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• Rand Paul Wins The CPAC Presidential Straw Poll

  

  A few thousand of the most extreme right-wingers in this country met last weekend for the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Right-Wing Is Lying To Us About Poverty

  (The cartoon image above is by Natalie Dee at marriedtothesea.com.) I like this cartoon because it sums up perfectly what the right-wing in this country seems t... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What A Fine Mess The GOP Is Creating For Itself

  

  When the GOP seized both houses of Congress in the last election, they were jubilant. They thought they would now be able to do whatever they wanted, and... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Number Of Non-Religious Young People Is Still Growing

  

  These charts were all made from surveys done by the UCLA Higher Education Research Institute. Since 1971, they have been surveying incoming college freshmen on ... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Domestic Violence Is Best Handled By Police & Courts

  

  Domestic violence is a huge problem in the United States -- a problem that affects far too many families, and takes far too many lives each year. Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 35% Of The Public Says Our President Doesn't Love America

  

  Last week the former mayor of New York City and wannabe teabagger, Rudy Giuliani, publicly stated that he didn't believe President Obama loved America. Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• History - Europe Colonized Nearly The Entire World

  

  The map above is from Vox.com. Most people understand that in centuries past the nations of Europe colonized many other countries -- but when it is put on a... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bill O'Reilly Is Being Called Out For His Lies (Finally)

  

  (This caricature of Fox News analyst Bill O'Reilly is by DonkeyHotey.) It has been interesting to see the mainstream media going crazy over a mistruth by NBC's... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Democrats & Republicans Don't Trust The Same Media

  

  In light of the Brian Williams mini-scandal, Public Policy Polling did a survey on the media. They found the public split on what should happen with Mr. Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Democrats Need To Formulate A Unified Plan For 2016

  

  (The image above of the Democratic donkey is by DonkeyHotey.) The Democratic Party did very poorly in the 2014 mid-term elections. Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Clinton, Cruz, And Walker Top New Texas Poll

  

  A new University of Texas / Texas Tribune Poll has been released. The survey was done between February 6th and 15th, and has a margin of error of 2.83 points... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Senator Warren Challenges The GOP To "Put Up Or Shut Up"

  

  (This caricature of Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) is by DonkeyHotey.) Recently, some of the GOP hopefuls considering a run for the presidency have... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Clinton Still Dominant (For Primary And General Elections)

  

  It shouldn't come as any surprise, but Hillary Clinton still holds a dominant position in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Walker Is Gaining Support Among Iowa Republicans

  

  It is now about 11 months until the Iowa voters meet in their caucuses to determine who should represent them as their party's presidential nominee. Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Colorado Citizens Still Support Marijuana Legalization

  

  In the 2012 election, the voters in Colorado legalized the recreational use (and taxation) of marijuana by adults. The measure won by a pretty significant margi... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• All States Have A Decline In Uninsured Due To Obamacare

  

  We learned last week that now 11.4 million Americans have private insurance due to Obamacare -- mostly people who couldn't afford health insurance before the... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Some Good News For Democrats

  

  The National Journal is reporting that people close to Russ Feingold (pictured) are saying he's going to run for the Senate again in Wisconsin. Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Troubling Poll About Republican Beliefs

  

  If the results of this survey is close to right, and I believe it is, then the Republican base has a lot of very scary people in it. Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Most Terrorists In The West Are NOT Islamic Jihadists

  

  The chart above was made from a series of Rasmussen Polls, done between February of 2012 and February of 2015. The latest was done on February 20th and 21st of ... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Why Is Equality So Distasteful To The Right ?

  

  On Sunday night, As she accepted her Academy Award, Patricia Arquette made the above statement in calling for equal rights for women in this country. It... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY