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A political/economics blog written from a progressive point of view.
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Green Party Supports USA Freedom Act - Calls For More
Green Party Shadow Cabinet member Shahid Buttar issued the following statement on October 8th: The Green Shadow Cabinet joined dozens of grassroots advocacy... Read more
Posted on 10 October 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The GOP Has Seriously Damaged Education In Texas
The Republicans who run Texas (the state has no statewide elected Democratic official) like to claim they are improving education for Texas students. That is a... Read more
Posted on 09 October 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
South Dakota And Kansas Senate Races
KSFY-TV / KOTA-TV / American News / SurveyUSA Poll KSN-TV / SurveyUSA Poll Read more
Posted on 09 October 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Fort Worth Star-Telegram And Dallas Morning News Both Endorse Sam Houston For...
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram is a conservative newspaper that loves to endorse Republicans for statewide office in Texas. But even they can't stomach the... Read more
Posted on 09 October 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Growth Of And Need For College Student Loans (20 Years)
The Pew Research Center has compiled information on student borrowing for college over the last twenty year. They got their information from the National... Read more
Posted on 09 October 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
9th Circuit Tosses Marriage Bans And Cruz Panders To Right By Promising Amendmen...
(The photo at left was found of the Facebook page of the inimitable Juanita Jean -- owner of the world's most dangerous beauty salon.) A couple of days ago,... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Both Right And Left Have Poor Opinion Of Supreme Court
I thought this was an interesting survey on the U.S. Supreme Court -- especially in light of their recent decision to let lower court decisions stand that... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
13 Years Of War -- And Still No End In Sight
Yesterday marked the 13th anniversary of the start of the war in Afghanistan (started by George Bush on October 7th of 2001). That makes it the longest... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Minnesota And Georgia Senate Races
Six years ago Senator Al Franken won his seat by the thinnest of margins -- a margin so thin that Minnesota's highest court had to decide the outcome. But thing... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
A Huge Victory For Equality In The United States
The United States Supreme Court scored a huge victory for equal rights in this country -- and they did it by doing nothing. Yesterday the Supreme Court said it... Read more
Posted on 07 October 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kentucky Senate Race Is Still A Dead Heat
This chart shows the results of a new Bluegrass Poll -- conducted of 800 Kentucky adults between September 30th and October 2nd for the Lexington... Read more
Posted on 07 October 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Shrinking Number Still Disapproves Of Individual Mandate
This chart was made from information in a new Rasmussen Poll. That survey was done on October 3rd and 4th of a random national sample of 1,000 likely voters, an... Read more
Posted on 07 October 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Doesn't Like Congressional Leaders (Of Either Party)
These charts were made from a recent Gallup Poll. That survey was done between September 25th and 30th of a random national sample of 1,252 adults, and has a... Read more
Posted on 07 October 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
A Majority Of Americans Don't Keep Up With The News
If you wonder why the public keeps electing politicians who lie to them and have no real solutions to the problems facing this country, then this questionnaire... Read more
Posted on 07 October 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The U.S. Has More Than 1.25 Million Homeless Students
This is a horrifying statistic. According to the Department of Education, there are 1,258,182 students (in elementary school, middle school, or high school) tha... Read more
Posted on 06 October 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Latest Senate Race Polls
Gravis Marketing Poll Suffolk University Poll NBC News / Marist Poll Rasmussen Poll New England College Poll Public Policy Polling Rasmussen Poll NBC News /... Read more
Posted on 06 October 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Percentage Of Adults Who Have Never Married Has Risen Dramatically In The Last 5...
The Pew Research Center recently looked at the percentage of people who are 25 years old or older who have never been married (using the American Community... Read more
Posted on 06 October 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Wendy Behind Because Texans Eschew Women's Rights
A couple of days ago, I posted about the Texas Lyceum Poll that showed Wendy Davis is trailing her Republican opponent by 9 points in the race for governor.... Read more
Posted on 05 October 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Teabagger Support Has Leveled Out At 22-24%
All of these charts were made from information contained in a recently released Gallup Poll. The latest in this series of surveys was done between September... Read more
Posted on 05 October 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Some Of The Dumbest Things That Christians Say
(The image at left is from ClipartPal.) The following was not written by an atheist or skeptic. It was written by Tiffany Willis, who is a practicing... Read more
Posted on 05 October 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY
