In the presidential election of 1848, General Zachary Taylor didn’t express an opinion on the most important question of the day, and still won the election.

An account of being part of history, and being apart from it. A quest for engagement and inclusion.

The presidential election that has just taken place, electing the first African-American to the highest office in the nation and some say the world, turned out to be such a wide margin of victory for Barack Obama that there was no doubt as to the results. However, in the past, there have been arguments about the outcomes of presidential elections if not for the results of the elections themselves, but surely due to the process that is used to elect American presidents. In this essay, that process will be explained, its validity will be discussed, and overall, the process will be better understood.

Change didn’t happen overnight. The seeds of it were sown years ago with a courageous woman who ran for President. She got far enough to get noticed.

This is a true story of my grandparent’s opposite political views and their passionate stance that each one held toward their candidate for the presidency. It adds a humorous light to what used to be a “line in the sand” drawn in an otherwise harmonious relationship.

This is a look at the gross spending and profiteering as a result of education and how really less than a year of education can produce one of the greatest Presidents of this country, so why are we making it all so difficult?

On Thursday February 7th, I attended a presentation by the President of the Ethan Allen Institute, John McClaughry.

In the past few years, Social Security reform has been a complicated issue. During the 2004 presidential election, President Bush, the most famous Social Security reformist, was not eager to discuss the issue. With the earliest baby boomers about to retire in 2008, Social Security has come to the forefront of many people’s minds.