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• Why Are Federal Execs Getting Bonuses ?

  

  (Image was found at website Slate.com.) As you must know by now, the "sequester" budget cuts are kicking in. These forced federal budget cuts affect every... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Today's GOP Makes Reagan Look Liberal

  

  If there was any question that today's Republican Party is an extremist organization, this should settle that for you. Today's GOP just killed a background chec... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is It Moral Or Not ?

  

  This nation has changed a lot since I was a young man. Things that were once considered immoral have now moved over to being moral for a majority of the America... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Doesn't Care What The Public Wants

  

  The Republicans are convinced that they know what is best for this country -- and they refuse to compromise on that belief. It does not matter to them that... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Suburban Poverty Has Sharply Increased

  

  Traditionally, poverty has been thought of as an inner city problem. The suburbs has been thought to be inhabited by those in the middle class. But things are... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• More Money For Education In Texas ?

  

  (Image above is from the website my.hsj.org.) During the 2011 biennial session of the Texas legislature, the Republican slashed education funding in the state b... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Fundies Aren't As Absolutist As They Claim

  

  The only real opposition to legalizing same-sex marriage is among religious bigots -- those fundamentalists who want to impose their own religious views on all... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Sharing The Pain ?

  

  It is thanks to the Republicans that the sequester cuts went into effect (although Democrats must accept some blame for agreeing to this stupid idea in the firs... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Proposed Shield Law Is A Fraudulent Fix

  

  There are several vital freedoms protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution -- the right to religious freedom, the right to free speech, and the... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Murder Rate Lowest In A Century

  

  Thanks largely to television news (where "if it bleeds, it leads"), many in the United States think that violent crime is going up -- and more murders are... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Prosperity Is In Women's Equality/Education

  

  The lady pictured above is journalist Christiane Amanpour. She has brought us the truth from wars and disasters around the world, and now has her own CNN show... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Scary Checklist

  

  Unfortunately, I do count 14 out of 14 for the United States. Don't you? And I get the distinct impression that the Republicans are proud of that, since they... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New Immigrants Have Fewer Christians

  

  I have written before about how the United States is becoming less christian. Polls have shown that each generation is producing more people with no religious... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Reason For Growing Support For Legalizing Same-Sex Marriages

  

  Poll after poll has shown there is now majority support in the United States for legalizing same-sex marriage. Even in bright-red states like Texas, there is... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Plan B Should Be Available For Any Age

  

  A couple of weeks ago, a federal judge in New York ordered that the Plan B contraceptive (commonly called the "morning-after pill") should be available... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Over Half Of U.S. Households Have An Inadequate Income

  

  Both of the above charts were made using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The top chart shows what has happened to the median income in this country -- with th... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Uses "Scandals" To Hide Obstruction

  

  (Political Cartoon above is by Jim Morin in The Miami Herald.) Much has been made of the supposed "scandals" of the Obama administration recently, especially... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• This Is How Low The GOP Has Sunk

  

  This is just pathetic -- that at least some Republican senators would vote against the wishes of around 90% of the American public (and insuring that more... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Scientists Overwhelmingly Agree That Global Warming Is Real And Is Caused By...

  

  The fossil fuel energy companies, and their paid lackeys (congressional Republicans), have been repeating the same lie for years now -- that scientists... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Suicide Rate Rising For Working-Age Adults

  

  (The image above is a sculpture in Barcelona's Poblenou Cemetery. It was found at the website Kuriositas.) There is a disturbing new report from the Center for... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY