Andre's Executive Order

Do you want to know? The conservative revolution going on in the Republican party right now is ugly. What is being proposed by the new generation of would-be senators and congressmen from the right is a mix of misinformation, embarrassing radical positions, and ridiculous fear tactics that border on the kind of paranoia normally reserved for liberal extremists. Riding the wave of it all is a generation of extremely weathy opportunists who are taking advantage of the Citizen's United decision to pump more money into campaigns than we have ever seen in the history of our country. If you listen to Republican leadership, they will repeat over and over “nothing to see here, please vote as you see fit in November, the choice is clear between failing politics today and the promise of new leadership.” However there is something to see here. The question is, do you want to know? Three things. Three elements are combining to hijack American conservatives into voting some of the most dangerou...

Maybe you've seen me write about 'voting against your interest' or talk about people's 'interest' when it comes to politics. I realized today that some of my readers might not understand what I mean when I use 'interest' this way. So today's article is about probably the most important topic I could bring up prior to an election: Voting with your interest – what it means, and how to do it. If you go to dictionary.com, you'll find that the word 'interest' has at least 15 definitions that range across a wide variety of subjects and professions. This list is hardly exhaustive, and in context of what we will be talking about briefly today, I will be using the following definition: Interest – The state of being affected by a law, political policy, or party platform that directly contributes to the advantage and/or profit of the subject. In short, your political interest is how the decisions of a politician or party furthers the things that mat...