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• The Most Unpopular Senator In America ?

  

  (This caricature of Senator John McCain is by DonkeyHotey.) Is John McCain (R-Arizona) the most unpopular senator in the United States? Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• U.S. Has Little Respect For Its Workers

  

  Although most politicians would probably argue the point, the truth is that the United States government has little or no respect for working men and women. Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• FDA Makes "Plan B" Contraception Cheaper To Buy

  

  The United States is slowly but surely beginning to adopt a more reasonable position on making contraception available to all women in this country. Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Green Party - The Hypocrisy Of U.S. Position On Ukraine

  

  The following thought-provoking article was written by Green Party Shadow Cabinet member Ajamu Baraka (pictured) on March 7th. Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Rand Paul Wins Straw Poll Of The CPAC Extremists

  

  CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) has just held its annual meeting, where the most extreme right-wingers in America gather to wallow in their... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Millennials Trending Away From GOP & Conservatism

  

  The Pew Research Center recently did a very good survey that concerned Millennials, and how they differed from other generations. Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Obama Has No Intention Of Withdrawing From Afghanistan

  

  A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post about how President Karzai was refusing to sign an agreement to keep the United States in Afghanistan (possibly for anothe... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Many More Americans Now See Russia As A Threat To U.S.

  

  After the breakup of the Soviet Union (which was viewed as the number one threat to the United States), Russia has tried hard to rehabilitate its image in the... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

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

  

  The Labor Department released their official employment numbers for February yesterday, saying the number of unemployed workers and the unemployment rate were... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Many Small Businesses Support Raising Minimum Wage

  

  It seems that the prevailing opinion in this country is that while a substantial majority of the public supports raising the minimum wage to $10. Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• U.S. Media Is Not Reporting The Truth About Venezuela

  

  I have been amazed recently at the reporting on Venezuela by the American press. Instead of getting the story right, and reporting the truth about what is... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Truth About The Federal Deficit

  

  (The graph above is from the Washington Post's Wonkblog.) The Republicans, especially those in Congress, continue to lie about the federal deficit. Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• There Is A Better Way To Cut SNAP (Food Stamp) Spending

  

  (This cartoon image is by Rob Rogers in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.) Ever since they crashed the American economy and sent it into recession (while destroying... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Texas GOP Is The Teabagger Party

  

  Yesterday I remarked about a New York Times article that said the establishment Republicans in Texas had held off the teabaggers in the recent primary. Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Only 20% Of Americans Want Abortion Banned Completely

  

  Right-wing Republicans across the nation (both on the state and national level) have been hard at work trying to deny American women the right to control their... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Random Thoughts On The Texas Primary

  

  The Texas primary is over. There are still a few races that will have to be determined in a run-off election (for both parties), but basically the parties now... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Support For LGBT Equal Rights Continues To Grow

  

  A new Washington Post / ABC News Poll (released just yesterday) shows that 59% of the general public now supports the legalization of same-sex marriages. Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What The American Public Thinks About Hillary Clinton

  

  It's pretty obvious that if Hillary Clinton wants to run for president the Democrats are ready to give her that opportunity -- with poll after poll showing she... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Texas Primary Results

  

  The state of Texas held its Democratic and Republican primaries last night, and the results were expected, disappointing, and downright scary, with about 85%... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• States With The Most And Least Obesity

  

  (The cartoon image above is by Rick McKee in The Augusta Chronicle.) The Gallup Poll just released its health/well-being results for 2013 about obesity. Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY