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• Republicans Have Flipped Their Position On "Free Trade"

  

  From the Pew Research Center: About two-thirds of Republicans and Republican-leaning registered voters (68%) say free trade has been a bad thing for the U.S.,... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Is Not Confident That Trump Will Improve Things

  

  This chart was made from information in a recent Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between December 17th and 20th of a random national sample of 1,662 adults... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Warning Signs Of Impending Tyranny

  

  The following warning signs of an impending tyranny are from the blog of former Labor Secretary Robert Reich: As tyrants take control of democracies, they... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Christians Are Again Overrepresented In 115th Congress

  

  The charts above are from the Pew Research Center. They used information from their own surveys during 2016 and information from the CQ Roll Call. Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• An Open Letter From American Medical Association

  

  (Cartoon image is by Andy Marlette in the Pensacola News-Journal.) The following open letter to Congress is from Chief Executive Officer and Executive... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Still Favors Democratic Party Over Republican Party

  

  These results are from the newest Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between December 24th and 27th of a random national sample of 1,662 adults (including 1,419... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Law School Faculties Oppose Sessions As Attorney General

  

  The following open letter to the U.S. Senate is signed by 1,226 faculty members of 176 law schools in 49 states. You can go here to see all the signees. Here... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Moving Time Has Arrived

  

  The time has arrived for my move from Amarillo to Austin. For the next few days, I will be packing, transporting, and unpacking all of my possessions. Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Americans Don't Think Trump Will Make Country Safer

  

  One of Trump big campaign issues was that he would keep America safe -- by defeating terrorism. But it doesn't look like the public believes him. Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Oceans Warming Nearly Twice As Fast As Expected

  

  (Photo is from oceanservice.noaa.gov.) The following article is by Samantha Page at Think Progress: Apparently, research from the National Oceanic and... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Congressional Republicans Feel The Pressure And Recant

  

  (Cartoon image is by Steve Sack in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.) There are many U.S. citizens who think they have no voice in the way their country is run. Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Liberals Are Still A Minority - But Growing In The U.S.

  

  These charts are from a recently released Gallup Poll. The results are an aggregate from 17 surveys they did during the year of 2016. They questioned 17,055... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Rather Is Right - A Lie Should Be Called A Lie

  

  (Cartoon image is by John Cole in the Scranton Times-Tribune.) A few days ago, the editor of the Wall Street Journal was on NBC's Meet The Press. What he said... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 15 States Sending One-Party Delegations To 115th Congress

  

  Fifteen states are sending a one-party delegation to the new 115th Congress -- meaning all of their House representatives and both of their senators are from th... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The GOP Has Painted Itself Into A Corner On Obamacare

  

  (Cartoon image is by A. F. Branco.) The Republicans have spent the last several years blaming Obamacare for every ill of our health care system, and saying... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• NAACP Urges Opposition To Sessions As Attorney General

  

  The following is an open letter from the president of the NAACP to members and friends of the organization: I'll be blunt:Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Has Less Faith In Trump Than In Past Presidents

  

  Democrats weren't happy with the idea that Bush would soon be president in 2001, and Republicans weren't happy with the idea that idea that Obama would soon be... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Is Not Buying The GOP Lie About Insurance Costs

  

  For years now, and throughout the 2016 campaign, Republicans (and their presidential candidate0 have been telling Americans that Obamacare (the Affordable Care... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Is A "Glitch" President (Not A Mandate President)

  

  (Cartoon image is by Enrico Bertuccioli.) The following article concerns Trump's ridiculous claim of having an electoral mandate (and how Democrats should... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• This 2016 Poll Should Scare The Hell Out Of You

  

  The Public Religion Research Institute recently went over their 2016 polls to determine if any of them contained information that could be relevant to 2017... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY