Tag Archives: government shutdown

Defaulting on Patriotism

As the government shutdown becomes history, analysis of the power plays employed by those vying for a hold at the political helm of Congress can begin....

Sunday’s Tea Party rally ignores the facts

As I read through the news Sunday, I found a particularly interesting story. On Sunday, a group of conservatives held a rally at the World War II and Lincoln...

Shooting at US Capitol rocks Washington

Capitol Hill police cars are parked behind a car following a shooting on capitol Hill.Photo by Charles Dharapak | The Associated Press WASHINGTON...

Government shutdown trickles down to UM

The federal government officially shut down Oct. 1, the first day of the country’s fiscal year, causing nonessential federal services to be put on hold...

House Republicans break bad

Over the weekend, Congress put on a show for the American people—one that displayed the very worst characteristics of our elected representatives. Political discussions turned into screaming matches, filled with personal attacks and factual errors. What caused the chaos? The arguments stemmed from the inability of Congress to pass a continuing resolution to fund the...

The elephant in the room

Eighteen percent of the American economy has been rewritten into a snarling train wreck tens of thousands of pages long, and crammed down the throats of...

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