On Monday, Jeb Bush announced he would seek the Grand Old Party nomination for the 2016 election. His announcement brings the list of candidates vying for the GOP nomination to almost a dozen. With Clinton,...

The arguments against federal bans on assault weapons and the legalization of marijuana are strikingly similar. Both arguments claim that the banning of these items will not be as effective as those favoring...

President Obama gave his last important State of the Union earlier this month. Though he has one more address to give, that one will be overshadowed by electoral politics. This speech outlined what he...

It’s big news: Taylor Swift is now being used as a pawn in the game of polarized politics. Late Friday afternoon, Speaker of the House John Boehner tweeted, “Dear Mr. President, there is no #BlankSpace...

The old maxim that politics is the art of the possible is on full display a week removed from the 2014 midterm election. Both parties are feeling out the political landscape to see what they can advance...

2011 will surely go down as the year when progressives suddenly remembered that being politically involved means more than just voting in November. As unions, students and Occupy protestors hit the streets...

We liberals delivered on health care. Over the course of next few months to the next few years, 30 million more people will get health insurance, and everyone will be protected from the evil tactics of...

If there’s one phrase I got sick of during this year’s SGA campaign, it was “perception is reality.” The problem with hating that phrase is that it’s too true to ignore. Perception really is...

This November, when I mail my ballot back home to Ohio, the circle I fill in next to “For U.S. Senate” won’t matter as much as a vote for or against Republican Sen. Richard Shelby here in Alabama....

Last week, President Barack Obama held a health care roundtable discussion with administration officials and leaders from both parties in Congress. In the end, not much was accomplished, and the health...