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By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 16th, 2016In 2016, the American political system offers a real choice for the country’s next president: Voters may choose between a leading Washington insider who…

By Cliff Montgomery – July 28th, 2016WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has told Democracy Now that the U.S. presidential candidates for the 2016 election – Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton -…

By Cliff Montgomery – July 18th, 2016Most people have heard of Britain’s recently-released Iraq War inquiry report, and its damning verdict that the WMD-related case which served as the basis…

By Cliff Montgomery – June 30th, 2016“Since the enactment of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, there have been notable changes in how states and local election jurisdictions conduct…

By Cliff Montgomery – June 18th, 2016The U.S. Senate is quietly considering “legislation that would empower the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to obtain your Internet records without a warrant”…

By Cliff Montgomery – May 30th, 2016 Congress is considering two bills which might expand the ability of the public to discover what U.S. government officials are actually doing in…

By Cliff Montgomery – May 18th, 2016 The modern world’s trend toward greater human health and longevity has, in recent years, all but ceased for poorly-educated white Americans. The death…

By Cliff Montgomery – May 15th, 2016The modern world’s trend toward greater human health and longevity has, in recent years, all but ceased for poorly-educated white Americans. In fact, the…

By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 30th, 2016Donald Trump likes to talk a lot about the ‘weakness of U.S. immigrant laws’ in his stump speeches. He apparently feels that it’s a…

By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 14th, 2016“In each year from 2006 to 2012, at least two-thirds of all active corporations had no federal income tax liability,” declares a little-discussed study…

By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 28th, 2016This U.S. election cycle has produced two of the more interesting presidential candidates in recent memory: a proudly elitist billionaire and an avowed socialist.…

By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 16th, 2016Are the consumer labels which describe Genetically Engineered (GE) foods – those foods derived from scientific methods used to introduce new traits or characteristics…

By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 1st, 2016It’s been said that America has ‘the best democracy money can buy’. That’s why has worked to uncover who has quietly been buying our…

By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 29th, 2016Who is buying America’s presidential candidates? That can be a tough mystery to unravel.One doesn’t just count donations from individual people and entities. There…

By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 25th, 2016Who is buying the 2016 presidential candidates? is here to tell you.It can be a tough matter to untangle. One doesn’t just count donations…

By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 18th, 2016The U.S. may possess the most powerful modern weapons on earth – so it’s a shame that America’s armed forces don’t always know where…

By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 31st, 2016Project Gutenberg, the famed Internet source for older books that are no longer under copyright protection, rarely takes a stand on economic or political…

By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 15th, 2016As most Americans know, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is charged with ensuring that pharmaceutical drugs released in the U.S. are safe and…

By Cliff Montgomery – June 30th, 2015 offers a series of quotes from a legal syllabus which plainly explains the Supreme Court’s acknowledgment that gay individuals have a natural right…

By Cliff Montgomery – June 25th, 2015“Our global society has started to destroy species of other organisms at an accelerating rate,” thus “initiating a mass extinction episode unparalleled for 65…

By Cliff Montgomery – June 15th, 2015 The Congressional Research Service (CRS) prepares top-notch reports on major political issues for U.S. Congressional members and committees. In February, CRS released a…

By Cliff Montgomery – May 31st, 2015“Encryption and anonymity enable individuals to exercise their rights to freedom of opinion and expression in the digital age and, as such, deserve strong…

By Cliff Montgomery – May 28th, 2015Last weekend, the Senate defeated every legislative attempt to extend a controversial section of the so-called ‘Patriot Act’, which federal officials offer as a…