Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid gathered the votes necessary this week to push the so-called nuclear option forward—nominees coming from the president’s desk would only need a simple majority, that is, fifty votes, rather than the traditional sixty votes needed to overcome cloture. This seemingly small change in parliamentary procedure has sparked huge outrage … [Read more...] about One Nation Under Who?: It’s All A Dirty Game
One Nation Under Who?: No Touching My Gun. Or Marijuana. Or Gay Marriage.
It is sobering that shootings in the United States now go relatively unnoticed, other than a racially-charged shooting that makes it to the mainstream press, such as Trayvon Martin’s death or Renisha McBride’s death, or the deaths of children such as in Newtown, Connecticut. But even when these shootings take place and the inevitable dialogue about “what we could have done” … [Read more...] about One Nation Under Who?: No Touching My Gun. Or Marijuana. Or Gay Marriage.
One Nation Under Who?: Voting on Other People’s Rights
Two decades ago, the Supreme Court of Hawaii decided on Baehr v. Miike, ruling that same-sex couples could not be discriminated against when trying to obtain a marriage license. Recently, Hawaii just passed a bill allowing for same-sex marriages in the state; the governor only has to sign the bill into law. Two decades ago, the ruling by the Supreme Court of Hawaii was met … [Read more...] about One Nation Under Who?: Voting on Other People’s Rights
One Nation Under Who?: Scientists Are Evil.
A Gallup poll published in January 2013 found that forty-seven percent of Americans identified with the Democratic Party and forty-two percent of Americans identified with Republicans[1]. Within this seemingly binary split is a split within the Republican Party—the Tea Party and so-called establishment Republicans. Americans, since the rise of the Tea Party in 2010, has seen an … [Read more...] about One Nation Under Who?: Scientists Are Evil.
One Nation Under Who?: What Happened to Occupy Wall Street?
It has been over two years since Occupy Wall Street began in Zuccotti Park in New York City on September 17, 2011. Inspired by the Arab Spring, protesters descended onto the privately-owned park, protesting the conditions of the country since the Great Recession—banks who were never truly punished for their financial excesses, a sense of stagnancy in society, and a punishing … [Read more...] about One Nation Under Who?: What Happened to Occupy Wall Street?