This November, California offers its residents twelve delectible ballot measures for their approval or rejection or apathy. Here they are, what the Dems say, what the Repubs say, and what I say.
1A: High speed trains. D: Yes, R: No.
A definite boon to California’s infrastructure. As someone who travels between San Francisco and Los Angeles a [...]

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I, as I’m sure many people are, am very pleased that young children are being encouraged to participate in the political process. For 3rd graders, extra credit is a great way to do that. But for the rest of us it is not. Engagement in the political process should not be seen as something extra, [...]

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I highly recommend that you read this:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/education/08students.html
I will summaraize some of the key points. There is historically and currently some controversy over students voting in the state of their university instead of their home state. Some students have been scared away by government statements saying that registering to vote in the state of their university [...]

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