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• It's Time To End Racism (And Whites Must Join That Fight)

  

  (The anti-racism image above is from dykn.com.) In the late 1950's and early 1960's, there was a vibrant civil rights movement in this country. It was not an... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The "War On Drugs" Is An Abysmal Failure

  

  For the last four decades, the government has been waging a "war on drugs". They have spent more than a trillion dollars doing this and filled our prisons with... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Tax Plans Just Benefit The Rich (& Increase Debt)

  (The cartoon image above is by Ed Stein at edsteinink.com.) The Republican candidates are all introducing their plans to improve the economy. But those plans... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Legal Avenues Have Run Out For Bigoted Kentucky Clerk

  

  (This photo of Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis is from the Louisville Courier-Journal.) When the Supreme Court ruled last summer that same-sex couples have the... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bush Did NOT Help Himself In Debate (He's Still Toast)

  

  Much of the media chatter among pundits is about whether Jeb Bush helped himself in Tuesday night's debate. And most seem to think he did -- noting that he... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Newest Poll Shows Clinton Keeping Her Majority Support

  

  These charts reflect the results of the latest YouGov Poll -- done between November 5th and 9th of a random national sample of 658 Democrats and 446 Republicans. Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Republicans Think Only The Rich Deserve More Money

  

  (Cartoon image is by Mike Keefe at intoon.com.) Regular readers will know that I support raising the minimum wage to a livable wage. Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is Ben Carson Really A Very "Smart" Person ?

  

  (This photo of Ben Carson is from CNN.com.) Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson is a successful neurosurgeon. That is a field that requires a... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Clinton & Sanders Both Do Well Against Leading Republicans

  

  The charts above reflect the results of a new McClatchy / Marist Poll. The survey was done between October 29th and November 4th of a random national sample of... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Presidential Preference In South Carolina And New Jersey

  

  Three new polls have been released on the race for the presidential nominations. They are two polls done of South Carolina and one for New Jersey. Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Clinton Still Has Big Lead - GOP Race Is Growing Closer

  

  The chart above shows the results of the last four polls taken in the race for the Democratic nomination. Note especially the RealClearPolitics average in the... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Latest Police Shooting Another Example Of Racial Inequality?

  

  The two individuals pictured above are the two peace officers accused of shooting and killing a six year-old child last week. The child's father tried to elude... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Can We Make High School Football Safer ?

  

  Last weekend another high school football player died. He was the eighth high school student that has died playing football this year -- and the season is not... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Media Is NOT Picking On Ben Carson

  

  (This caricature of Ben Carson is by DonkeyHotey.) Ben Carson has been having a feud with the media for the past few days. He thinks he's being picked on becaus... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The U.S. Has A Split Personality On Population Growth

  

  The world population reached 7 billion people in either 2011 or early 2012 (according to which stats you look at). Either way, that's a lot of people on this... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Carter Is Recognized As Having Best Post-President Career

  

  Jimmy Carter had a troubled presidency -- so troubled that he lost his re-election bid to a second-rate actor. But his post-presidency has been a remarkable one. Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Closing Background Check Loopholes Supported By 93%

  

  This chart was made from information in the new Quinnipiac University Poll -- done between October 29th and November 2nd of a random national sample of 1,144... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Those With No Religious Affiliation Are Largest Group In U.S.

  

  The Pew Research Center has released its yearly report on religion in the United States. That report shows that organized religion is still declining. Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Democratic "Forum" Was Better Than Any Debate

  

  On Friday night, MSNBC hosted a "Democratic Forum". It was not a debate, and the candidates did not appear on stage together. Instead, moderator Rachel Maddow... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Religion Doesn't Make Kids Nicer - It Makes Them Meaner

  

  The prevailing opinion in this country (and many others) is that religion makes people better -- and that children raised in a religion will be nicer and more... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY