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The midterm elections are over and voters handed Republicans a majority of Congress. President Obama said Wednesday, ‘I hear you.’

The White House began receiving notifications of petitions underway in which citizens across the country are petitioning the Obama Administration for permission to secede from the union. While I suppose it’s nice of them to request permission, I think their chances of receiving it are about as slim as me...

As I waited in line to vote this morning, a poll worker handed me an information card about South Carolina’s new Voter ID law that will take effect on January 1, 2013. Any mention of a Voter ID law, a rule that requires voters to show photo ID to be...

If there were ever a time when the media needed to be careful when it comes to reporting what is and isn’t confirmed, this year’s election would be it. The Associated Press sent a memo to its staff reminding them of the fact, though no one in the media should...

Do you know who you’re voting for? On the surface, it might sound like a preposterous question. But for that group of traditionally undecided voters, it’s not so preposterous, especially if the undecideds were hoping a clear consensus might emerge as a sort of “second opinion” for them. But Election...

Frank Tanabe knew his time was short. He was battling liver cancer, and at 93, it was clear he wasn’t going to win the fight. But Tanabe, a World War II veteran whose family spent time interred in a Japanese-American Camp in the U.S. after the attack on Pearl Harbor, had one mission left that he wanted to accomplish before his death: he wanted to vote one last time.

It was literally a race against time: a question of whether an absentee ballot would reach a 93-year-old Honolulu man before it was too late.

Who do you side with in this year’s presidential election? For many people, that’s not the simplest of questions. A website called “I Side With...” sets out to help voters answer that question. I gave the site a try, but didn’t exactly wind up with the answer I expected.

Imagine a candidate running on a platform that likes to stress its mastery of “moral highground” who actually walks the walk. That may be the lofty goal of a new vetting process adopted by the executive committee of the Republican Party in the county of Laurens, South Carolina. Last week,...

Mitt Romney released tax information showing he will pay a total of $6.2 million on a total income of $45.2 million in 2010 and 2011. Math majors (and those who are quick on a calculator) who take the time to crunch all of the numbers will no doubt deduce that...

Today, when I voted in the South Carolina presidential primary, I received quite a surprise after casting my ballot, and that surprised served as a laughable reminder of cost-cutting in a rough economy.

Columbia’s The State recently offered a story about South Carolina’s new Voter ID law that has been passed, explaining why some people are so vehemently opposed to the requirement that photo identification be presented before one can vote. The story focuses on a 59-year-old Charleston man who will not be...

Lexington County Rep. Nikki Haley has just been declared winner of the governor’s race in South Carolina. Early in the race, polls had her at a double-digit lead over rival Democratic State Sen. Vincent Sheheen; in recent weeks, the lead narrowed to single digits. And for the first 90 minutes...