Jobsanger
A political/economics blog written from a progressive point of view.
MY BLOGS
-
jobsanger
http://jobsanger.blogspot.com/
A political/economics blog written from a progressive point of view.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 14478 )
-
This Is Bad News For Americans
(The photo above is from the New York Times.) As if the Republicans taking over control of both houses in Congress wasn't bad enough, here's a little more bad... Read more
Posted on 29 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Americans Are Ready For Normal Relations With Cuba
(The cartoon image above is by David Horsey in the Los Angeles Times.) A few days ago, President Obama announced he would be normalizing diplomatic relations... Read more
Posted on 29 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Robert Redford On "American Democracy And Torture"
Robert Redford is one of America's best actors and directors, but those of us who live and breath politics know he is much more than that. Read more
Posted on 29 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Likes Time Magazine Choice For "Person Of The Year"
Each year at this time, Time Magazine chooses a "Person of the Year". Time says it criterion for choosing is "the person or persons who most affected the news... Read more
Posted on 28 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
End Of Year Approval - President Obama Vs. Congress
Republicans and the media have bragged for months now about how "low" the approval ratings are for President Obama. But while the president's approval rating... Read more
Posted on 28 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Bernie Sanders' Year-End Message To America
America's smartest politician, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) sent this letter out to all of his supporters. As usual, he is right on target. Read more
Posted on 28 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Bernie
Posted on 27 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Overwhelmingly Supports Raising S.S. Benefits
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Bernie On Social Security": Ted - thank you for your amazing blog. To me it is absolutely unbelievable that... Read more
Posted on 27 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Green Party Says Low Oil Prices Could Leave Taxpayers Responsible For Trillions...
Americans are currently celebrating the lowest gasoline prices in a long time. Those low prices are due to a collapse in the price of oil worldwide. Read more
Posted on 27 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Supports Normalizing Relations With Cuba
President Obama recently announced that he is taking steps to once again normalize relations with Cuba. That means that soon we will have an embassy in Cuba --... Read more
Posted on 26 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
New GOP Senators Say Gov. Shouldn't Help Feed The Poor
(The cartoon image above is by Mike Konopacki at Huck/Konopacki Cartoons.) If you think the congressional Republicans have been about as mean as possible, then... Read more
Posted on 26 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Is The United States Really A Religious Country ?
Many people in the United States take it as a given that the country is a religious one, specifically a christian nation. And using that assumption, a lot of... Read more
Posted on 26 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Happy Solstice Season Holiday
The holiday celebrated this time of the year has many names (Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, etc.) and is celebrated in many different ways. Read more
Posted on 25 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Only A Small Percentage In The U.S. Are Anti-Muslim Bigots
Anyone who has paid any attention to any kind of media in the last few years (especially the internet), will have undoubtably run into a lot of bigotry regardin... Read more
Posted on 25 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Most Parents Don't Worry About Toy Safety
I thought this poll was appropriate for today -- the one day of the year when more children receive toys than any other day. It is from a recent Rasmussen Poll... Read more
Posted on 25 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Incomes Climbing For Wealthy - But Not For Others
As we end 2014, the Pew Research Center (using federal income data) shows us what is happening to incomes in the United States. Read more
Posted on 24 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Marriage Equality Is Growing Rapidly In The U.S.
These two maps, found at Daily Kos, show the progress that has been made toward establishing marriage equality in just the last year. Read more
Posted on 24 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Is Freedom Of The Press Disappearing In The U.S. ?
Americans like to think we are a free country with a free press, and that we lead the rest of the world in both of those things. Read more
Posted on 24 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Another Great Musician Is Gone
(This photo of Joe Cocker at the Isle of Wight Festival is from BBC News.) The world is a little bit sadder today for music lovers. Read more
Posted on 23 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Should Democrats Just Write-Off The South ?
(This image is from the website mapssite.blogspot.com.) It is no secret that the Democratic Party did very poorly in the South in the last election. Read more
Posted on 23 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY