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• Public Wants More Even Wealth Distribution

  

  (Illustration above is from the blog Not Buying Anything.) There is no doubt that the distribution of wealth in the United States has gotten out of whack. Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Selfish & Hypocritical Texas Senators

  

  There is little doubt that Texas has two of the worst (and most hypocritical) senators in this nation. After demanding federal disaster relief for both the... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Kids And Sex/Guns

  

  This is the kind of reasoning the right-wing fundamentalists do (if it can be called reasoning at all). They are terrified that teaching high school students th... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Tragedy Strikes Small Texas City

  

  We haven't even recovered from the tragedy in Boston, when another one hits -- this time in the small city of West, Texas. As firefighters were fighting a... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Republicans Effectively Kill Senate Gun Bill

  

  (This cartoon is by John Branch at branchtoon.com.) I thought this might happen, and now it has. The Republican Party has effectively killed any hope of... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Texas "Miracle" Is An Unmitigated Disaster

  

  The national Republican Party has called Texas an economic "miracle". That's because the Republicans have had a stranglehold on the state government in Texas fo... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Has Sen. Collins Read The Constitution ?

  

  Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) is usually thought of in the mainstream media as a "moderate" Republican. That's because every now and then (but not too often)... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Random Thoughts On Boston

  

  Just a couple of things I've been thinking: * Patton Oswalt, in the comment above, is exactly right. There are far more good people in this world than evil... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Venezuela Stays The Course

  

  President Hugo Chavez was extremely popular in Venezuela, and I feared that after his death that country might once again be seized by right-wing forces -- who... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Popularity Of Background Checks For Gun Buyers

  

  The other day President Obama remarked about the extraordinary popularity of a law requiring background checks for gun buyers, asking when was the last time... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• How Much More ?

  

  The real question is how much more of this crap from the Republicans are Americans going to put up with. They destroyed the economy, and now they block any... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• It IS A Terrorist Act

  

  By now, you have to know about the tragedy that was perpetrated by some evil person (or persons) in Boston. As the annual Boston Marathon was winding down, two... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Supreme Court Upholds Strict Gun Laws

  

  The state of New York has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the nation. They require a background check on people wanting to buy guns, have banned the... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Economy & Jobs Still Most Important Issues

  

  The image above is from the latest Gallup Poll (taken between April 4th and 7th of a random nationwide sample of 1,005 adults -- with a margin of error of 4... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Prison State Of America

  

  I believe this is probably true, and if it is, then our own prisons would surely be a serious indictment against this country. Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Leadership Gives In To Teabaggers

  

  (The image above is by Nikahang Kosar at roozonline.com.) The Republican Party national leadership did an assessment of their party after their poor showing in... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Very Early View Of 2016 Primaries

  

  I know its much too early to put much stock in presidential polls for 2016. After all, that's about 3 years from now. But political junkies like myself just... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Corporate Socialism

  

  They Republicans like to brag that they are against socialism, but that is not really true. They just don't want real people (the poor and disadvantaged, the... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Gun Deaths Keep Mounting Up

  

  On December 14th of last year, 26 people were gunned down at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut -- twenty children and six teachers. Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Test Of Religious Knowledge

  

  The United States is one of the most religious nations, although the number on non-religious persons is growing. According to the Pew Research Center, about 6... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY