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• Russia Puts Its Best - And Worst - Foot Forward

  

  (The top picture is from paralympic.org, and the bottom one is from The Independent.) Yesterday Russia put its best foot forward as it closed the Paralympic... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• No Favorite Among GOP Presidential Hopefuls

  

  Yesterday I posted about a new national poll by Public Policy Polling about party preferences for the 2016 presidential nomination. Now the CNN / ORC Poll has... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is There Really Such A Condition As ADHD ?

  

  (This cartoon image is by Tom Toles in The Buffalo News.) Dr. Richard Saul has written an excellent article for Time. In it he questions the existence of the... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Republicans Haven't Always Been Fools

  

  Republicans haven't always been corporate flunkies. Roosevelt understood that corporate power needed to be curbed, because the more power that's held by... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Jobsanger Is 8 Years Old Today !

  

  The first post written for this blog was on March 16, 2006 -- which means this blog is now eight years old. It wasn't a great post, but it started me down this... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Poll Finds Georgia's Governor Race Is Currently A Toss-Up

  

  A new InsiderAdvantage / Fox 5 / Morris News Poll has been released on the race for governor in Georgia. The survey was taken of 486 Georgia voters, and has a... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hillary Still Looks Strong - Leads All The GOP Possibles

  

  I've been bringing you state-by-state presidential preferences recently. This one is different, since it's a national rather than a state poll -- but the outcom... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Crimean Referendum To Be Held Under Military Threat

  

  (This political cartoon is by Jimmy Margulies in Newsday.) The people in the Ukranian province of Crimea are supposed to hold a referendum tomorrow. Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Americans Willing To Cut Ugandan Aid Over Anti-Gay Law

  

  Uganda has distinguished itself as one of the most bigoted nations in the world. Last month they put their bigotry into law, when their president signed a bill... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bernie Speaks Up For The U.S. Postal System

  

  The Republicans have darn near put our postal system out of business -- in spite of the fact that it is the best in the world. Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Let's Be Honest - Paul Ryan Is A Racist And A Liar

  

  Republicans, especially those on the far-right, have never liked the social programs this nation has established to help the elderly, children, the unemployed,... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Do Americans Really Want Obamacare Repealed ?

  

  The Republicans still think they can run their campaigns this year on the issue of opposing Obamacare, and the way the media is reporting on health care... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Green Party Wants "A Fair Day's Pay For A Fair Day's Work"

  

  The following article was originally published in the Providence Journal. It was written by Liam Malloy (Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Still Strong Support For Raising Minimum Wage To $10.10

  

  Evidence continues to grow that a significant majority of Americans would like for Congress to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. Two new polls have... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The November Election Will Be Determined By Turn-out

  

  On Tuesday night, the Republicans were able to hang on to the House seat in Florida's 13th Congressional District. Pundits, especially those with GOP leanings,... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• More Than 8.6 Million Americans Have Now Gotten Health Insurance Through...

  

  The Republicans in the House of Representatives have tried to repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) 50 times now -- and they have failed 50 times. This wee... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• January "Pot" Sales Gave Colorado $2 Million In New Taxes

  

  (The image above was found at The Huffington Post.) Here is a breakdown of the taxes the state of Colorado received from the sale of marijuana in January (the... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Senate Bill Won't Fix The Military Sex Assault Problem

  

  In 2012, there were 26,000 cases of sexual assault in the United States military -- and that's just the number that were reported. Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Texas Dems - Do You Hate Kinky So Much You'll Give Up ?

  

  Kinky Friedman ran for governor back in 2006 as an Independent. He didn't win, but a lot of party-first Democrats still blame him because their candidate... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Voters Are Still Very Angry With Congress

  

  The first chart above was made from information contained in the newest Gallup Poll -- taken between March 6th and 9th of a nationwide sample of 1,048 adults... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY