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• Amarillo Teacher Named "National Teacher Of The Year"

  

  Amarillo is justifiably proud of one of its own citizens right now. It has been announced that Shanna Peeples (pictured here in a photo from connectamarillo. Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Supreme Court To Hear Marriage Equality Cases This Week

  

  (This image is from the website Every Day, Another Song.) You may have noticed that I have been posting about same-sex marriage quite a bit recently. There are... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Pro-Choice AND Pro-Abortion

  

  Far too often these days we hear those on the side of a woman's right to control her own body say that they are pro-choice, but not pro-abortion. That doesn't... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hillary Clinton Looks Very Strong In New Hampshire

  

  Charts were made from information in the new Public Policy Polling survey -- done between April 9th and 13th of a random sample of 747 New Hampshire voters, wit... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Texas Refuses Medicaid Expansion - & Hospitals May Close

  

  (This image is from the website theexpertinstitute.com.) Texas leads the nation in both the number and percentage of uninsured citizens (with more than a quarte... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Businesses Should Be Required To Serve Same-Sex Couples

  

  This chart was made from information in a new CNN / ORC Poll -- done between April 16th and 19th of a random national sample of 1,018 adults, with a 3 point... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Shooting Down 10 Of The NRA's Pro-Gun Myths

  

  (This image is from the website of Mother Jones.) The NRA and other pro-gun lobbyists have told a lot of lies to keep selling guns (since they are little more... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Most Religious People Support Legal Same-Sex Marriage

  

  This chart was made from the 2014 survey of 40,000 Americans during 2014 by the Public Religion Research Institute -- and it will probably come as a shock to... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Does Clinton Need Primary Competition? Most Dems Say No

  

  Hillary Clinton is the only Democrat to officially declare as a candidate for president -- at least so far. And she leads any other potential candidates by a... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bernie Speaks Out In Defense Of Social Security

  

  Here is the latest missive from the inimitable Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont). I agree with every word of it. Bernie says: At a time of massive wealth... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Governors Wanting To Be President Have Failed At Job Creation In Their Own...

  

  After losing the 2012 election for the White House, several Republican governors were touted as the hopes for 2016 -- Rick Perry (Texas), Sam Brownback (Kansas)... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Trusts Obama & Dems More Than GOP On Economy

  

  This is from a new Gallup Poll -- done between April 9th and 12th of a random national sample of 1,015 adults, with a 4 point margin of error. Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The New "Flexible" Economy Is Hurting American Workers

  

  This comes as no surprise to me. It seems that corporate America has found a new way to take advantage (i.e., abuse) their workers. Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• More Than 6 Out Of 10 Support Legal Same-Sex Marriages

  

  As the Supreme Court readies itself to hear the cases regarding state bans on same-sex marriages, they no longer have to worry about whether the American... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Right Is At Odds With Other People On Global Warming

  

  The conservative Republicans are out of touch with other Americans on many issues (more tax cuts for rich and corporations, offshoring of American jobs,... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Support For Walker Has Dropped Drastically In Iowa

  

  A couple of months ago, Scott Walker was the new big thing among the Republican hopefuls -- at least in Iowa. He was the choice of 24% of Iowa Republican... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Republicans Are Playing With Fire On Social Security

  

  For a few years now, the congressional Republicans have been trying to convince Americans that Social Security is going broke, will soon be bankrupt, and won't... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Jon Stewart - On Watching Fox News

  

  The Guardian recently asked Jon Stewart if he would watch Fox News after he retires from The Daily Show. I loved his answer. Stewart said: “All right, let’s... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Latest National Presidential Nomination Survey

  

  This is the latest national poll on the presidential campaign. It is the YouGov Poll done between April 18th and 20th of a random national sample of 1,000... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• MillionaireTexas Governor Only Paid $104 In Income Tax

  

  (The image of Greg Abbott above is from the website of Progress Texas.) The following post is from Lone Star Project: Disclosing information like income tax... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY