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• Most Americans Are Feminists (But Don't Know It)

  

  The YouGov Poll recently did an interesting survey (questioning a random national sample of 1,000 American adults between July 26th and 28th, with a margin of... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Congress Should Be Running Scared Of The Electorate

  

  If you thought the recent actions (or rather inaction) of Congress had improved their numbers, you would be dead wrong. The chart above is from a recent YouGov... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Perry Plays Politics With The Lives Of Refugee Children

  

  In the last few months, a few thousand children from Central America have turned themselves in to Border Patrol agents on our southern border. Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• House Comm. Admits No Wrongdoing Regarding Benghazi

  

  (This cartoon image is by Pat Bagley in the Salt Lake Tribune.) This will be no surprise to anyone (except the teabaggers), but the House Intelligence... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Media Creates An Unnecessary Fear Of Ebola Virus In U.S.

  

  I thought this Rasmussen Poll (done on August 1st and 2nd of a random national sample of 1,000 adults, with a 3 point margin of error) was interesting in sort o... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Remember The Martyrs Of The Civil Rights Movement

  I shamelessly "borrowed" this list from the webpage of the Southern Poverty Law Center -- because I believe we should never forget these brave American heroes... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The United States Is Still The Only Rich/Developed Nation Without Universal...

  

  The list at the left shows the nations that have accepted health care as a human right, and established some kind of universal health care system. Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Is Still Out-Of-Step With The Public On Immigration

  

  Yesterday I posted about how out-of-step with the American public the Republicans are regarding the refugee children from Central America who turned themselves... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Public Is Split On The "Hobby Lobby" Decision, But Most Think It Will Be...

  

  Frankly, I am a bit disappointed with the results of this survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation (who usually does among the best polls on health care issues). Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• House GOP Engages In An Orgy Of Hate Before Recessing

  

  (The cartoon image above is by David Fitzsimmons in the Arizona Daily Star.) It has always amazed me that those who proclaim the loudest that they are christian... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Party Preference In U.S. Has A Religious Connection

  

  The chart above was made from a recently released Gallup Poll. The survey questioned 87,023 randomly selected national adults between January 2008 and June 2014... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Senator Elizabeth Warren Blasts Corporate "Freeloading"

  

  Much has been made of corporate taxes lately. The Republicans will tell you that corporate taxes are too high. That is simply a lie. Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• U.S. Unemployment Rate Rises By 0.1% In July

  

  The Labor Department has released their unemployment figures for July of 2014, and it showed the economy had produced about 209,000 jobs last month. Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The "Red State" South Has Half Of All Uninsured Americans

  

  This is a rather staggering statistic -- that nearly half of all Americans without health insurance live in one region of the country (the South). Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Green Party Has The Best Candidate For Texas Ag. Comm.

  

  The two major parties in Texas aren't offering much this year as candidates in the race for state Agriculture Commissioner. The Republicans have nominated an... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The GOP Attempts To Fool Women Into Voting For Them

  

  (The image above is from electablog.com.) The Republican Party knows that while they have some safe congressional districts, they are in real trouble on the... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Voters Are Still In An Anti-Incumbent Mood

  

  The American voters are not too happy with anyone in Washington right now, but they are particularly angry with this Congress (which has been unable to... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• LGBT Voters Are Solidly In The Democratic Camp

  

  These charts were made from a recently released Gallup Poll. That poll surveyed 88,802 adults between January 2nd and June 30th of this year, and because of... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Candidate In Texas Voted For The Law He Violated

  

  Republicans really don't mind passing laws -- as long as those laws were proposed by Democrats, or an African-American president. Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Are We Winning The War On Terrorism ?

  

  I believe the question regarding whether we (and our allies) are winning the "war on terrorism" is a valid question to ask. And this chart (made from Rasmussen... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY