Politics and government are 2 things with a mysterious polarizing quality.  It’s no doubt that politics and government play a huge role in all our lives.  Our selected officials impact everything from taxes to the quality of school our children will attend.  For an entity with such an enormous reach it is amazing how little [...]

It has been said that the government is full of dummies.  For the most part I agree.  All it takes is a “good” reputation, a catchy slogan, and a savvy marketing team and you got yourself a Grade A politician. When the not so intelligent get in power they do not so intelligent things.  Today, we’re talking [...]

Waylon Fairbanks is a guest blogger for My Dog Ate My Blog and a writer for the Guide to Online Schools: http://www.guidetoonlineschools.com Education in America is broken. Being behind most other developed nations in mathematics, science, reading, and problem solving, perhaps it is time for the US to rethink the policy of education being a [...]

I have several times questioned our judicial system and how at times it works and other times it does not.  I see no explanation behind how some crimes are enforced with a hand slap and the same crime for others ends in a third of their life taken from them. The Middle East has always [...]

Recently, we’ve experienced our first Black President of the United States.  Although many had been waiting on that inauguration day for all their lives, so few are still satisfied/happy with President Obama. Obama sought to: Create universal health care Limit student loan payments to 10% of their income Create systematic automatic workplace IRAs Double child [...]