Josh Stewart articles

Josh Stewart is a married father of two. His current profession is a firefighter and paramedic in Central Florida for the last 10 years. He is currently a graduate student at University of Central Florida working on a masters’ degree in American and comparative policy. His interests include policy formulation theory and voter sentiment.

Direct Democracy or Representative Democracy: Which is Best?

By Josh Stewart - December 17, 2012 3 Comments

Is This What Democracy Looks Like? The oft-ignored consequences of direct democracy: The absolute power is already in the hands of the voters.

Who’s to Blame for Campaign Cash Influence? It’s Everyone

By Josh Stewart - September 7, 2012 Leave a Comment

The Influence of Money on Any Campaign is a More Difficult Problem Than Many Accept But Assigning Blame for Campaign Cash Influence is Not Very Easy To Do

Voter Turnout: Access or Apathy?

By Josh Stewart - August 24, 2012 Leave a Comment

A Vitally Important Increase in American Voter Turnout Starts at Home

Voter ID: An Objective Approach to a Subjective Debate

By Josh Stewart - August 11, 2012 Leave a Comment

Voter ID: An Objective Approach – Voters Should Have Voter ID But We Should Be Guaranteed Access

The Politics of Philosophy in the World’s Oldest Democracy

By Josh Stewart - August 3, 2012 Leave a Comment

The World’s Oldest Democracy Became a Society Plagued by Institutionalized Polarization of Politics

The 95% Failure Rate of Foster Care in America

By Lynn S. Kahn, Ph.D.

Millions of families and children remain torn apart and psychologically devastated by the profit-driven abuses of foster care and the win-lose culture of family court

A Resurgent Russia Causing EU Countries to Increase Military Spending for Foreseeable Future

By Thomas Manning

In response to a growing threat from Russia and numerous threats, including an ongoing one from ISIS, Sweden and other EU countries are proposing an increase in military budgets

China Communist Party Expanding Internet Crackdown

By Thomas Manning

People should remember that even though the Chinese Communist Party has been modernizing with the times, the party still represents a heavy restriction on personal freedoms and a restriction on everyday life.

Why Election Day Should Be A National Holiday

By Richard Falvo

The change to make Election Day a national holiday must be implemented in order to not only increase voter participation, but also to ingrain the very concept of democracy into the American people.

Fear of a Black Flag: The Islamic State’s Propaganda and Future

By David Anderson, J.D.

Al Qaida’s dull Osama-lectures in Arabic never had the pizazz of IS’s sleek magazines and certainly not the charisma of their reality-tv snuff films. Their gruesome short films are filmically excellent.

Voting Selfie-Defense

The biggest argument in favor for banning these selfies is that it can lead to vote buying. That might be true, but to an extent that we should outlaw them? Don’t think so, bub.

New York State Political Corruption is a Problem That Won’t Go Away

By Thomas Manning

Following in a long history of corruption in New York politics, seven local officials from the town of Oyster Bay on Long Island have been indicted on corruption charges which can land them in prison for a very long time.

Why a Mark Zuckerberg Presidential Run Won’t Happen

Rumors about a run for president won’t go away for Zuckerberg despite previous denials in public

Dennis Rodman Takes Credit for American’s Release From North Korea

North Korea’s decision to release U.S. student Otto Warmbier was partly down to Rodman’s trip

Colbert Considers 2020 Presidential Run

Colbert considering running for president of the United States in the next election period

VIDEO: Why a Coal Titan is Suing John Oliver for Defamation

John Oliver railed against the Murray Energy Corporation and chief executive Robert E. Murray

On Censorship and Political High School Yearbooks

The president has reached out to a group of New Jersey teenagers who recently made headlines

What Netflix’s New Film War Machine Says About US Policy

War Machine is not a great film, but it does convey some important truths to U.S. audiences