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It seems to me that the extreme partisanship we see poisoning our political process can all be boiled down to the question of the appropriate size and role of government in the United States. The right believes that government is too big and too intrusive. The left believes in an activist, expanded government...

What do we really know about the important changes in our lives that come about from laws enacted by legislative bodies?

Most of us only know what we are told by the pundits and lawmakers through the media. So we know only what some people understand about these laws or what others want us to know. But what is really in, say, the recently passed health care reform law? In the Internet Age that we live in, we should be able to see for ourselves...

For the first time in a long time a real barn-burner of a race is shaping up in Columbia for the post of Mayor. Nine candidates are vying for the job. Most observers would focus on of three of the hopefuls - Steve Benjamin, Steve Morrison and Kirkman Finlay - as the most serious of the field...

On February 18, 2010, there was a mayoral forum at the Capital Senior Center, in which, candidates for mayor discussed different areas of interest to senior citizens such as transportation, public safety, homelessness and other topics. Links to videos from the forum are below.

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