Affirmative Action once again reviewed by high court Last week, attorneys argued the case of Fisher v. University of Texas, before the United States Supreme Court. The case concerned the affirmative action admissions policy of the University of Texas at Austin. Brought by undergraduate Abigail Fisher, who was denied admission in 2008, the case asked [...]
Convicted murderer serving life sentence gets taxpayer-funded sex change In 1993, Robert Kosilek was tried and convicted for the 1990 murder of his wife. Kosilek has been living as a woman, going by the name Michelle Kosilek, and receiving hormone treatments while serving his life term in prison in Massachusetts’ Corrections System. On Tuesday, Sept. [...]
When the media muddies the waters By Marianne Stanley With all the quite serious, even life-threatening, issues swirling around us right now, getting caught up in whether or not an imprisoned person with severe Gender Identity Disorder (GID) should be granted “sex reassignment” surgery, also known as a sex change operation, seems pretty trite by [...]
We live in bizarro world By Mark Luedtke The extent to which many Americans are disconnected from reality is demoralizing. For example, a judge recently ordered prison officials to use money stolen from Massachusetts taxpayers to pay for a sex change operation on an imprisoned murderer. The murderer claimed the surgery was a medical necessity, [...]
Election Hours Controversy Comes to Montgomery Country How we conduct elections in Ohio has become a contentious issue between Republicans and Democrats in recent years. The battle over voting rages over just how accessible voting should be made for those wishing to cast a ballot. During the 2008 election cycle, with Democrats in control, major [...]
Defend Hour Early Voting Privilege By Rana Odeh “I guess I really actually feel we shouldn’t contort the voting process to accommodate the urban – read African-American – voter turnout machine.” – Doug Preisse, Franklin County Republican Party Chairman and Elections Board member I am dumbfounded by the racist, incredibly revealing comment above, made by [...]
Voting Should Be Hard by Mark Luedtke I’ve read so much baloney about voting. Let’s cut through the crap. We are ruled by one Big Government Looting party which has two factions: Democrat and Republican. Every election is a civil war between these two factions. To the victors go the spoils. When Democrats took control [...]
Ohio ballot initiative takes on gerrymandering Every ten years as a result of the U.S. decennial census and pursuant to state and federal law, Ohio legislative districts and Ohio congressional districts are redrawn according to changes in population. According to current Ohio law, a five-person commission has the final say on the where the lines [...]
Gerrypandering By Ben Tomkins Redistricting a state like Ohio is a fairly complex task, particularly when radical changes are necessitated by the loss of two representatives. When I started to think of all the variables that must be taken into account, I nearly shot myself in the head. Trying to break a state like Ohio [...]
Voters First Ballot Initiative is about sore losing By Rob Scott Redistricting has always been a hot topic in politics. Commonly referred to as gerrymandering, the practice attempts to gain a political advantage for a particular party by manipulating geographic boundaries to create safe districts. Gerrymandering even occurred before the first election of the U.S. [...]
High Fructose Corn Syrup By Megan Garrison The FDA recently rejected a bid to officially change the name of high [...]
Walker was Victorious in Wisconsin Because His Reforms Worked By David H. Landon The folks at MSNBC had a bad [...]
It Takes More than a Tweet By Rana Odeh The victory of Republican Governor Scott Walker over Milwaukee Democrat Mayor [...]
What are the Consequences of Recall Election in Wisconsin? Last Tuesday, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) prevailed in an unusual [...]
Obama’s Support of Same Sex Marriage Will Cost Him Swing States By David H. Landon By Election Day, the President’s [...]
President Obama Announces Support of Same-Sex Marriage Most pundits believe that this Presidential election will be decided on the issue [...]
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