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• U.S. Catholic Leaders And Laity Disagree

  

  (The picture above is of Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone.) It has long been known that catholic leaders in the United States (and Rome) are struggling to kee... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Children's Bible Myths

  

  Another bit of humor from The Atheist Pig. It reminds me of the Bible stories I was taught as a child in a fundamentalist church -- things like Jesus valuing... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Unemployment Rate Drops In February

  

  The Labor Department released the unemployment figures for February yesterday, and it showed that the government's official unemployment rate had dropped by... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Number Of Uninsured Growing In Texas

  

  One of the primary goals of Obamacare was to cover most Americans with health insurance. At the time it was passed and signed into law, Texas was leading the... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New (And Scary) Global Warming Chart

  

  Previous attempts to reconstruct global temperatures have only gone back a little over 1,500 years (illustrated by the gray areas on the chart above). Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Texans Want Education Funds Restored

  

  In the biennial legislative session of 2011, the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature cut about $5 billion from education. They trumpeted this... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Most Popular Vehicles To Steal In Texas

  

  The sign in the image above might keep your car from being broken into or stolen -- but I doubt it. Car thieves pick on easy targets, and rarely care about the... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• First World Arrogance

  

  Far too many people in this country believe they are superior to those who are less fortunate. As both Barry Switzer and Jim Hightower have said, "They were bor... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Wants Minimum Wage Raised

  

  Back in 2009 the minimum wage was raised to $7.25 an hour. This figure still leaves a worker working hard for 40 hours a week under the poverty level (and for... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Texas GOP Cares About Politics - Not Health

  

  People throughout the developed world, and I believe most people in this country, believe access to decent health care shoould be a right of all citizens. That... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Global Climate Change Is Accelerating

  

  (The picture above is from the blog called The Orb of Knowledge.) Global carbon levels increased each year by only 1 part per million in the 1960s. By the decad... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• World's Largest Prison State

  

  Americans like to tout their "freedom" and talk about other countries being "police states", but the truth is that the United States imprisons more of its own... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Millions Mourn Death Of Hugo Chavez

  

  I join the people of Venezuela today in mourning the death of their President, Hugo Chavez (lovingly known as "El Comandante"). Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Economic Rules Favor Corporations

  

  I wish it wasn't true, but I do believe our government favors corporations over people. This is mainly due to the Republicans, who have somehow convinced too... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• First Gun Bill To Get Committee Vote

  

  It looks like the first new gun bill may make it out of a senate committee on Thursday. That is the date a Senate Judiciary Committee vote is scheduled for a... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Marijuana Is Medicine

  

  The federal government wants Americans to believe that there is no medical use for marijuana. That is a lie! They keep telling that lie because they must justif... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP's "Minority Problem" Includes Asians

  

  Nobody expected the GOP to get many African-American votes in the last election -- and they didn't. In fact, African-Americans have been loyal Democratic... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Cutting Taxes Does NOT Promote Growth

  

  I have used this graphic (from Center for American Progress) before, but it bears repeating. That's because the Republicans keep repeating their mantra that... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Creators Of Debt

  

  That sounds like a great idea -- going after the people who are most responsible for our debt. And that would be the corporations (and Wall Street banks) who... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Teen Pregnancy Down (In Some States)

  

  It looks like Texas no longer leads the nation in the number of teen pregnancies (although I think it still is number one in the number of second pregnancies... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY