Kyle Bell

Despite all of the vitriol from a vocal minority in this country, a vast majority of Americans support a public health insurance option. A Survey USA poll taken on August 20, 2009 finds that 58 percent of Americans believe that it is “extremely important” to have a public option. Another 19 percent believes that it [...]

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I wanted to take the time to promote three of the e-books that I have published online at Amazon.com. All three of these works are adapted from papers that I wrote for my political science classes at IUSB. The first of these that I am going to highlight is an 8 page paper I did [...]

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As the townhall protests extend through August, many of the protesters are aiming their anger at a man that had nothing to do with the economic woes that the country now faces today. The policies of the Bush administration got us to the point where we have nearly 10% unemployment, an over trillion dollar deficit [...]

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The conspiracy driven “birther” movement surrounding President Obama’s birth certificate has been well covered lately on the news. Many Republicans do not feel that the current president is legitimate, despite his overwhelming victory in November. In their racist desperation, they have latched on to this idea that Obama was born in Kenya, not in Hawaii, [...]

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CNN is reporting that later today Republican Senator Mel Martinez of Florida will resign his seat. No word on why, but the senator has previously stated his intention to retire from the Senate after serving just one term. Previously Senator Martinez served in the Bush administration as the HUD Secretary.
This resignation creates a bit of [...]

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Sonia Sotomayor was today confirmed by the United States Senate by a 68-31 vote (Senator Kennedy expressed support but was unable to attend the vote due to illness). Justice Sotomayor will be the first Latino ever to sit on the Supreme Court. She is replacing Justice David Souter after he announced his retirement in June. [...]

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Yesterday, President Obama paid his seventh visit to the South Bend area (his third as president) in a speech in Wakarusa, Indiana in Elkhart County. Elkhart County, which is just east of South Bend, is nationally known for its incredibly high unemployment of nearly 17 percent. It actually peaked earlier this year and has come [...]

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Keith Olbermann of MSNBC has made a name for himself with his Special Comment commentary pieces (which unlike Fox News, MSNBC at least distinguishes news from opinion). This week he took on members of Congress for being beholden to the insurance industry. His aim was squarely at Republicans, although a few Blue Dog Democrats also [...]

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It has now been several weeks since the controversy over a white police officer arresting a black professor in his own home for disorderly conduct has emerged in the national spotlight. I have so far kept quiet on the subject, but feel the need to speak out having seen the reaction from the national media [...]

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