government accountaility

During President Lincoln’s second inaugural address in March of 1865 Lincoln spelled out a very concise plan for reconstruction without expanding on many of the details. His primary objective was to heal the nation and to bring the southern states back into the political process with as little retaliation or hard feelings as possible.  Read More »

Since the Sept. 11 attacks the FBI has taken it upon themselves to secure the nation. The only thing is that their tactics arent constitutional.  Read More »

Bush vetoed a proposed healthcare bill meant to expand children’s health coverage. It is only the fourth time that Bush has used his veto power, says the BBC. Bush vetoed the bill because he felt that it was inconsistent with the intended nature of the bill. He felt that it would cause people whose children were insured to take advantage of the bill, causing greater expense.  Read More »

Wake up guys! I know it's the summer and we're mostly out doing fun things or even taking the opportunity to earn a little extra money. But we also have more time to devote ourselves to the issues. We usually blame heavy course-loads in school as the reason why we aren't all caught up on current events.  Read More »