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NYPD Dishonored Their Job, Their Uniform, And Their City
(The cartoon image above is by Matt Wuerker at Politico.com.) I spent more than 30 years working for the state of Texas -- and nearly 30 years of that service... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
A Bit Of (Unintended) Humor To Brighten Your Day
(This cartoon image of Louie Gohmert is by Matt Wuerker at Politico.com.) If you are like me, the thought of Republicans taking control of both houses of... Read more
Posted on 06 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Presidential Candidate Favorability & Party ID In The U.S.
I thought these numbers were pretty interesting. They come from a YouGov Poll done between December 6th and 8th of a random national sample of 1,000 adults, wit... Read more
Posted on 06 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Reich Blasts GOP Plans For The New Congress
This is the latest Facebook post of former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich. As usual, he cuts through all the nonsense and tells it like it is. Read more
Posted on 06 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Has Our Democracy Already Become A Plutocracy ?
The figure above is true, and it is very troubling. Actually, the figure for Congress is slightly higher. For the first time in our history, the Congress (the... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
GOP Has More Senators But Represent Fewer People
These two charts were made from information gathered by FairVoteBlog.com, and show an interesting quirk in the electoral system of the United States. Read more
Posted on 05 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Green Party Calls For Unity To Fight Corporate Power
I repost the following article because I think it deserves the widest readership possible. It was written on January 3rd by Green Party Shadow Cabinet members... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Issues The American Public Considers Important
As we enter a new year, I thought it might be instructive to look at the issues facing the United States that were considered the most important by the... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Presidential Job Approval
The above chart was made from the daily poll tracking done by the Rasmussen Poll on the approval/disapproval of President Obama. Read more
Posted on 04 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
5 Reasons Why The Evangelicals Are Losing Adherents
I was raised in a fundamentalist evangelical church, and even went to college to become an evangelical preacher. But, I eft that college, and the evangelical... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Americans Think The War In Afghanistan Is A Failure
When George Bush invaded Afghanistan over 13 years ago, we were told that the mission was to destroy the ability of al-Queda (and other terrorists) to use that... Read more
Posted on 03 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
David Duke Makes A Threat He Needs To Keep
(This photo of David Duke is from the New Orleans Times-Picayune.) Rep. Steve Scales of Louisiana is the third most powerful Republican in the House of... Read more
Posted on 03 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Most Americans Don't Have Faith In U.S. Police Departments
There was a time in this country when some of the most respected organizations were the nation's police departments. But thanks to the militarization of those... Read more
Posted on 03 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Doesn't Want Jeb Bush To Run For President
In the last few weeks, we have heard a lot from the mainstream media about a possible 2016 presidential race between Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton. Read more
Posted on 02 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Is Jim Webb Ethical Enough To Be A Presidential Candidate?
I'm not a big fan of ex-Senator Jim Webb (pictured), who has expressed an interest in running for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016. He's a little... Read more
Posted on 02 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Obama Approval Rebounds At The End Of 2014
This should cause a few right-wing heads to explode. Three new polls -- Gallup Poll, Rasmussen Poll, YouGov Poll -- all show the approval rating for the job... Read more
Posted on 01 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The CFPB Is A Huge Success Story For Democrats
Before the Dodd-Frank bill was passed early in the Obama administration, the Wall Street banks and other large financial institutions had an enormous advantage... Read more
Posted on 01 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
TCU's Bowl Blowout Shows Failure Of New "Playoff" System
(The image above is from the Facebook page of Theresa Otto.) TCU HORNED FROGS...............42 MISSISSIPPI REBELS...............3 The TCU Horned Frogs beat the... Read more
Posted on 01 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Our Economy Favors The Rich - To The Detriment Of Others
The top chart here (from the Bureau of Labor Statistics) shows that since the recession, productivity in the United States has risen (by about 9.3% through 2013... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Congress Escapes "Least Productive" Label - Just Barely
The chart above is made from information gathered by the Pew Research Center. It shows the number of laws passed by each of the last eight Congresses (the... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY