On Tuesday, President Bush unloaded on the American people another budget filled with fuzzy math. Despite his claims during the 2000 presidential election to bring back fiscal restraint to Washington—I know, President Clinton really broke the bank balancing the budget and ushering in surpluses for the first time in 30 years—Bush has increased spending every...

Last week, Senator John F. Kerry (D-MA) became the third presidential candidate to reject public financing for the primaries, following in the footsteps of former Governor of Vermont Howard Dean and President George W. Bush. The departure of Kerry, Dean, and Bush—all of whom also rejected public funding in 2000—highlights the growing need to reform...

In the aftermath of the 2000 election, there was a rush to install direct recording electronic voting systems (DRE), sleek touch-screen voting terminals that enable voters to cast their vote with the ease of going to an ATM. Digital voting was supposed to bring elections into the digital age. Unfortunately, while remedying many of the...