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• The Super Rich Are Not Paying Their Fair Share Of Taxes

  

  (Image is from an excellent post of taxes for the rich at Think Progress.) The rich and their Republican lackeys are still complaining that the top tax rate is... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bernie Sanders Has A "Socialist" Problem

  

  Some may take this post as an attack on Senator Bernie Sanders. I certainly hope not. Although I do support Hillary Clinton, I have the utmost respect for Berni... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Racism Is Not Just Immoral, But Affects The Health Of Victims

  

  (The map above reflects the most racist areas, and was found at Daily Kos.) Even though the United States has now elected a Black president, the sad fact is tha... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Clinton Still Has A Large Lead Among Iowa Democrats

  

  Yesterday, I posted the results of the Des Moines Register Poll regarding the Republican preferences for their presidential nomination. Today, I bring you the... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• President Obama Removes Cuba From Terror List

  

  (This image of Cuba, and its flag, is from ramsar.conanp.gob.mx.) It has finally happened. President Obama has removed Cuba from the U.S. list of countries... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Latest Iowa Republican Presidential Poll

  

  (Image of GOP candidates is by DonkeyHotey.) The GOP clown car is filling up fast. There are already 10 candidates, and others that will jump in soon. Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Green Party On How Progressives Can Organize For Victory

  

  The following post was written by Green Party Shadow Cabinet member Jack Rasmus. He discusses how progressives can organize. Fast food workers fighting for a... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Pennsylvania Voters Prefer Hillary Clinton For 2016

  

  Public Policy Polling® surveyed 799 registered voters, including 385 Democratic primary voters and 334 Republican primary voters, from May 21st to 24th. Th... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• More Young People Now Claiming No Religious Affiliation

  

  (Citation: Twenge JM, Exline JJ, Grubbs JB, Sastry R, Campbell WK (2015) Generational and Time Period Differences in American Adolescents’ Religious Orientation... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• President Obama Proclaims June As LGBT Pride Month

  

  On Friday (May 29th), president Barack Obama issued a proclamation declaring the month of June to be LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PRIDE MONTH. Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Clinton Most Popular With Democrats (And General Public)

  

  The YouGov Poll has done a new national presidential survey (between May23rd and 25th of a random sample of 1,000 adults, with about a 4 point margin of error). Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Support For A Public Option In Health Insurance Is Growing

  

  There is little doubt that the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) improved the health care system in this country. Even those who say they don't like it don't... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Major Breakthrough In Treatment Of HIV/AIDS

  

  (This image is from medicalnewstoday.com.) We don't hear a lot about HIV/AIDS in the news these days, but it still affects millions of people -- both in this... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Why Do Americans Like Free Trade Agreements ?

  

  President Obama is currently negotiating a free trade agreement with Pacific nations -- the Trans-pacific Partnership (TPP). I think this is a bad deal for... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Clinton Still Far Ahead (Even Among Party Liberals)

  

  On Facebook yesterday, I saw post after post about how Hillary Clinton is scared of Bernie Sanders. Frankly, I'm just not buying into that. It sounds like a... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Texas Senate Emphasizes Its Support For Bigotry

  

  The good news is that a whole passel of bad anti-gay bills failed to pass the Texas legislature as time ran out on the session. The bad news is that the Texas... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Our Partisan Politics Is Dividing Us In Other Ways

  This chart was made from a recent YouGov Poll -- done between May 16th and 18th of a random national sample of 1,000 adults, and has a margin of error of 4.4... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Social Morality In The U.S. Is Becoming More Liberal

  

  I found this very interesting. It's a comparison of a new Gallup Poll (done between May 6th and 10th of a random national sample of 1,024 adults, with a margin... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Nine Things American Exceptionalists Don't Understand

  

  (This image is from the website herestheupshot.com.) Far too many people in the United States think this country is special -- and that there's nothing we can... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Our Politicians Lack The Courage To Fix A National Tragedy

  

  Even 40 years later, Americans consider Vietnam to be a tragedy. And they should. Far too many were wounded and killed in that war -- a war that never should... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY