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• Sour Grapes (GOP Style)

  (Cartoon above is by Keith Knight at kchronicles.com.)It was almost more than the right-wing (and racist) base of the Republican Party could stand, when the... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A New Kind Of Light Is Invented

  The new fluorescent light bulbs are becoming very popular, because they are much more efficient than regular light bulbs and last a lot longer. But Dr. Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Super-PAC's - A Gravy Train For Many

  There is a lot of truth in this cartoon (by Steve Sack in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune). Ultra-rich guys like Sheldon Adelson poured hundreds of millions of... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Too Liberal ?

  All Americans now benefit from these things. But what many conveniently forget is that when these ideas were first introduced, that were attacked as being wild... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Doomsday Option? - Bring It On!

  

  Well, the congressional Republicans finally came up with something they called a "plan". But it was nothing more than Mitt Romney's nebulous old tax plan... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Worker Wages Continue To Decline

  If you are one of those people who have swallowed the Republican lie that letting the rich, especially corporations, make more money will be good for everyone... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Germans Push Clean Energy - Reduce CO2

  Here in the United States we use far more than our share of the world's energy, and we continue to use the dirty carbon dioxide producing fossil fuels to make... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2012 ENVIRONMENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• No Shortage Of Skilled Workers

  I agree with Krugman. We literally have millions of Americans out of work, and they have all kinds of valuable skills. There is no shortage of skilled workers i... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Another Really Bad Government Idea

  (The image above of "the white spy" is from the website deviantART.)Sometimes it seems like no matter which party is in charge, government is in the business... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Electoral Myths Of The Religious Right

  We know now that Willard Mitt Romney was convinced that he would be the winner of the 2012 presidential election -- so convinced that he did not even consider... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• It Doesn't Take An Economic Genius

  Bernie is exactly right. Simply raising the cap on payroll taxes would solve any problems the Social Security system has. Personally, I would abolish the cap. Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Novel Idea

  How's that for a novel idea? Instead of bailing out the thieves, you throw them in jail and bail out the people who had trusted those thieving bankers. Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Congratulations WTAMU Football !

  I hope you readers will understand, but I feel compelled to stray from discussing politics to congratulate a school that many of us here in the Panhandle... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Negotiating Involves More Than Saying NO

  There are supposed to be negotiations going on in Washington over the expiration of the Bush tax cuts and the budget cuts that will automatically happen at the... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Future Could Be Looking Grim For The GOP

  The above chart is from the Pew Research Center, and it shows the percentage of the vote going to Democrats since 1972 -- for both the under 30 age group (yello... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Rich Are Still Waging A Class War

  (This caricature of prize-winning economist Paul Krugman is by DonkeyHotey.)The rich tried to win the election by spending hundreds of millions of dollars to pu... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Secular Public Education Insures Democracy

  We live in a secular country. Regardless of what some fundamentalists would like to believe, the Founding Fathers intentionally created this nation to be ruled... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Grievous Sin

  Darwin is right, of course. If the structure of the society we have built is itself responsible for much or all of the poverty in our country, then we must all... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Marijuana Legalization Gaining Support

  

  For the last couple of years, polls have shown that more and more people are coming to the realization that marijuana should be legalized, regulated, and taxed. Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Devious Plan Of GOP Senators

  The lady in the picture above is Susan Rice. Ms. Rice graduated with honors from Stanford University. She then received a Rhodes scholarship to attend Oxford... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY