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• Tradition ?

  

  Unfortunately, this is true all over the world -- including the United States. Far too many people think the oppression of women is just the way things are... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Rubio Shoots Himself In The Foot

  

  There is no doubt anymore that the vast majority of Americans (around 9 out of 10) want to see a background check done on all people trying to buy a gun --... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Et Tu, O'Reilly ?

  

  Nobody knows how the Supreme Court is going to decide the two cases it just heard on same-sex marriage, but poll after poll has made it obvious that most... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Willie And Rick (Texas View On LGBT)

  

  A couple of Texas' more famous (or infamous) personalities recently spoke out about the LGBT community and same-sex marriage. They are Willie Nelson and Rick... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Shameless

  

  This may be humorous, but it also contains a lot of truth. When President Obama was elected by a large margin, the GOP was terrified that he might improve the... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP's Growing "Marriage Equality" Problem

  

  The ultra-right-wing Republicans that make up a majority in the modern Republican Party like to say quite often that we should not change the laws in this... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Will Filibuster Senate Gun Bill

  

  There is no doubt that a huge majority of Americans support closing the loopholes on background checks for gun buyers. Poll after poll has shown that between 88... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Marriage Is A Civil Right

  

  The right-wing, especially the fundamentalists, want to separate some rights from others. For them, the right to own a firearm is a right that should be extende... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Economic Injustice

  

  This is for those who think that our economic system has remained the same, and the "trickle-down" Republicans didn't change anything -- the rich just worked... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Shocking Truth About Income Growth

  

  This rather shocking chart (from an article by David Cay Johnston, an expert on tax law at the Syracuse University School of Law, at tax analysts.com) reveals... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Politicians Supporting Marriage Equality

  

  This week the Supreme Court is hearing two very important cases. I call them important because they will decide (at least for a while) whether the U.S. Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Cutting Taxes Still Doesn't Create Jobs

  

  It isn't just the Republicans in the U.S. Congress that are trying to convince Americans that the way to prosperity and new jobs is to cut taxes for the rich. Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Wars Cost Money - Lots Of Money !

  

  What indeed! Any politician with even half a brain knows that wars cost joey, a lot of money -- even wars that are justified (such as the war President Lincoln... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Drones And American Morality

  

  Unless you've been living under a rock somewhere, you know that the United States uses drones (remotely-piloted aircraft) to attack persons considered to be an... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Right-Wing Gun Lies (Israel/Switzerland)

  

  The right-wing has been spreading a lot of lies to avoid any new gun restrictions at all. I think they know that most Americans want background checks on all... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bernie Speaks Out On "Grand Bargain"

  

  In my opinion, Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) is one of the two best senators in this country (with the other being Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts). Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Inequality Is Not An Accident

  

  This is very true. It's no accident that the rich have been able to hog most of America's wealth. It is the result of years of Republican politics -- where... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Oops! Forgot My Seventh Blogiversary

  

  Well, this is embarrassing. This blog turned seven years old over a week ago -- on March 16th. And for the first time I forgot to mark the occasion on that date. Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Raising Minimum Wage - Important For All

  

  Raising the minimum wage is an issue that affects all Americans -- even those currently making more than the minimum wage (because it would put an upward... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The War On Drugs - A Monumental Failure

  

  There is probably no more spectacular failure of a government program than the "War on Drugs". Since the early 1970s, the federal government has spent well... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY