
The US presidential election is imminent. What outcome do you predict? Discuss.

Today’s guest post is from newcomer Fruitless Hope. Over the past couple of weeks, as some Republicans have attacked women’s healthcare, it has struck me that this is no longer the “Party of Lincoln.” To be fair, I cannot assert that Abraham Lincoln would be a Democrat today. Fairer still, my own Democratic Party has also [...]

If Facebook is any indication, Americans are becoming even more politically polarized over the current budget deficit debate. Each side seems to feel strongly that the other major political party is to blame. Republicans blame the Democrats for social entitlement programs. Democrats blame Republicans for “trickle down economics.” Both parties blame the other for being [...]

Don’t forget to vote tomorrow. With the election tomorrow, I thought I should do a sort of political post. But you know me, I like history too, so I can’t resist. Mormons fascination with the Republican party seems so strange. The Republican Party was specifically founded in 1856 to rid the country of the “twin [...]