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• Killing Children Is Always Wrong

  

  This nation mourns the senseless slaughter of 20 children in Connecticut, and well it should. There is never an excuse for the murder of innocent children. Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Ignoring Mental Health Care

  

  Andy Borowitz is one of the funniest satirical writers in America today, but I'm having a hard time working up a smile for this statement of his. That's... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Cut Social Security To Fix Deficit Is Wrong

  

  Dur ing the presidential campaign, and again when the "fiscal cliff" negotiations began, President Obama promised that he would not agree to any cuts to Social... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2012 ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Man Of The Year

  

  This ought to explode right-wing heads around the country. They still haven't gotten over President Obama's re-election and now he is selected as Time Magazine'... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Obama Is Starting To Waffle (Again)

  

  I admit that I had thought President Obama had learned his lesson from his first four years in office. During those years the president tried endlessly to... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What Could (And Should) Be Done

  

  The picture above shows us that the right-wingers in this country are all over the place with their issues. First, they want to label teachers (and other... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• More Guns Just Means More Death

  

  (The cartoon above is by David Fitzsimmons in the Arizona Daily Star.)We haven't heard a peep out of the NRA since the murder of 20 school children and six... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Some Honesty From A Republican !

  

  The above statement is from a Republican -- Bruce Bartlett, Deputy Assistant Treasury Secretary for Economic Policy in the administration of George W. Bush. Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Wants Rights For Same-Sex Couples

  

  In the last decade or so the opinion of Americans toward same-sex marriages has radically changed. Poll after poll has shown that while only a few years ago mos... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What Will Harry Do ?

  

  There is no doubt in my mind that the filibuster procedures in the Senate must be reformed. Those who wrote the Constitution never intended for it to take more... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Remarkable Memorial Speech

  

  On Sunday, President Obama went to Newtown (Connecticut), and gave one of the best speeches of his life. I am posting the text of that wonderful and... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Fewer Media Owners = Less Freedom

  

  One of the primary requirements of the maintenance of a free democracy is a free and competitive press with many different owners (thus providing many... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Boehner Has Another "Ridiculous" Proposal

  

  The president and members of Congress are still unable to reach an agreement on the so-called "fiscal cliff". Personally, I don't think that's such a disaster. Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Colbert "Spends" His PAC Funds

  

  As you may know, comedian (and presidential candidate) Stephen Colbert started his own political PAC during the last campaign -- and his fans donated hundreds o... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hearing The Same Tired Old Excuses

  

  In the wake of the mass shooting in Connecticut of 20 kindergarten and first grade children (and six female school employees), we are hearing the same few peopl... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Stealing The Hopes Of Our Children

  

  These are the words of one of our greatest modern warriors -- President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and he said it at a time when this nation faced real enemies with... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• About The Victims In Connecticut

  

  The following facts are from CNN:The medical examiner, H. Wayne Carver II, speaking at a news conference in Newtown, said that all of the victims died of gunsho... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Interesting Info In Gun Debate

  

  The above chart is from Mother Jones. Note that out of all the guns used by mass killers in the last few years, at least 48 of them were obtained legally. Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Unconstitutional State Constitutions

  

  All laws in the United States are supposed to be in accordance with the United States Constitution, and any laws, rules, or state constitutional provisions... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Triplets

  

  Talk about dysfunctional families! These three religions all sprang from the same source, and yet they absolutely hate each other and have been warring for... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY