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• Moving Closer To A Supreme Court Decision On Marriage

  

  On Wednesday, the state of Florida joined a growing list of states (17 in all) that have had their bans on same-sex marriage overturned, and are waiting on an... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Who Is Playing Politics With Texas Law ?

  

  The picture at left is the "mug shot" of Texas Governor Rick Perry, taken after he was indicted for two criminal felonies -- Abuse of Power and Coercion of a... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Median Income Has Still Not Recovered From Recession

  

  I found the information for the chart above on the CNNMoney website. They were celebrating the fact that median income is finally starting to rise a bit in the... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Why Don't Enough Of Us Care ?

  

  (This cartoon image is by rodrigo and was found at toonpool.com.) Here is just a small portion of an article published at theledger.com. Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Killing Children To Satisfy Right-Wing Immigration Fears

  

  (The cartoon image above is by Pat Bagley in the Salt Lake Tribune.) Much has been made in the media recently about the 50,000 or so children from Central... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Second Poll Verifies Public Support For The Iraq Bombing

  

  A few days ago, I presented a survey showing a majority of the American approves of the U.S. bombing campaign in Iraq. Now that has been verified by a second... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Elizabeth Warren Calls For Economic Fairness For All

  

  The economic playing field in the United States has been tilted to favor the rich (and the corporations) at the expense of everyone else. Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• White & Black Responses To Ferguson Not The Same

  

  (This photo is from a tweet shown of the Facebook page called Our Time.) Is it bad enough that an unarmed youth was shot (six times! Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Police Continue To Arrest Journalists In Ferguson

  

  You have probably seen the above photo, which shows the Ferguson police pointing their military-style weapons at an unarmed civilian -- something our soldiers... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Democrats (Even Liberals) Prefer Clinton Over Warren

  

  The chart above was made from information contained in a recent YouGov Poll that was done between July 22nd and 25th of a random national sample of 1,000 adults... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Dennis Kucinich Offers Some Solutions To Police Problems

  

  Those of you who have read this blog over the last few days will know that I consider the main cause of this nation's police problems to be a lack of competent... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• How Can This Shooting Not Be A Murder ?

  

  The officer who shot Michael Brown, who was unarmed, did so as the young man tried to get away from him -- and continued to shoot as the young man raised his... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The American Public Thinks The Iraq War Was A Mistake - But Still Supports...

  

  As readers of this blog will know, I never liked the Iraq War. I thought it was a mistake for Bush to invade and occupy Iraq -- and I berated Obama for taking... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Who Are The Climate Change Deniers ?

  

  This chart reflects information contained in a new Economist / YouGov Poll that was done between August 9th and 11th of a random national sample of 1,000... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Linda Ronstadt On The Border, The Fence, & Immigration

  

  (This photo of Linda Ronstadt is from the website called Back To Rockville.) I have admired Linda Ronstadt for most of my life. Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Poverty Is Growing Because The GOP Doesn't Care

  

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  Posted on 19 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Support For Same-Sex Marriage Legalization Still Growing

  

  These charts were constructed using information from a new Marist / McClatchy Poll. That survey was done between August 4th and 7th of a random national sample... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Green Party Calls For Better Policing Across The Nation

  

  The shooting of Mike Brown by a police officer in Ferguson Missouri is not an isolated incident. Sadly, the shooting of unarmed young Black men in America is... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• LGBT Community Is Less Religious Than Non-LGBT's

  

  These charts were made with information contained in a recent Gallup Poll. That survey was conducted between January and July of this year and involved a... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The American Public Likes The Idea Of Smart Guns - But Is Not Ready For A Law...

  

  A "smart gun" is one that has technology built into it that prevents anyone but the owner from using it. The advantage is that children can't get the gun and... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY