network." Political Vendetta News Network. 30 Sept. 2015. Web. 18 Nov. 2015 ↩Zucker, Michael. "The Sun Never Sets • Political Vendetta News Network." Political Vendetta News Network. 23 Sept. 2015. Web. 18 Nov. 2015. ↩ Zucker, Michael. "Too Many Tanks • Political Vendetta News Network." Political Vendetta News Network. 16 Sept. 2015. Web. 18 Nov. 2015. ↩ Brooks, David. "Voices for Fiscal Action - David Brooks." YouTube. Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, 16 Jan. 2012. Web. 15 Aug. 2015. ↩ Brooks, David. "The Policy Verdict I." The New York Times. The New York Times, 8 Oct. 2012. Web. 18 Nov. 2015. ↩

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Voting Out: The Electoral College

Christopher Law November 24, 2016

The United States is currently exercising the process… References and FootnotesJimmy Soni, "What Is The Electoral College? How It Works And Why It Matters," The Huffington Post, November 6, 2012, Accessed September 13, 2015, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/06/what-is-the-electoral-college_n_2078970.html ↩Richard Posner, “In Defense of the Electoral College," Slate, accessed September 13, 2015, http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/view_from_chicago/2012/11/defending_the_electoral_college.html ↩ John Samples, "In Defense of the Electoral College," Cato Institute, November 10, 2000, accessed September 13, 2015, http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/defense-electoral-college. ↩Nate Silver, "Would Al Gore Have Won in 2000 Without the Electoral College?" The New York Times, September 20, 2011, accessed September 13, 2015, http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/would-al-gore-have-won-in-2000-without-the-electoral-college/?_r=0. ↩Markn Baldassare, Dean Bonner, David Kordus, and Lunna Lopes, "California Voter and Party Profiles,"PPIC Publication, August 1, 2015, accessed September 13, 2015, http://www.ppic.org/main/publication_show.asp?i=526. ↩Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, August 11, 2015, accessed September 13, 2015, http://www.cdc.gov/minorityhealth/populations/remp.html. ↩Jason Easley, "Racist Chickens Come Home To Roost As Donald Trump Leads The GOP In New Poll," Politicus USA, July 9, 2015, accessed September 13, 2015, http://www.politicususa.com/2015/07/09/republicans-flipping-donald-trump-leads-gop-poll.html. ↩Jennifer Agiesta, "Donald Trump Tops 30%" CNN, September 10, 2015, accessed September 13, 2015, http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/10/politics/donald-trump-ben-carson-cnn-poll ↩Rick Ungar, "Trump Throws Constitution And 14th Amendment Under The Bus," Forbes, August 19, 2015, accessed September 13, 2015, http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2015/08/19/trump-throws-constitution-and-14th-amendment-under-the-bus ↩

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Halting Innovation

Christopher Law November 10, 2016

Within this year… References and FootnotesNiall McCarthy, "US Patent Disputes Are Set To Reach A Record High: Who Gets Sued The Most?" Forbes, August 4, 2015, Accessed August 9, 2015, http://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2015/08/04/us-patent-disputes-are-set-to-reach-a-record-high-who-gets-sued-the-most-infographics/. ↩"General Information Concerning Patents," October 1, 2014, Accessed August 9, 2015, http://www.uspto.gov/patents-getting-started/general-information-concerning-patents. ↩"Who Are Patent Trolls And What Will H.R. 9 Do About Them?" Forbes, May 29, 2015, Accessed August 9, 2015, http://www.forbes.com/sites/econostats/2015/05/29/who-are-patent-trolls-and-what-will-h-r-9-do-about-them ↩"Patent: Pros and Cons," Accessed August 9, 2015, http://www.inventorbasics.com/Patent Pros & Cons.htm ↩Niall McCarthy, "US Patent Disputes Are Set To Reach A Record High: Who Gets Sued The Most?" Forbes, August 4, 2015, Accessed August 9, 2015, http://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2015/08/04/us-patent-disputes-are-set-to-reach-a-record-high-who-gets-sued-the-most-infographics/. ↩Jeff Roberts, "Apple Gets $533M Patent Verdict Tossed in Fight with No Products Company Comments," July 8, 2015, Accessed August 9, 2015, http://fortune.com/2015/07/08/apple-patent-smartflash ↩"Who Are Patent Trolls And What Will H.R. 9 Do About Them?" Forbes, May 29, 2015, accessed August 9, 2015, http://www.forbes.com/sites/econostats/2015/05/29/who-are-patent-trolls-and-what-will-h-r-9-do-about-them ↩David Bolton, "Why Software Patents Are Bad!" Accessed August 9, 2015, http://cplus.about.com/od/thebusinessofsoftware/a/patents.htm. ↩Dean Baker, "OPINION: Current Drug-patent System Is Bad Medicine,” Al Jazeera America, November 24, 2014, Accessed August 9, 2015, http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/11/drug-patents-pharmaceuticalindustrygenericsindia.html. ↩Russell Hasan, "Libertarian Patent Reform," Libertarian Patent Reform, September 21, 2014, Accessed August 11, 2015, http://www.libertyunbound.com/node/1306. ↩

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Hillary Clinton Indictment “Possible” After last week’s news that the…