Society, Politics, & Economics

American politics are currently dominated by the Republican and Democratic parties, it has been this way for well over 50 years. Both the Democrats and Republicans claim to represent whole of the ideological spectrum that exists within the United States, with the Democratic Party saying they represent the "left" and the Republican Party saying they represent the "right". For as long as these two parties have existed, there have been gripes about how they function. How well the two parties effectively represent the "right" and the "left" of the political spectrum has always been up for debate. Because of this apparent gap in opinion between the two parties and the general population, "third parties" have attempted to gain influence in American politics. Truthfully, third parties have largely been failures in American politics, they have never held much political power in United States, save for having a claim to being " spoile...

Thanksgiving provides Americans with a long weekend to spend time with family and to spend time reflecting on their lives and the world around them. As such, I have decided to create a relative list describing just some of the many things that I am thankful for. I am thankful for Net Neutrality and the fight to keep Net Neutrality as the standard for American internet access. Net Neutrality allows for all of us to enjoy the internet equally, it allows for our right of free speech, thought, and expression to be expanded to a medium we all use extensively on a daily basis. I am thankful for our constitutionally guaranteed rights to free speech and religion. The First Amendment protects some of the most important and fundamental rights we could possibly have. Because of the protections contained within the First Amendment, I have the right to practice whatever religion I could possibly dream up and at the same time, I have the right to live free of any and every religion imagin...

Only Tangible Policy Positions Will Win Them Elections, The "Center" Doesn't Provide That We are currently 6 months into the Trump presidency. The Republican Congress has bungled the ACA repeal attempt while Trump has haphazardly played the role of a president. Currently, there is a Muslim ban in effect and waiting for Supreme Court review. A wall on the southern border with Mexico could potentially be funded by Congress. There are a handful of other policy attempts being worked on, but so far no real piece of legislation has been signed by the Trump administration. The GOP has effectively put forward a slate of policy positions that their voters can observe, The Democratic Party needs to do the same for future elections. Democratic standpoints thus far been of pure and overt rejection. Democratic politicians have gone out on limbs to say things like "this is awful", "we don't support this", "we would never do this". The Democ...