The Supreme Court has had yet another campaign finance case on its docket this session: McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commision. As in similar cases…
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American Reason: Fringe groups hold inequitable sway over politicians, but you can help
We are currently in an interim period between crises. Between the federal government shutdown in October and endless fights over the debt ceiling and the budget due to…
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American Reason: Is an ounce of prevention worth a pound of legislation?
On the first of this month, health care exchanges facilitated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) were brought online. How might changes from ACA, a.k.a. Obamacare…
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American Reason: When, if ever, is the death penalty a viable form of punishment?
The recent sentence condemning Nidal Hasan, and Texas carrying out it’s 500th execution, serve as sobering reminders that this is still a nation that employs…
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American Reason: Online-only courses could make diplomas more accessible, but is there a catch?
As they sign up for classes, students at some of the nation’s largest universities (like the University of Kentucky and the University of Colorado at Boulder)…
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American Reason: Addressing personhood
As we recently saw with the Wendy Davis filibuster in Texas, the abortion debate has started heating up again. Many conservative states appear to be competing to see who can ban abortions at the earliest stage of pregnancy, and in August, Mississippi may become the first state to de facto ban abortion clinics through rigorous […]
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American Reason: Game of drones
In response to a citizen-led initiative, the Iowa City City Council temporarily banned the use of certain surveillance technologies such as traffic cameras, license plate readers and drones for traffic and parking enforcement. These sorts of tools possess capabilities far beyond the imagination of the writers of the constitution, so how do we ensure the […]
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American Reason: The fruits of our (minimum wage) labor
Over the past few years the recession has forced states to make cuts to their social safety nets. More recently, the sequester has done the same on the federal level and any realistic budget will likely continue that trend over the next couple of decades.
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American Reason: The Hazy Debate
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), global land temperature has increased by about .188 to .315 degrees Celsius per decade since 1979. This may not seem like much, but it has resulted in a melting of arctic ice equivalent to half of the area of the United States.
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American Reason: Beyond Border Security
With his failure to get the Dream Act passed, President Obama was unable to deliver on his promise of immigration reform last term. This term, immigration looks to be one of the President’s top priorities and some sort of a new bill should come to a vote in Congress soon. However, there are a number […]
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American Reason: The debt ceiling debate and Presidential overreach
A couple of weeks ago, had the House not kicked the fiscal can just a little bit further down the road to May, the country would have once again been embroiled in an artificially created crisis over the debt ceiling. The House Republican caucus is demanding that…
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American Reason: Foreign Policy: To Serve And Protect?
In light of the upcoming changes in President Obama’s cabinet as well as the United Nation’s recent estimate of 60,000 deaths in the ongoing conflict in Syria, this is the time to discuss the future of U.S. foreign policy.  In this months edition of American Reason, we ask whether or not the U.S. should act as […]
