Category: Politics
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Recent Important News Stories
by Jason Stotts With crashing OCON, work, and a long essay I’m working on now, I’ve been rather remiss in blogging. Unfortunately, this means that I missed the chance to discuss several really important news stories, so I’m going to remedy that here and condense them all into one post. 1. DOMA Ruled Unconstitutional A…
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Christians Lose Again
by Jason Stotts In another Supreme Court ruling, Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, 08-1371, SCOTUS ruled that a christian group cannot bar gays from being members if it receives public funding. The AP report (from SFGate) notes Justice Stevens: …was even harsher, saying while the Constitution “may protect CLS’s discriminatory practices off campus, it does…
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Victory for Individual Rights!
by Jason Stotts The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) today handed down their judgment in the Macdonald v. Chicago case (08-1521). The Justices ruled 5-4 that the second amendment is incorporated against the states through the fourteenth amendment. I haven’t read the complete decision yet, since it is quite long and was only…
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Voting
by Jason Stotts I voted in California today for the second time, the first being in the last election in the fall. Both times have been at a local church, which is gracious enough (I’m being ironic) to host the voting. The problem with having voting in a church is that you end up with…
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Interracial Marriage at All Time High
by Jason Stotts CNN is reporting that interracial marriage has hit an all time high and that today roughly 1 out of 7 marriages are interracial. Apparently, race is mattering less these days, say researchers at the Pew Research Center, who report that nearly one out of seven new marriages in the U.S. is interracial or…
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Environmentalism is Responsible for the Gulf Oil Spill
by Jason Stotts With everyone throwing blame around for the “BP oil spill,” I would like to take a minute to shine a light on the real culprit: environmentalism and the politicians that support it. BP is out to make a profit on oil. That’s what they do. Does anyone actually think they’d be drilling…
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Government, Citizenship, and Treason
by Jason Stotts Recently, the B.O. administration gave the green light to the CIA to kill the Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. Typically, this wouldn’t have been any sort of interesting issue and something that the CIA could have decided for itself. The problem with this case is that al-Awlaki was born in America and is…
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Russia Going Laissez-Faire?
by Jason Stotts In a surprising move, Russia is poised to become freer than the now ironic “land of the free.” The Moscow Times, in their piece “Russia Takes Anti-Socialist Approach to Healthcare,” is reporting that: “While Washington plans to pump unprecedented sums into what critics call a government takeover of health care, Moscow is…