Amid news reports that President Obama had changed his mind on gay marriage, the media chose to showcase a very different side of GOP candidate Mitt Romney going into the weekend. Major news outlets let loose with stories of Romney’s past from prep school and various incidents that happened there. Romney was allegedly responsible for [...]

When you think of the Kanye West and Jay-Z collaboration smash single “N***as in Paris” what comes to mind? Fish Filet? Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen? Or maybe even a French presidential candidate? Maybe that last one was a stretch, but French presidential hopeful François Hollande is hoping you will soon find a correlation between [...]

Making his rounds on late-night television this week was President Barack Obama, who continued sending his message about the impending possibility that student loan interest rates may be raised over the summer. His appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon came at a time when the nation is transitioning from spring into summer, and from [...]

The United States founders dreamed of a free America. They wrote in the Constitution, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Then why is it that most of the U.S. presidential candidates thus far have felt like they needed to publicize their Christian backgrounds? Christians and [...]

Billionaire Warren Buffett, whose net worth is $44 billion as of March, according to Forbes, shared that his tax rate is lower than his secretary’s. Recently, President Barack Obama proposed to lower the federal deficit by raising taxes on the richest Americans, known as the “Buffett Rule.” The plan would require people earning at least [...]

As much as I might hate to admit it, sometimes there are limits to that whole “free speech” thing that we Americans enjoy so much. No, I don’t mean legally, but often just because a statement can be said without being dragged away to court does not mean there is not a price to pay [...]

We have all had this conversation. Whether it be around the dinner table with our distant relatives, while pondering politics with close friends or with 200 complete strangers in that introductory political science lecture. Whenever the issue of the Affordable Care Act, or what many refer to as “ObamaCare,” pops up in a conversation, things [...]

In case you haven’t noticed, gas prices are always fluctuating, as the $4.37 statewide average painfully reminds you with every wallet-breaking fill-up. Everyone is shaking in their boots over the possibility of hitting that dreaded five-dollar ceiling. Five bucks is a lot of money to pay for a gallon and in this economy, who has [...]