Does the Media Have a Higher Calling than Just Reporting Objective Facts?

Jon Stewart's "Rally to Restore Sanity" 10/30/10

Click here for the big announcement!

Just How Close is the "Ground Zero Mosque" to the WTC site?

Click here for the 13 views of the 
Ground Zero Mosque location [MAPS]

Are These TEA Party Protestors Voting Against Their Own Economic Self-interest?

Assume these patriotic women are living BELOW the poverty line.

Discuss...

Congress Only Has Four More Weeks To Get Anything Done

Time is Running Out for Congress

What if Every Campaign Speech Was Like This One?

Saturday is the New Tuesday

Should general election day be moved from Tuesday to the weekend? Would it make voting more or less democratic? Discuss...

Why Tuesday?

Most Intense Campaign Ad...ever

Someone should win an Academy Award for this video

What If This Was Your Family?

Allowance Economics: Candy, Taxes and Potty Training
by Chana Joffe-Walt

The F-word*

Is President Obama's Healthcare Plan Constitutional?
ObamaCare and the Constitution- WSJ, 4/02/2010

*federalism

Republicans Push to Revise 14th Amendment

Republicans Push to Revise 14th Amendment

NPR- All Things Considered

August 5, 2010

4 min 26 sec

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said he thinks giving automatic citizenship to children of non-residents is a mistake.

"Critics say it's an irresistible lure to illegal immigrants — and needs to be revised. Recently, it's been getting a lot of play on the cable news shows."

The Bork Controversy

Anti-Bork:


Bork defends his views:

Left, right...what?

Here's a great graphic to help you understand what is typically considered "left" and "right" political values in the United States (click here for larger version):

How to Post Correctly and Receive Credit

It's Wednesday and the vast majority of you still need two posts by this Sunday, at 11:59 p.m. Here are a few pointers:
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4. Don't post anything in the URL field.
5. Click submit. The post will then come to me for approval.


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Happy blogging.


-Fitz
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Today's post:


Imagine you are citizen of these United States while the country is debating ratification of the U.S. Constitution. Knowing what you know now in 2010, would you consider yourself more aligned with the Federalist point of view led by Madison and Hamilton or the Anti-Federalists led by Patrick Henry? Why?

Two part question today:

What do you expect out of me as your teacher this nine weeks?

Why should we even care about government and politics in the first place?

Welcome back! Let's see how much you remember from last year...