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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In case you did not watch the debate tonight (and honestly I tuned most of it out), I am honor-bound to tell you about what turned out to be the most entertaining part of it. Senator John McCain, self-proclaimed earmark maverick, accused Barack Obama of being completely immersed in the pork-barrel culture of Washington. Specifically, [...]

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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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Before my morning reading the New York Times was rudely interrupted by a fire alarm in the dining hall (and it’s been raining outside, go figure), I read two articles that highlight the ever-political nature of space exploration.
The first describes China’s launching three astronauts (or “taikonauts“) for a three-day mission, primarily to perform the first Chinese [...]

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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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We were all speechless right from the beginning, not because McCain chose an outrageous or controversial running mate, not because he chose a Pawlenty or a Romney (maybe he just hates Minnesota), or for that matter anyone whose name had been in the press, but because he chose someone no one outside of Alaska (do [...]

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