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• Obama Comes To His Senses On Plan B

  

  A couple of months ago, U.S. District Judge Edward R. Korman ordered the government to approve the over-the-counter sale of the Plan B contraceptive (commonly... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Same-Sex Relationships Are Gaining Worldwide Acceptance

  

  We have seen numerous polls in the United States regarding same-sex relationships -- and they all show this country has changed its attitude (even to the point... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Science

  

  A modern society needs more than the ideas (mostly false) contained in a nearly 2000 year old book. It needs science, whether the fundamentalists and... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Another Specious Republican Argument

  

  The Republicans recently killed a bill in the Senate that would have provided background checks for all gun buyers. That bill would have made it much more... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Equal Pay Is Still Just A Dream For Women

  

  Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of President John Kennedy signing the Equal Pay Act. It was hoped at that time that by now the women of America would be... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Clinton's Numbers Down - But Still Strong

  

  The Republicans have been pounding away at Benghazi, trying to turn that tragedy into a political issue -- with the aim of trying to tarnish the image of Hillar... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Receipt

  

  There is a lot of truth in this image from the excellent website Upworthy. Too many of our politicians (mostly Republicans, but some Democrats too) sold out... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Unfairness Is Growing In U.S. Economy

  

  The thirty year period after World War II was a period of economic prosperity for nearly all American citizens. Unions were strong, insuring that gains in... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Rich Are Not Job Creators

  

  The fellow pictured at the left in entrepreneur and investor Nick Hanauer. He is in the richest 1% of Americans. But like Warren Buffett, he understands... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• And The Killing Continues

  

  The image above is of the shooter (John Zawahri) in the latest mass shooting -- at Santa Monica College in California. The death toll this time was five -- but... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• How It Used To Be

  

  If this is the picture of America that you like, and want to return to, then keep voting Republican and you will see it. They have always opposed social program... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Is Playing A Dangerous Electoral Game With Immigration Reform

  

  (The cartoon above is by Chad Lowe in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.) After the really poor showing of the GOP in the last election, some Republican leaders... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• If We Have A Critical Need To Drill For More Oil, Why Are We Exporting So Much O...

  

  For years now, we have been hearing from right-wing Republicans that we have a critical shortage of oil -- forcing us to depend on foreign countries for our... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Democrat Looks Strong In Massachusetts

  

  When the President appointed John Kerry to be Secretary of State, some people (including me) thought it might be an opportunity for the GOP to snatch Kerry's... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• No One Has Banned Prayer In School

  

  The fundamentalists can't seem to get it through their heads that no one, not the Supreme Court or anyone else, has banned prayer in school. Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Unemployment Rises As Austerity Kicks In

  

  The economy created 175,000 new jobs last month, and combined with the number returning to work (or getting increased hours), that means 319,000 more people wer... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• CIA Attacking Unknown Targets With Drones

  

  I have posted before about how the United States is misusing drones to attack people in countries we are not at war with -- and how many of the victims of... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Texas Politics In Graphs

  

  All these charts were made using information from the Texas Civic Health Index, which was composed by the University of Texas Annette Strauss Institute for Civi... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trickle-Down

  

  economics is nothing new, it seems. President Johnson tried to warn Americans about this vile plan of the Republicans more than 40 years ago. Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Shouldn't College Be Affordable For All ?

  

  I was raised in a working class home. We had enough money to pay our bills and keep food on the table, but there wasn't anything left over for large expenses... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY