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• The Pentagon Response Ted Cruz Should Have Gotten

  

  Recently Ted Cruz (who is running for president) decided to play to his teabagger base. He jumped on board with the conspiracy nuts who think the Jade 15... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Senate Democrats Fold Like A Cheap Napkin

  

  Yesterday I posted about the Senate Democrats banding together to defeat a cloture motion that would have brought the "fast track" version of the TPP to the... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New National Poll Shows Little Movement For Dems Or GOP

  

  A new national poll has been released on both the Democratic and Republican presidential races, and it shows there hasn't been any real change with the voters o... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Congressional Job Approval Is Still Abysmal

  

  Republicans had hoped that after taking control of both houses of Congress in the last election, the approval for Congress would improve. But that simply... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Green Party Says There Are No Good Wars

  

  The following was posted on May 11th by Green Party Shadow Cabinet member David Swanson: This week I read an article by someone I have a lot of respect for and... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Supports Federal Subsidies Under Obamacare

  

  The Republicans have been opposed to the Affordable Care Act since it's inception, and after it passed, they have voted more than 50 times to repeal those... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• TPP Suffers A Crushing Defeat In The U.S. Senate

  

  (Photo of Senator Warren and President Obama is from Mother Jones.) President Obama has been negotiating a new trade agreement with the Pacific nations (called... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• It's Time For A Woman To Be On The $20 Bill

  

  For a while now, the group "Women On 20s" has been working to get a woman on the $20 bill (replacing Andrew Jackson). And to promote the idea, they recently hel... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Vampires Of Wall Street Want To Prey On Us

  

  (This image is from content.time.com.) This excellent article is by Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman (pictured at left). Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Who Do You Want Picking Supreme Court Justices ?

  

  Why is the age of the Supreme Court justices important? Because the decisions of that court will affect the lives of all Americans, so it is very important who... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Preference Of Arizona Voters For Party Nominations

  

  I believe this is the first time we have heard from Arizona voters on who they would like to see nominated for president in 2016. Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Merkley Gives Us His Reasons For Opposing The TPP

  

  U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) sent this missive to his supporters, outlining his reasons for not being able to support the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• U.S. Only 27th In Median Income Among Developed Nations

  

  I have written endlessly on this blog about how disastrous the Republican economic policy (trickle-down) has been to this country, its economy and its citizens. Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bernie Is Not Doing Well Among Liberal Democrats

  

  There are some leftists in the Democratic Party that have made up their minds that they just don't like Hillary Clinton. They believe she is not liberal enough. Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Walker Is Coming Back To The Pack In N.H. And Nationally

  

  For a while, Scott Walker was the flavor of the month among Republican hopefuls, and had a significant lead among New Hampshire GOP voters -- but that seems to... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Current Generic Ballot Favors Democrats In Presidential Race

  

  It's still more than a year until the 2016 presidential election, and things could certainly change. But I found this new survey by the YouGov Poll interesting. Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Happy Mother's Day

  

  (This image is from makingdifferent.com.) I just want to wish all the mothers who read this blog a very happy Mother's Day. Being a mother is one of the toughes... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My Excuse For Light Posting Today

  

  (Cartoon image is by Jeff Parker in Florida Today.) I know that posting on this blog was a bit light today, and there's a good reason for that (at least I... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Choice For Prez Of Republicans, Democrats & Independents

  

  These charts reflect the results of the newest Reuters / Ipsos Poll -- taken between May 2nd and 6th of a random national sample of 1,678 adults (704... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 12 Facts About Christianity That Most Christians Ignore

  

  (This photo is from reonline.org.uk.) The following post is by Michael Sherlock, and it contains some known facts about christianity that most christians don't... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY