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• Donald Trump's Trade War Will Hurt All Americans

  

  Donald Trump has said a trade war is good, and can easily be won by the United States. He is wrong, and his new tariffs, that have kicked off a trade war will... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Is On Track To Tell 10,000 Lies In A 4-Year Term

  

  (Cartoon image is by Bill Day at cagle.com.) We have never had a president as dishonest as Donald Trump. He lies all the time, even about things that are... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Good People Don't Defend A Bad Person (Like Trump)

  

  (The caricature of Donald Trump is by DonkeyHotey.) There are people in this country who are bending over backwards to defend Donald Trump. Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Democrats Must Remain A "Big Tent" Party To Win

  

  I am a progressive (Liberal, Leftist, Socialist, etc.), and I have been for the last 50 years. But a lot of my progressive brothers and sisters are probably... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Unemployment Rate Drop 0.1% to 3.8% In May

  

  The U.S. Labor Department has released its statistics for the month of May. They show the unemployment rate dropped another 0.1 points, and now rests at 3.8%. Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Is Not Winning The Hearts And Minds Of U.S. Youth

  

  Traditionally, young people don't vote in as large numbers as older Americans. That may be changing. There have been reports that registration among younger... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Texas Hispanics Are Split -- O'Rourke Must Change That

  

  The chart above represents the results of a new Quinnipiac University Poll of the race for the U.S. Senate in Texas. They surveyed 951 Texas voters between May... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Should "Roseanne" Have Been Cancelled? Public Says YES!

  

  Roseanne Barr tweeted an obviously racist message a couple of days ago, and there was an immediate public backlash. She first tried to pass the statement off... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Texas Democrat Joi Chevalier Would Be A Great Comptroller

  

  I doubt that most Texas voters have ever heard of the Democratic Party's candidate for State Comptroller -- Joi Chevalier. We need to fix that, because she woul... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Political Scientists Rate The Presidents From Best To Worst

  

  Brandon Rottinghaus (University of Houston) and Justin S. Vaughn (Boise State University) asked a national sample of political scientists (members of the... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump's Job Disapproval Remains Stable

  

  These charts represent the results of the new Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between May 27th and 29th of 1,500 adults (including 1,005 registered voters. The... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trumpistas Prefer Bigotry/Authoritarianism Over Democracy

  

  (Cartoon image is by David Horsey in the Los Angeles Times.) After the 2016 election, the popular opinion among pundits was that Whites voted for Trump because... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• People Working 40 Hours A Week Need A Livable Wage

  

  Donald Trump recently bragged about the official unemployment rate dropping to 3.9%. And I will admit that the rate is finally getting down to an acceptable... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 64% Of Americans Say Racism Is Still A Serious Problem

  

  Donald Trump, and his base of deplorables, don't seem to think that racism is a serious problem in the United States. They like the idea of white privilege,... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Is Not Yet Convinced A "Blue Wave" Is Coming

  

  If you've listened to the talking heads on cable news for the past few months, you will have heard that a "blue wave" is coming with the elections in November -... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hurricane Deaths In Puerto Rico Were Vastly Undercounted

  

  (Photo of hurricane damage in Puerto Rico is from The American Genius.) The official government count of deaths in Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Maria is 64. Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Differing Views Of Urban, Suburban, & Rural Communities

  

  I found these charts interesting. They show the different views of Americans living in different types of communities -- urban, suburban, or rural. Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Judges More Unfair In Sentencing Than Dem. Judges

  

  (This graphic image is from Colorado Peak Politics.) I have been called a bleeding-heart liberal. That's OK. But I also worked in various aspects of law... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Texas House Districts That Democrats Could Flip

  

  Texas has 36 representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. 25 of them are Republicans and only 11 are Democrats. But if a blue wave actually happens thi... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Memorial Day

  

  Today is Memorial Day -- the day we set aside to honor those in the military who lost their lives defending this country. Did they die for a flag, or an... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2018 POLITICS, SOCIETY