Every holiday season, Hollywood releases a series of good movies. One movie in particular interested me: “The Wolf of Wall Street.” When I saw the movie, however, I found myself empty and sorely disappointed....

No one in this country would be shocked by the statement that Congress is unpopular. In fact, that concept has become so common to the average American that it has almost been accepted as the norm. As...

Last week, students at The University of Alabama and many people across America celebrated Veterans Day. On this day we remembered the sacrifice made by all those in our armed forces to defend our liberty...

One of the easiest ways of determining the amount of freedom in a society is to examine how easy it is to get involved in the existing political system. In the United States, there are millions of workers...

The following opinion column is part of a student discussion on the recent government shutdown.   On Oct. 1, Congress failed to pass a spending plan for the 2013 fiscal year. As a result the federal...

In high school government, students always learn the basics about politics and the functions of the different levels of government in our country. The sad truth of the matter is, however, that the average...

It is fair to say that when it comes to politics, a person will say or do next to anything to win an election. In 2007, then-candidate Barack Obama publicly denounced the Bush administration saying, “The...