Living in a swing state during election season makes me feel incredibly important as a voter.With that importance, however, comes the burden of having incessant campaign ads shoved down my throat.While...

The election season is over for now. The president has been chosen and all those annoying ads are dying down at long last.While most of us are happy to finally have the presidential elections over and...

If there is one thing that really annoys me, it is a straw man.Straw men have plagued this election, perhaps more than any other. If there is one straw man that makes me cringe, it's the American public's...

As Americans watched the numbers trickle in across the electoral board for the historic re-election of President Barack Obama, five states made a little history, as well.Four of those states – Maine,...

There has been a disturbing trend I have noticed among those who oppose the American political system.Many third party supporters have been wavering in their support.I can understand why, after all, who...

The elections this year have finally come to a close with the re-election of President Barack Obama. The presidential race has been the focus of much of the election, but the most heartening votes cast...

  Cartoon: Allison Langewisch, Editorial Cartoonist

Cartoon: Andrew Cox, Editorial Cartoonist

When you go to vote, you are required to stand in line with your cell phone safely stowed away.It's the normal voting experience – private and secure.But the moment you leave your voting station, you...