Note: This post is also an addition to the BPN Platform.
In the 2010 U.S. federal budget, almost $47 billion is pledged to the Department of Education. This is $47 billion too much. The Department of Education should be cut from the federal budget and education should be left to the states themselves.
When it comes to school policy, the government makes a few faulty assumptions:

The best way for children to learn is to be lectured to.
The best way to make sure all children are lectured to is to …

Note:  This post is also a contribution to the BipolarNation.com Platform.
Introduction
The Causes of Climate Change
Errors and Over-regulation Due to Fear of Man-Caused Climate Change
Countering Popular Counter-Arguments
Relevant BPN Posts
Introduction
My policy on climate change has two main points that argue against heavy federal government regulation of industry:
First, the Earth’s climate indeed changes, but most of the changes are results of fluctuations in Solar output.  Saying that the Earth’s climate changes is equivalent to saying “the sky is blue.”
Second, even if the Earth’s climate was changing predominantly because of human activity, domestic regulations …

I made the first addition to the BPN platform. I talked about life beginning at conception and dealt with the counterarguments.
I’m still working on getting the “heading” links to work.

This is an idea I’ve been kicking in my head for a while: fully forming my political positions and putting it all down for everyone to see. I’m going to call it the BipolarNation Platform 1.0, with the idea in mind that it can be flexible enough (though not wavering in its principles) for a 2.0 and 3.0, etc, down the road.
The Platform would break down each issue and give sources, research, and examples why, for example, a flat tax would work better than a progressive tax.
I want …