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Noting the recent Supreme Court ruling that struck down the D.C. gun ban, the question is: instead of a gun ban, what would happen if a city were to require its citizens to own and keep a handgun in their home? … Kennesaw, Georgia is what would happen.

can christians be democrats?

by Ryan Porter

Moderate | Comments (21)

What can we expect to see from this controversial shift in the evangelical voting bloc? Heaven forbid religious influence on elections diminishes and people start taking that “separation of church and state” thing seriously.

save money; live better?

by Paige Cram

Democrat | Comments (11)

Two things of note happened last week. The first was that my mother bought some outdoor cushions for our lawn furniture. The second was that AC/DC made a deal regarding the distribution of its next album. Seemingly unrelated events, but they both involve Wal-Mart.

where's new hampshire when you need it?

by Matthew Smock

Libertarian | (0)

On July 1^st, a new law went into effect in California, banning hand-held cellphone use while driving. The issues with this type of ban are many, including the fact that the only way to get to a “hands-free state” is by old-fashioned “hands-on dialing.”

evil is a superstition

by Mark Hunter Mulvey

Libertarian | (8)

Currently, in the United States, terrorist insurgents in the Middle East are designated as “evil.” But the concept of evil conveniently ignores the fact that human beings are, by nature, rational creatures.

who is john mccain?

by Ari Holtz

Moderate | (5)

Obama is change, change, change, Mr. Move-Past-Bush-And-Embrace-the-Future. McCain, much less comfortable as the nominee or front-runner than he is as the insurgent, is confused.

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the time to break silence

by Josh Sarpen| Democrat | Comments (6)

I saw a commercial the other day telling us that we can come together to solve our energy crisis, but the female narrator was so monotone and passive that I wasn’t sure if she was selling policy change or Ambien!

thanks to the dems, lunch is no longer on you

by Alan Moore| Republican | Comments (3)

Looks like the Senate, while under Democratic control, is actually privatizing some of its operations. I’m as surprised as many of you are.

orange you glad?

by Sandra Neish| Moderate | Comments (4)

As far as potential veeps go, Florida Governor Charlie Crist seems to have it all. He is young and fit, South Florida loves him and to top it all off, he has a tan that rivals George Hamilton’s.

mccain iowa visit flooded with controversy

by Jason Bradley| Moderate | Comments (1)

“I don’t give a crap about Culver’s pusillanimous pesterings. I’m visiting that inundated town for political gain – and those Dems can kiss my shrapnel-ridden derrière,” is what many Iowans imagined Mr. McCain to be thinking…

pregnant pause

by Sandra Kinne| Democrat | Comments (2)

The recent headlines out of Gloucester, Mass. indicate 17 teenage girls agreed to get pregnant together. But this “pact” isn’t any more newsworthy than the pact I remember making as a kid at Girl Scout camp to not go to the outhouse at night alone.

unbreak my heart

by Paige Cram| Democrat | Comments (10)

There are few men in my life who have never disappointed me. In fact, I can only think of three: my dad, Ben & Jerry. So I can’t say I was surprised when Barack Obama announced his decision last week to turn down public financing for his presidential campaign.