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• A Terrible Reason To Go To War

  

  The above chart was made from information provided on the website of RealClearPolitics. It shows clearly why the president has now taken his proposed military... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Lower Unemployment Rate Is An Illusion

  

  In my post about the unemployment rate last Saturday morning, I said that the fact that the rate had dropped another 0.1% in August was not necessarily a good... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Feminism - Just A Request For Equal Rights

  

  Feminism has been viciously attacked throughout this country's history by those who want to preserve the patriarchy (male control of society, religion, and... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Support For Strike Against Syria Still Low

  

  It looks like the American people are not going to be led as easily into another war (even if the government won't call it that) as they have been in the past. Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Tokyo Gets 2020 Summer Olympics

  

  (This image is from the Facebook page of Lalo Alcaraz.) It's official now. Tokyo has been named as the host for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is Christianity Honest Enough To Survive ?

  

  (The photograph above, from Wikipedia Commons, is by Reinherdhauke.) I am an atheist, and have been for more than thirty years now. Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Special Rights

  

  How true. The LGBT community has never asked for any rights not already given to other American citizens. But fundamentalist churches demand rights not given... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• U.S. Unemployment Rate Falls To 7.3%

  

  For the second month in a row, the Labor Department is reporting a drop in the unemployment rate. The unemployment rate for August has dropped to 7.3% (from 7.4... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Rick Perry's Latest "Oops" Moment

  

  Rick Perry's career has been full of blunders, and those "oops" moments go much farther than just in some Republican debates. It extends to the policies he... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Support For Syrian Military Strike Is Lower Than Support Previous To Other...

  

  The charts above were made from information contained in a recent Gallup Poll conducted on September 3rd and 4th of a nationwide sample of 1,012 adults (with a... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Separation Needed

  

  I couldn't agree more. While lowering the wall between religion and government would destroy religious freedom by allowing government to favor one religion... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Shocking Results From Poll About Congress

  

  All of the information in this post (and in the charts shown) are from a fairly recent Monmouth University Poll (conducted between July 25th and 30th of a... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Sane Voice On Proposed Attack On Syria

  

  I have been very disappointed in the politicians of both political parties as they pontificate on why and when we should launch an attack on Syria. Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Public's View Of Texas

  

  The information in the chart above is not quite two years old -- coming from a Public Policy Polling survey in October of 2011. Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Who's Going To Pay For The New War ?

  

  Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) makes a very good point. When we invaded and occupied Afghanistan and Iraq, the Bush administration did nothing to make sure... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Syrians Believe War Will Be Prolonged

  

  The chart above was made from a Gallup Poll -- taken in June and July of 1,022 Syrians age 15 and older (with a margin of error of 3.4 points). It shows that... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Deny Defense Department Funds To Texas

  

  The state of Texas has a recent history of shooting itself in the foot so they can play politics -- by refusing to abide by federal guidelines. Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Begich Could Be Tough To Unseat In Alaska

  

  A few months ago the political pundits were saying the Republicans could win several senate seats currently held by Democrats, and flip the Senate over to... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• No Freedom Without Equality

  

  I wish more fundamentalist christians understood this. They're allowed to believe whatever they want. But what they are not allowed to do is violate our... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Bleak Future For The Texas GOP ?

  

  It is certainly no secret that the Republican Party has had a strong lock on Texas politics for the last couple of decades. There hasn't been a Democrat... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY