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• Words Matter In Poll Results

  

  The two charts from a recent Gallup Poll show a real problem with some polls. If questions are not asked in a neutral way, without using words that have negativ... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Student Loans Are Cost-Effective

  

  This is ridiculous. I could understand a tiny percentage being charged, just to take care of the expense of making and keeping track of the student loans. But... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Explosion Of "Bread-Winner" Mothers

  

  The chart above (from the Pew Research Center) shows just how much our society has changed in the last 50 years. Back in 1960, less than 11% of households with... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 3 Reasons For Democrats To Celebrate

  

  Democrats can rejoice over several things in the news lately. In fact, I don't think the Democrats have had so much to celebrate since the election last... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Big Surprise - Republicans Are Biggest Liars

  

  (The above image was found at the website Workplace Psychology.) If you've read this blog for very long, then you know that I've referred to prominent... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Terrible Idea

  

  Prisons for profit may be one of the worst ideas that conservatives have come up with. Right-wingers would like to think that the private sector can always do... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• In U.S. Unions Do What Government Won't

  

  I have posted about this in the past, but it deserves to be repeated. Note the reality contained in the chart above. Their is only one rich developed country... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Jobs - Obama Vs. Bush

  

  The Republicans have been telling us for quite a while that the key to a booming economy is the creation of jobs in the private sector, and the elimination of... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bernie Says We Can Learn From Denmark

  

  This month, Danish Ambassador Peter Taksoe-Jensen spent a weekend in Vermont, talking and traveling around that state with Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont). Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Low-Wage Slavery

  

  This great hero of labor and workers' rights is correct. Corporations don't have a heart. They only care about their bottom line, and they are perfectly... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Does Public Want Obamacare Repealed ?

  

  The congressional Republicans in the House of Representatives have now voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act (commonly called Obamacare) at least 37 times. Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Unsung Heroes

  

  At first glance, this may look like a rogues gallery. It is not. This is a gallery of American heroes. These men and women are "Freedom Riders". Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Real Danger Is From Within

  

  As always, the greatest danger to our democracy, rights, and freedoms doesnt come from other countries, or even foreign or homegrown terrorists. Those things ca... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Prohibition Doesn't Work

  

  Will Rogers had a great talent for exposing the truth in a humorous way. Sadly, we are still making the same mistakes. The prohibition against marijuana is... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Dole Believes The GOP Has Lost Its Way

  

  Not even Reagan could be considered Republican today Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Franken Has Won Over Minnesota Voters

  

  Back in 2008, there was no closer election than the Minnesota senate race between Republican incumbent Norm Coleman and his Democratic opponent All Franken. Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Senate GOP Is Breaking Its Promise

  

  At the start of this 113th Congress, the Democrats had a chance to change Senate rules and insure that the filibuster would not continue to be abused -- making... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• We Can't Be Both !

  

  It's nice to see someone pointing out this truth. The United States seems to have a split personality. We love to claim to be the world's guardian of peace and... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is The Pope Now Fallible ?

  

  The catholic church has created a rather interesting dilemma for itself. One of two basic doctrines of the church has to be wrong. Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• More Medical Uses For Marijuana Found

  

  The federal government has been lying to the American people for decades now -- ever since they made the herb illegal (so they would have another tool for socia... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY