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Foreign Policy Magazine Breaks A 46 Year Tradition By Endorsing A Presidential...
I have never seen such a lop-sided media endorsement landscape in a presidential election. Both liberal and conservative newspapers are lining up behind... Read more
Posted on 13 October 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
A Second National Poll Shows Clinton With Double-Digit Lead
This chart shows the results of the new Public Religion Research Institute / The Atlantic Poll. They questioned 1,086 registered voters (including 886 likely... Read more
Posted on 12 October 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
A Third Poll Has Clinton Winning The Second Debate
A third poll has been released on the second presidential debate. It is the Politico / Morning Consult Poll -- done on October 10th of a random national sample... Read more
Posted on 12 October 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Is Donald Trump Just Vladimir Putin's Puppet ?
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump likes to present himself as a strong leader. He has even compared himself to Russia's Vladimir Putin. Read more
Posted on 12 October 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump Tries To Minimize His Refusal To Pay Income Taxes
(The photos of Warren Buffett and Donald Trump are from cnn.com.) The issue of Donald Trump and his income taxes came up again in the debate on Sunday night. Read more
Posted on 11 October 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Three New Polls Show Hillary Clinton Is Extending Her Lead
The chart above reflects the results of the latest three national polls on the presidential race. They are: The NBC News / Wall Street Journal Poll -- done on... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Another Poll Shows Hillary Clinton Won The Second Debate
The CNN/ORC Poll taken immediately after the debate showed that the public thought Hillary Clinton was the debate winner (57% to 34%). Now another poll has... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The List Of Conservative Papers Endorsing Clinton Grows
It's not just GOP politicians that are jumping off the Republican presidential ship this year. Reliably conservative newspapers all over the country are... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Initial Thoughts On The Second Presidential Debate
(This photo of the second debate is from nbcnews.com.) I was rather surprised by some in the cable news media who seemed to think Donald Trump won the second... Read more
Posted on 10 October 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
There Will Be A Divisive GOP Party War After The Election
The 47 Republican elected officials above have all disavowed the candidacy of Donald Trump. I doubt that will be the total list, especially if further lewd... Read more
Posted on 10 October 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Latest Poll Shows No Movement Yet Over Trump Scandal
This is the first poll taken after the Trump scandal broke. It is the Politico / Morning Consult Poll -- done on October 8th of a random national sample of 1,39... Read more
Posted on 10 October 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Another Conservative Newspaper Endorses Hillary Clinton
Traditionally conservative newspapers all over the country are jumping the Republican presidential ship this year -- newspapers like the Dallas Morning News, th... Read more
Posted on 10 October 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Is Anyone REALLY Surprised At The Latest Trump Scandal?
Unless you're living in a cave somewhere, you have heard about the latest Donald Trump scandal -- where he tried to attack a married woman, and bragged about... Read more
Posted on 09 October 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Young People Are Fleeing Religion In Large Numbers
These charts are from a scientific study published at PLOS/ONE. The top chart shows the percentage of young people who never attend church. Read more
Posted on 09 October 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
It's Not Just Trump - The Republican Party Is Anti-Woman
(The cartoon image above is by Stuart Carlson at carlsontoons.com, and the cartoon image below is by Bill Day at caglecartoons.com. Read more
Posted on 09 October 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
United States Unemployment Rises By 0.1% In September
The Labor Department has released the unemployment statistics for September, and they are not good. The economy created 156,000 new jobs, but that didn't even... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Will Millennials Cost Hillary Clinton The Election? NO!
There has been a lot of talk in the media about millennials, and the opinion of the talking heads at the networks seems to be that Hillary Clinton is in... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Opposing Obamacare Is A Terrible Electoral Strategy
Donald Trump is trailing in nearly all the polls, and he needs every single vote he can get to have a chance at the White House. That's why I find it very... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
What You Need To Know About Immigrants And Taxes
Donald Trump would have you believe that immigrants are much of what is wrong with this country. He says they use up American social services while paying none... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Orange Menace Tweets
Political Cartoon is by Matt Bors at Daily Kos. Read more
Posted on 08 October 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY