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• The Green Party: A Third Party That Comes in Fourth

  By Drew Gibson on November 9, 2012 • ( 3 )

  

  Of all of the counties, in all of the battleground states in this election, there is only one who is still counting votes: Palm Beach County. If the name sounds familiar, it’s because this is the same county that played… Read More ›

• Go Too Far to the Right and a Home Run Becomes a Foul Ball

  By Drew Gibson on November 7, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  There’s a scene about halfway the movie Pleasantville where William H. Macy comes stumbling into the local bowling alley soaking wet, shell-shocked and sporting a thousand mile stare that’s a few shades shy of catatonic. All of the other guys… Read More ›

• A Nation Divided Against Itself

  By Drew Gibson on November 5, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  November 6th, 2012: It will be a day that marks the 57th time that the American people have come together to elect their President. It’s worth noting that only for the last 12 of these eruptions of democracy have all… Read More ›

• Love is Love & Love is the Law: Same-Sex Marriage in America

  By Drew Gibson on November 4, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  “A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.” – Mahatma Gandhi The piece of scripture that is most commonly associated with the battle over same-sex marriage comes from Chapter 18 of the Book of… Read More ›

• The 2012 Presidential Betting Guide for People Who Clearly Don’t Bet on Politics Because It’s Illegal in America

  By Drew Gibson on November 3, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Maybe it’s just because I was born and raised in Cincinnati, but I don’t see a thing wrong with putting a little money down on your own team. Bud Selig and Fay Vincent be damned, I don’t think it makes… Read More ›

• What We Know Going Into Election Day

  By Drew Gibson on November 2, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  October has come and gone and there has been no surprise. For all of the hemming and hawing over the volatility and uncertainty surrounding the 2012 election, not much has actually changed since the conventions began in late August. Barack… Read More ›

• Made in the USA: Anti-Chinese Political Advertising

  By Drew Gibson on October 31, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  For my generation, and for the Boomers and Gen Xers who came before us, World War II is viewed through rose-colored and Hollywood-manufactured glasses. Our knowledge of the conflict is mostly confined to low-angle shots of US infantry charging up… Read More ›

• Sometimes Quickly, Sometimes Slowly: The Obama and Bush Approaches to Disaster Management

  By Drew Gibson on October 30, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  One of the hallmarks of the George W. Bush administration was that their realities were oftentimes more absurd than the parodies created to mock them. Nothing Jon Stewart and his boys cooked up in a writers meeting could have been… Read More ›

• Hey Sandy, Have You Picked Your Target Yet?

  By Drew Gibson on October 28, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  It’s beginning to look like neglecting to mention climate change on the campaign trail is no safeguard against mother nature having a say in how these elections turn out. With only 10 days left before the 2012 presidential election, severe… Read More ›

• Every Vote Counts, Depending on Who Counts It

  By Drew Gibson on October 27, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  “More men have been elected between sundown and sunup than ever were elected between sunup and sundown.” – Will Rogers I cast my ballot for the 2012 presidential election today and I have no idea where it went or if… Read More ›

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