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• Secrecy Is A Terrible Idea In A Democracy

  

  (The cartoon above is by Jeff Parker and was published in Florida Today.) Sometimes it seem like our elected officials would rather we didn't have an open and... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Texas Loses Court Battle Against EPA

  

  (This public domain image is from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.) It is an unquestionable fact that Texas leads all other states in the amount of... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 4 Out Of 5 Americans Experience Poverty

  

  We already know that a record number of Americans currently live in poverty -- about 46.2 million people (or about 15% of the population). For children, it is... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Lie Of Texas GOP - It's To Protect Women

  

  (This image of an ancient Roman childbirth is from the website jashford.com.) It's fairly easy to tell when a Texas Republican is lying -- it's when their lips... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Americans Say NO To Obamacare Repeal

  

  The Republicans in Congress are banking on their efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) to convince voters to re-elect them in 2014. And they lik... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Are Genetically-Modified Foods Bad ?

  

  (The cartoon image above is by Peter Schrank, and appeared in The Economist on 2/25/2010.) I'm probably going to make some of my liberal friends mad with this... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• U.S. Lags Behind In Internet Speed

  

  (The laptop computers shown above are MacBook Air's -- the computer I use. And the image is from the Apple.com website.) Americans like to think that they live... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• In America

  

  It seems to me that we have our priorities skewed in the United States. Allowing a same-sex couple to marry will not hurt any other person in any way. Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Republicans Are The "Death Panel"

  

  Yes, he said it -- and even worse, he meant it. He and his Republican cohorts in the House have now voted 38 times to repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Poll Shows GOP In No-Win Situation

  

  It has been pretty obvious from numerous recent polls that the American people are disgusted with Congress. They see the gridlock that is in that body,... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Portrait Of A Very Red Congressional District

  

  The image above is of my own congressional district -- the 13th Congressional District of Texas. The Cook Partisan Voting Index lists this district as one of th... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Majority Of Public Still Favors Choice

  

  Republicans state legislatures have been trying to bypass the Constitution and limit (or eliminate abortion) by closing clinics and making it much harder for a... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Big Majority Favors Raising Minimum Wage

  

  It is no secret that American workers are having a hard time these days -- and none have it any harder than those millions who work for minimum wage. Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My CongressmanTakes Government Money, But Denies Food Stamps For The Poor

  

  The person pictured to the left is my congressman, Mac Thornberry. He is a Republican who represents the 13th Congressional District in Texas (which includes... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Equal Rights Are A Constitutional Issue

  

  Those who oppose same-sex marriage in this country would have us believe that marriage has always been as they want it to be. They call it "traditional", but th... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Marijuana Laws Should Be Changed

  

  Marijuana has never been a dangerous drug. In fact, it may be the least dangerous drug we know of, since it is not addictive and an "overdose" cannot cause... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Pro-Life Or Anti-Woman ?

  

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  Posted on 25 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Americans Still Support Affirmative Action

  

  I must admit that I was pleasantly surprised by the results of this recent Gallup Poll (conducted between June 13th and July 5th of a random sample of 4,373... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Federal Court Strikes Down Discrimination In Texas City (Again)

  

  I have posted before about the anti-immigrant efforts of the city of Farmers Branch, Texas (a city of about 29,000 people bordering the northern edge of Dallas). Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Congress (Especially Republicans) Still Unpopular With The General Public

  

  I found the above charted parts of the new NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll to be very interesting. The poll was conducted between July 17th and 21st of a... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY