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• South African Takes Yellow Jersey In Tour

  

  Stage 6 of the Tour de France only had one real climb, and it was only a category 4 climb (not a difficult rating), so the peloton was able to stay unified and... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Happy Fourth Of July Holiday !

  

  Today we celebrate the birthday of the United States. It was 237 years ago that our nation was born as patriots declared our independence from Great Britain. Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Opinion On Recent Court Decisions

  

  Last week the Supreme Court announced three decisions that Americans had been eagerly awaiting -- decisions that could well have a big effect on the future... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Egyptian Democracy Was Just An Illusion

  

  There is sad news coming out of Egypt. It seems that the Egyptian military, led by General Abdul Fattah al-Sisi (pictured above), has pulled off a military... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Tour's Stage 5 Is Another Day For Sprinters

  

  Stage 5 of the 100th Tour de France turned out to be another day for the sprinters, as the peloton finished in a group. There were some medium grade climbs in... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Futile Effort To Ban Same-Sex Marriages With A Constitutional Amendment

  

  Last week the Supreme Court delivered a serious blow to the opponents of legalizing same-sex marriage, when they struck down the portions of the Defense of... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Could Wendy Davis Beat Rick Perry ?

  

  (State Senator Wendy Davis addresses a crowd of supporters in Austin on July 1st.) With her filibuster to kill the Republican anti-choice bill in the first... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Demographic Breakdown Of Obama Support

  

  The public approval of President Obama, and the job he is doing, has slipped a bit from right after the 2012 election -- but it is still light years better... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Aussies Win Team Time Trial In Tour Stage 4

  

  Stage 4 of the 100th Tour de France involved one of my favorite Tour events -- the team time trial. Each team runs the course by itself, and all team members ge... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Sea Of Orange In Texas

  

  A couple of weeks ago, the Democratic Party in Texas was a dispirited bunch. Although engaging in a new voter registration effort, many doubted how much good... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 26 Nations Have A Higher Median Wealth

  

  America has always had its rich, and its poor -- but the number of the poor is growing these days. And the reason its growing is because the middle class is... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Americans' Opinion On Financial Security

  

  The charts above are from the recent Gallup Poll (conducted between January 2nd and June 27th of 2013). The poll surveyed samples of adults of about 22,000 in... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Aussie Takes Stage 3 Win In The Tour

  

  Stage 3 of the Tour de France marked the last day of the Tour in Corsica. It was another stage with some medium climbs, but those climbs were not enough to... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Attacks Clinton As Being Too Old

  

  It is pretty clear to anyone who keeps up with politics that if Hillary Clinton wants the Democratic nomination for president in 2016, it is hers for the asking. Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Congressional Inaction Means Student Interest Rates For College Double Today

  

  For months now, Congress has known that if they do nothing the interest rate for college student loans will double on July 1st (from 3.4% to 6.8%), and yet... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Marijuana - A Cure For Aggressive Cancers?

  

  By now, it should be obvious to anyone paying attention that the United States government has been lying to us about marijuana -- and those decades of lies are... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Belgian Rider Takes Tour's Stage 2 Victory

  

  Stage 2 of the Tour de France demanded some climbing ability from the riders. It was one of the earliest mountain stages I can remember, since normally the... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Minimum Wage Is Not A Livable Wage And Republicans Like It That Way

  

  President Obama has called for raising the minimum wage to $9.00 an hour. The charts above show why the minimum wage needs to be raised. Back in 1968, the... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Failure Of The War Against Marijuana

  

  It has been illegal to grow or possess marijuana in the United States since 1937. And in 1942, its medical use was also outlawed. Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Green Party Blasts Court's Gutting Of VRA

  

  A few day's ago the Supreme Court basically gutted the Voting Rights Act by wiping out the section that enumerated those states and localities that needed... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY