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• Tax Plan Won't Affect Small Businesses

  

  The argument that Republicans have been trying to put forth in defending the tax cuts for the top 2% is that it would hurt small businesses. Of course, that's... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Chavez Returns To Cuba For Third Surgery

  

  It's now looking like President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela may be losing his battle with cancer. Chavez recently won another term as president in Venezuela's... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Last 11 Year's Growth In Support For Same-Sex Marriage Has Been Huge

  The charts below are from The Business Insider. They are from a study done by the Pew Research Center (released at the end of April this year). Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Study Says Fox Viewers Not Very Bright

  (Image is from the blog called To Be Free.)If you've ever thought that the sheep who get all their information from watching Fox News couldn't be very smart,... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Can Rand Paul Really Be This Dumb ?

  I knew Rand Paul was far from the brightest bulb on the Republican tree, but I'm starting to think he's the bulb that's completely burned out. Just look at his... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Decline Of Religion In The U.S.

  The above figures are derived from a massive Gallup Poll conducted between January 2nd and November 30th of this year of 326,721 adults (18 and older) chosen... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Wall Street Declares Class War On Elderly

  A few days ago Wall Street honcho Lloyd Blankfein (CEO of Goldman Sachs) went to Congress and said that there must be cuts made to Medicare and Social Security. Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bolivian Minister Not Afraid To Tell The Truth

  Instead of taking action to stop global climate change (commonly called global warming), politicians across the globe have instead used the environmental... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Unemployment Rate Drops In November

  The Labor Department released the unemployment figures for November yesterday, and it showed that the rate dropped slightly again -- by about 0.2%. The... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• There Is No Bottom To The GOP Barrel

  (The wonderful graphic above is from the website for the Altamonte Springs Advisory Board for the Disabled.)Many people (including me) had believed that the... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Free State Or Police State ?

  Americans love to call their country the "land of the free", but considering the information in the graphic above that might well be a huge exaggeration. Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Theft Of Labor

  Walmart and some other big-box stores want us to believe they have to abuse their workers by paying poverty wages and working them only part-time (so they... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Continues To Attack Unions

  This is just sad. Two more states are joining the ranks of "right to work" states. Indiana has already passed its law (for the second time -- they did it years... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The March Toward Equality

  All of the citizens of this nation have never been truly equal (in terms of either rights or opportunities) since the nation was founded. Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2012 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Corporate Whiners Ignore Real Problems

  American corporations love to whine about the tax rates they normally find some way not to pay. They claim they cannot compete with foreign corporations... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2012 BUSINESS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Library

  This is very true. A good library should contain all sorts of books with all sorts of ideas -- even ideas that you disagree with or find offensive. Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• CO2 Pollution Is Still Rising Worldwide

  

  As far as the scientific community is concerned the evidence for man-made global climate change (commonly called global warming) is overwhelming -- so much so... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2012 ENVIRONMENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hillary's Popularity Is At Its Zenith

  

  (This caricature of Hillary Clinton was done by the inimitable DonkeyHotey.)Aside from First Lady Michelle Obama, I think one could easily argue that Hillary... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2012 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Reich Gives Democrats Some Good Advice

  There has been a lot of talk in the media recently about the "fiscal cliff", and Republicans are trying to scare the American people into believing instant... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Cost Of Health Care

  Obamacare improved and extended health insurance coverage in this country. But there is one thing it did not do, and that was one of the most important things... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE, POLITICS, SOCIETY