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• Hillary Clinton - A Warrior For Human Rights

  

  (Hillary Clinton meets with Aung San Suu Kyi. Photo is from Wikipedia.) Since Hillary Clinton's declaration that she is a candidate for the Democratic... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Cowboys Picks In Rounds Four Through Seven

  

  The Cowboys drafted well in the first three rounds, and I expect all three of the players chosen to make the team and contribute (at least as a backup) in the... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Voters Are Trending Away From The Republican Party

  

  The chart above was made from information provided by the Pew Research Center. That information was garnered from 12 surveys done during 2014 of 26,010... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Religious Service Attendance And Same-Sex Marriage

  

  Evangelicals and other right-wing christians (and muslims) like to hide their bigotry behind their religion. It's the only excuse they can think of to oppose th... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Biblical Marriage (Is Not Just A Man And A Woman)

  

  (The image at the left is from patheos.com.) Christian bigots like to hide their hatred behind religion. They will tell you that they believe in the... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Cowboys Make Their Second And Third Round Picks

  

  After drafting one of the top cornerbacks in the country (Byron Jones -- University of Connecticut) in the first round of the NFL draft, the Cowboys stood firm... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Iowa Voters Prefer Hillary Clinton In New Survey

  

  Public Policy Polling has done a new survey in Iowa. The survey was done between April 23rd and 26th of a random sample of 1,219 Iowa voters, and has a margin o... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Arrests Are A Good Start - Now Replace The Police Leaders

  

  The image at left (from NBC News) is of the arrest of Freddie Grey in Baltimore -- an arrest that resulted in his death. Six officers involved in that arrest... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Cowboy's First Pick Is Cornerback Byron Jones (UConn)

  

  I normally stick to blogging about politics and economics on this blog, but a few times each year I will talk about something else -- and these few days at the... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bernie Is In The Race - But He's Way Behind Right Now

  

  It's official now. Vermont's Independent Senator Bernie Sanders (pictured) is abandoning his independent status, and will be running for the Democratic... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Next Week's British Election Looks Very Close

  

  Great Britain is holding national elections next week, and right now it looks like that election will be very close. The latest YouGov-UK Poll has the... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The United States Is The Biggest Threat To World Peace

  

  Both the photo above and the interview below are from euronews.com. The interview is between noted American intellectual Noam Chomsky and Euronews reporter... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My Thoughts On Bernie Sanders' Presidential Candidacy

  

  (This caricature of Senator Bernie Sanders is by DonkeyHotey.) Let me preface my remarks here by saying that I love Senator Bernie Sanders. Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Would You Attend A Same-Sex Wedding, If Invited ?

  

  Would you attend a same-sex wedding. It's a valid question, because our society is changing fast and there's a good chance that you will have to make that... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Baltimore Riots Are A Symptom Of Our Sick Society

  

  For the past few days, Americans have witnessed riots in Baltimore. Some are defending the police in that city and calling the rioters "thugs", while others... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Texas Governor Greg Abbott Caves In To Conspiracy Nuts

  

  (This image of Gov. Greg Abbott is from the website of Progress Texas.) If you had thought there had to be a limit to the pandering of Texas Republican official... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• State Percentages On Support For Legal Same-Sex Marriage

  

  The map above was made from information from the Public Religion Research Institute (in their American Values Atlas). They did over 50,000 interviews in the... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Number Who Self-Identify As Middle Class Has Dropped

  

  We have been hearing from economists for a while now that the number of people in the middle class has dropped (and is still dropping). These economists use... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• William F. Buckley's Grandson Says Conservatives Should Support Same-Sex Marriag...

  

  It is assumed by many of us on the left that all conservatives oppose same-sex marriage being legalized, but that is not true. Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Americans Don't Want A Military Intervention In Iran

  

  Congressional Republicans seem to be doing their best to stop, or at least interfere with the negotiations with Iran (to keep them from developing nuclear... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY