By J. Randolph Evans – On Tuesday, November 6, 2012, Americans will decide who will serve as the President of the United States of America. As the last three elections in 2006, 2008, and 2010 prove, voters are not exactly shy about exercising the rights of “We The People” to decide who governs this country. 2012 will be no different.
The political landscape will be a little different than the … Read more...
By J. Randolph Evans – Two women led their respective political parties in Georgia into the 2010 election cycle. They were the chairs of the Georgia Republican Party and the Democratic Party of Georgia. It was the first time this has happened in Georgia history. Next year, both political parties will hold conventions and elect party officials heading into the Presidential elections in 2012. Here is what convention delegates will … Read more...
By J. Randolph Evans – In case anyone missed it, there was an election on November 2, 2010. So, here is how it works. Americans let elected officials govern. Every so often, elected officials get confused about what this means and start to believe that indeed they have the power. So, Americans remind them about who has the real power in this country. Sometimes, the reminders are subtle, gentle reminders. … Read more...
By Donald S. Conkey – In my nearly 83 years there have been few years when there were no wars, or rumors of wars going on somewhere in the world. The United States of America was either directly or indirectly involved in nearly all of these wars. And in nearly all of these wars large numbers of human beings, of every race, religion and ethnic background, were enslaved. They were … Read more...
By J. Randolph Evans – “We want our country back.”
This has become the rallying cry for people across the United States heading into the important midterm 2010 elections. The question is, what does this mean? Certainly, there are those who want to make it about a lot of things that it is not.
Oddly, the media and political insiders think that it is about a time gone by and … Read more...
By J. Randolph Evans – Already, people are talking about what went wrong for Democrats in the 2010 midterm elections and the elections have not even happened yet. Absent a dramatic shift in the political tides, there will be many explanations and most of them will be right.
Many Democrats will undoubtedly blame history and they will, in part, be right. Historically, the party in power in the White House … Read more...