Are we all Wednesday Addams? | USDemocrazy

Who needs to take a philosophy course when you can learn life lessons from Wednesday Addams? Everyone is destined to die alone . Unless you and your husband perish, holding hands, in a fiery plane crash (the odds of whi...

What’s the Verdict on Obamacare? | USDemocrazy

Is Obamacare fulfilling its promises? Whether you like him or not, President Obama will be known for his controversial health care reform. After 2014's enrollment period for health insurance, USDemocrazy chimed in on how the ref...

Too Cool for School | USDemocrazy

What do actress Felicia Day , athlete Tim Tebow , author Christopher Paolini  have in common? All three were educated in the quietly rising tide of homeschooling.  The total proportion of school aged children being e...

A Politically Correct War on Terror? | USDemocrazy

Since 9/11, the relationship between Islam and terrorism has been subject to intense debate. The War on Terror's unfortunate legacy has at times included the misinformed equating of all Muslims with terrorist inclinations or extre...

Bring On The Spring! | USDemocrazy

Southbound I-95 shut down Saturday afternoon, because there were so many disabled vehicles in the roadway that the plows couldn't get through. Just another week of Maryland weather. Last Thursday, the Baltimore area saw r...

Fair Question? | USDemocrazy

You stare at the scantron, the your number two pencil clutched in your sweaty fingers. Desperately you wonder: why is this question on the test? Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin may have shared your anxiety when...

Hands Off My Internet | USDemocrazy

When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded a fledgling company called Google back in 1998, they did not have to pay a fee to Comcast or Verizon to carry their site. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) would like to kee...

GOP Blinks, “Sanity” Prevails | USDemocrazy

Update to  "Immigration Dysfunction " (2/18): After seven weeks of hype, the House voted 257-167 to fund the DHS sans immigration riders--exactly what Obama asked for. And boy, were conservatives angry. "This ...

What’s the Deal With Daylight Saving Time? | USDemocrazy

Sure, Daylight Saving Time is great in the fall when we gain an extra hour. But if you were like us here at USDemocrazy, there was nothing fun about losing an hour last weekend. Here is your guide to the ever-so-controversial Dayl...

Death the Friendly Way | USDemocrazy

If you're reading this on death row, you have our condolences. It can't be encouraging to know that your government thinks society would be improved by killing you. On the upside, however, your death might be more excitin...