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• Percentage Of Uninsured In U.S. Drops To A Record Low 9%

  

  The chart above was made from information in a new report by the National Center for Health Statistics. It shows that the percentage of Americans with no... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Unemployment Rate Inches Down to 5% for October

  

  The Labor Department has released it's labor statistics for the month of October. The good news is that about 271,000 jobs were created. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Two Demoted And Two Dropped From Next GOP Debate

  

  The caricature above (by the inimitable DonkeyHotey) shows the Republican presidential candidates allowed into the "big kids" debate last time. The next debate... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Two New Polls For Iowa Democrats And Republicans

  

  The CNN / ORC Poll was done between October 29th and November 4th of a random sample of Iowa Democrats (498) and Republicans (548). The margin of error for... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Why Won't Congress Close Background Check Loopholes ?

  

  Poll after poll has shown that an overwhelming majority of Americans want the loopholes in the background check for gun buyers law to be closed. Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Clinton Leads Among Dems - Trump/Carson Lead The GOP

  

  Another national presidential survey has been released. This time it's the Fox News Poll -- done between November 1st and 3rd. About 505 Democrats and 476... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Clinton & Carson Viewed Most Favorably Among Candidates

  

  The chart above doesn't reflect the support of each candidate among their party's voters, but the general opinion of them by the public as a whole. Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Warren Calls For A 3.9% COLA Increase For Social Security

  

  By now you've probably heard that there will be no cost-of-living (COLA) increase in Social Security benefits for 2016. The COLA is based on inflation -- and th... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Clinton Has A Strong Lead - Trump May Be Starting To Fade

  

  Two new national polls now show Hillary Clinton with majority support among national Democrats. She leads Bernie Sanders by 31 points in one poll (62% to 31%)... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Houston Votes For Bigotry But Hope Still Bright For Future

  

  (This map of Houston support Opposition for equal rights in from the Houston Chronicle.) The city of Houston took a big step backwards in guaranteeing equal... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Clinton's Support Is Growing Among New Hampshire Dems

  

  A couple of months ago, the supporters of Bernie Sanders were celebrating because it looked like they could easily win the state of New Hampshire -- and they... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Could Texas View On Medicaid Expansion Be Changing ?

  

  (This cartoon image on Medicaid is by Pat Bagley in the Salt Lake Tribune.) Texas is one of the 20 states that has still refused to expand Medicaid -- even... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Newest Iowa Poll Shows Clinton With A 32 Point Lead

  

  These charts reflect the latest results from Iowa in each parties presidential nomination race. It is the Public Policy Polling survey -- done between October... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Should There Be Required Standards For Home-Schooling ?

  

  In this country, one of the things we can be most proud of is providing a free public education to all children. Not all take advantage of it (and not all... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Why Is Equal Such A Hard Concept For Schools ?

  

  (This image is from the website youthvoices.net.) Equality is one of the most important things in our Constitution. It was considered so important that a specia... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• October Polls On Democratic Presidential Race

  

  These are the polls taken since the Democratic debate, as reported on the website of RealClearPolitics. Note that Hillary Clinton holds a significant lead in al... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Republican Whining Reaches A New Height Of Silly

  

  (The cartoon image above is by Mike Luckovich in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.) I'm not sure the last Republican "debate" should even be called a debate.... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Leaders Or Demagogues ?

  

  In his latest blog post, Robert Reich discusses the difference between leaders and demagogues (and unsurprisingly, Republican candidates fall short). It's... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Biden's Decision To Stay Out Favors Clinton Over Sanders

  

  These charts reflect the newest YouGov Poll (done between October 23rd and 27th of a random sample of 2,000 adults, with a 3 point margin of error). Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• NBC Poll Shows Trump & Carson Running Neck-And-Neck

  

  This chart reflects the results of the newest NBC News Poll -- done between October 27th and 29th of a random national sample of 3,387 registered Republican... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY