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• Bernie Sanders On Climate Change

  

  As regular readers of this blog will know, my favorite U.S. Senator is Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont). There are others that I admire, and some new ones that I... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Increasing The Wealth Gap In The U.S.

  

  It is no secret that the gap between the rich and the rest of America has grown much larger in the last three decades or so, and now is larger than at any time... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 BUSINESS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• OMG! I Agree With Newt Gingrich!

  

  (This caricature of Newt Gingrich is by DonkeyHotey.) The Republicans were aghast at the outcome of the last election, and there is an increasing debate in thei... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Anti-Science Is No Laughing Matter

  

  There are a large number of fundamentalist right-wingers in this country who have declared war on science, and unfortunately, too many GOP congress people are i... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Dems Score Big From Internet In 2012

  

  (Image is from the website Examiner.com.) Everyone knows that President Obama's campaign in both 2008 and 2012 was able to get big money from the internet, but... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Texans Support Obama On Contraception

  

  As I have said before, Texas is a very red state. No Democrat has held an elective statewide office in more than twenty years. Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Pledge For All

  

  (This pledge was found on The Immoral Minority.) The fundamentalists in the United States have ruined this country's pledge of allegiance for many citizens. Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Graham Is Just Another GOP Liar

  

  Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) is upset about the "sequester" cuts that will soon become a reality if Congress doesn't find another way to reduce... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• No Room For Diversity

  

  Last week the Senate Republicans launched a filibuster against Chuck Hagel (a Republican) becoming the next Secretary of Defense. And on Thursday, they voted... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Real Problem Is Handguns

  

  The chart above is from the blog called Mikeb302000. It shows the weapons that were used to commit murder in the United States in 2010. Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Denying Economic Reality

  

  Keynesian economics worked very well for this country for many years. Then came the "Reagan revolution", and the Republicans replaced it with supply-side... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Americans Support Raising Minimum Wage

  

  (Chart above was found at Under The Mountain Bunker.) In a fair society, both workers and business owners would benefit from an increase in worker productivity. Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Entrenched Entities Oppose Legal "Pot"

  

  With each passing year, attitudes about marijuana change in this country. The changes are usually small, but represent progress toward the legalization of the... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Real Small Business Problem

  

  This picture (which I got from Facebook) contains some hidden truth -- that many people (especially the teabaggers) want to blame President Obama for the... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Economy Depends On Well Paid Workers

  

  With the help of the Republican Party, Big Business seems determined to bust unions, depress wages, share none of the increase in productivity with workers,... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Religiosity In America

  

  There is an element of christian fundamentalists in this country who still like to claim this is a christian country. They would even like to change the... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Remembering Che Guevara

  

  The lady in the picture above is Dr. Aleida Guevara. She is the daughter of Ernesto "Che" Guevara -- a true revolutionary who battled for the betterment of his... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bertrand Russell On Religion

  

  The following two paragraphs are from a speech given in 1927 by Bertrand Russell (pictured above) entitled "Why I Am Not A Christian". Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• U.S. Has Always Been A Secular Nation

  

  Those fundamentalists who claim the United States was founded to be a christian nation are denying history. The Treaty of Tripoli, ratified by the Senate in 179... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A GOP Rep Lies About Minimum Wage

  

  The congressional Republicans nearly had a stroke the other night when President Obama said he wanted to raise the minimum wage to $9. Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY