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A political/economics blog written from a progressive point of view.
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A political/economics blog written from a progressive point of view.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 16248 )
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Green Party's View On The Economics Of Legal Marijuana
Two states (Colorado and Washington) have now legalized the sale and possession of marijuana to adults for recreational use, and undoubtably more states will... Read more
Posted on 13 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Happy Darwin Day !
Today marks the birthday of Charles Darwin (who was born in 1809) in the United Kingdom. This legendary scientist is best known for discovering and describing... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Americans Want To Normalize Relations With Cuba
In 1959, the corrupt Bautista regime was overthrown in Cuba. The dictator Bautista had sold out his own people for corporate (and Mafia) dollars from the... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
France And The United States
These two gentlemen are French -- but they are also American heroes, because they helped the Continental Army to fight the British during The American... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Poem
THIS BEAUTY'S A BEAST by Brian McLaughlin whites are all thought as racistfor the bigotry of the fewblacks just a bunch of criminalsbecause of what a couple... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Do Approval Ratings Really Predict A 2014 GOP Victory ?
It seems that every day or so another political pundit (usually one leaning to the right) says the falling job approval ratings of President Obama means the... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Lies Just Come Naturally To Republican Politicians
Sometimes I think that telling lies just comes so naturally to Republican politicians that they will lie even when telling the truth would accomplish the same... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Executive Orders Are A Long-Standing Tradition In The U.S.
(Charts of executive orders are from the blog DATABYDALKE.) The Republicans are now trying to float another lie in an attempt to make President Obama look bad. Read more
Posted on 10 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Texas Punishes People For Being Poor
Texas continues to lead the nation with the highest percentage of its population without any kind of health care insurance. More than one out of every four... Read more
Posted on 10 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
States With The Highest Percentage Of Uninsured Citizens
These are the states with the highest percentage of citizens that have no kind of health insurance. While Texas has the highest percentage by far (27%), these... Read more
Posted on 10 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Kentucky Poll Shows McConnell Is In Trouble This Year
The other day I wrote a post about how a new Rasmussen Poll showed the Kentucky senate race is virtually a dead heat between incumbent Senator (and Senate... Read more
Posted on 10 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Corporations Are Not People
Senator Sanders is right. Corporations are not people, and the Constitution wasn't written to give corporations the same rights as people. Read more
Posted on 10 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Still Blames Bush Most For The Poor Economy
Prior to end end of the Bush administration, a significant majority of Americans was satisfied with the U.S. economy -- with 63% of them saying it was good at... Read more
Posted on 09 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Three Out Of Ten Americans Are Non-Religious
The number of Americans who are not religious (people who have no desire to be a part of any organized religion) has remained steady for several years now at... Read more
Posted on 09 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
President Obama On Religious Freedom
Here are the words of President Obama as he spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast a couple of days ago: “We believe in the inherent dignity of every human... Read more
Posted on 09 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Jesus & Fundamentalists - Not The Same
I am not a religious person, and I'm not even sure that Jesus was a real person. But I was raised in a fundamentalist church, and graduated from a religious... Read more
Posted on 09 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Best And Worst Dressed Olympians
One of the best parts of any Olympics is the Parade of Nations in the Opening Ceremonies. I love to see all the nations marching in supposedly decked out in... Read more
Posted on 08 February 2014 FASHION, POLITICS, SOCIETY, SPORTS -
Unemployment Rate Falls Again In January
The Labor Department released their unemployment statistics Friday morning, and again, it contained a bit of good news. The official unemployment rate... Read more
Posted on 08 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Wendy Davis' Campaign Is Making The Same Mistake Previous Democratic...
In the post below this one, I examined the voter numbers in the state of Texas -- and for me it seemed that the Democrats actually have a viable path to... Read more
Posted on 08 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Do Texas Democrats Have A Chance In 2014 Election ?
The charts above are from a recent Gallup Poll. Gallup looked at these numbers and declared that the Republicans will win the 2014 election in Texas. Read more
Posted on 08 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY
