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The Ol’ Ball Game

Christopher Law September 23, 2015

  Football, baseball, basketball – these professional sports, and many… References and FootnotesChris Isidore, “Scott Walker OKs $250 Million in Taxpayer Dollars for Sports Arena,” CNNMoney, August 12, 2015, accessed September 20, 2015, http://money.cnn.com/2015/08/12/news/companies/scott-walker-tax-dollars-milwaukee-bucks-arena ↩Aaron Kuriloff and Darrell Preston, "In Stadium Building Spree, U.S. Taxpayers Lose $4 Billion," Bloomberg.com, September 4, 2012, accessed September 20, 2015, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-09-05/in-stadium-building-spree-u-s-taxpayers-lose-4-billion. ↩ Tom Sabulis, "Pro/Con: Public Funds for Sports Stadiums?” Atlanta Forward Blog, May 22, 2014, accessed September 20, 2015, http://atlantaforward.blog.ajc.com/2014/05/22/procon-public-funds-for-sports-stadiums ↩Jolie Network, "Taxpayers on the Hook for Stadium Costs," USA Today, November 25, 2013, accessed September 20, 2015, http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2013/11/25/stadiums-taxpayers/3663541 ↩"The True Economics of Taxpayer Funded Stadiums," Americans for Prosperity Florida, April 18, 2013, accessed September 20, 2015, http://americansforprosperity.org/florida/article/the-true-economics-of-taxpayer-funded-stadiums ↩James Brady, "The NFL Brought in Enough Money Last Year to Pay for 10 Pluto Missions," SBNation.com, July 20, 2015, accessed September 20, 2015, http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2015/7/20/9006401/nfl-teams-revenue-tv-deal-7-billion. ↩

Fed decides to leave rates unchanged

Joyce Chu September 17, 2015

Despite the upward progression of the U.S. economy since the…

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Voting Out: The Electoral College

Christopher Law September 16, 2015

The United States is currently exercising the… 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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Too Many Tanks

Michael Zucker September 16, 2015

Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the United States has used its military to defend… References and FootnotesDwight Eisenhower, "President Eisenhower's Farewell Address," Eisenhower Presidential Library, January 17, 1961, accessed  September 4, 2015. ↩"What Is the Military-Industrial Complex?" September 4, 2015. ↩"Congress Pushes for Weapons Pentagon Didn't Want," Military.com,  April 20, 2012, accessed  September 4, 2015. ↩ Matt Apuzzo, "War Gear Flows to Police Departments," The New York Times,  June 8, 2014, accessed on  September 4, 2015. ↩ Evan Perez, "Obama Limits Military-style Weapons for Police Forces," CNN,  May 18, 2015, accessed on September 4, 2015. ↩ Dwight Eisenhower, "Dwight D. Eisenhower Quote," A-Z Quotes, accessed on  September 5, 2015. ↩

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In Remembrance: Facing Terrorism

Paul Minassian September 11, 2015

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To Pardon or Not?

Christopher Law September 9, 2015

It has been two years since Edward Snowden leaked… References and Footnotes"Timeline of Edward Snowden's Revelations," accessed September 6, 2015. ↩Alec Luhn and Mark Tran, "Edward Snowden given Permission to Stay in Russia for Three More Years," Guardian, August 7, 2014, accessed September 6, 2015, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/07/edward-snowden-permission-stay-in-russia-three-years. ↩Rebecca Berg, "Hillary Clinton: 'I Can Never Condone' Edward Snowden," Washington Examiner, September 5, 2015, accessed September 6, 2015, http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/hillary-clinton-i-can-never-condone-edward-snowden/article/2560672. ↩Charlie Spiering, "Chris Christie: Edward Snowden is 'A Traitor And A Piece of Garbage,'" Breitbart, July 22, 2015, accessed September 6, 2015,  http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/07/22/chris-christie-edward-snowden-is-a-traitor-and-a-piece-of-garbage ↩Cheryl Chumley, "Donald Trump on Edward Snowden: Kill the ‘Traitor,’" Washington Times, July 2, 2013, accessed September 6, 2015. ↩Ben Axelson, "Edward Snowden Tells John Oliver Nude Photos Aren't Safe from NSA Surveillance," April 6, 2015, accessed September 6, 2015, http://www.syracuse.com/us-news/index.ssf/2015/04/edward_snowden_nude_obscene_photo_surveillance_john_oliver.html ↩Meek, James, Luis Martinez, and Alexander Mallin, "Intel Heads: Edward Snowden Did 'Profound Damage' to U.S. Security," ABC News, January 29, 2014, accessed September 6, 2015, http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/intel-heads-edward-snowden-profound-damage-us-security/story?id=22285388. ↩Glenn Greenwald, “On the Espionage Act Charges against Edward Snowden,” June 22, 2013, accessed September 6, 2015, http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/22/snowden-espionage-charges. ↩“Ron Paul,” InvestmentWatch, April 2, 2015, accessed September 6, 2015, http://investmentwatchblog.com/ron-paul-my-understanding-is-that-espionage-means-giving-secret-or-classified-information-to-the-enemy-since-snowden-shared-information-with-the-american-people-his-indictment-for-espionage-could ↩