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• Kris Kobach in the News Today

  

  Mr. Kobach's extreme Right Wing, ultra-conservative stances got him and Kansas, once more, in the news today, this time in The New York Times --rather... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2013 SOCIETY

• Congress Continued Work for the Wealthy. And Corporations

  From The New York Times today, news that the Senate and House can keep in millions and billions for war and defense and weapons of war we don't need--or even... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2013 SOCIETY

• Local Girl Makes More Good

  From Facebook earlier this evening from the GREAT PERFORMANCES l PBS page. Click below to watch Joyce DiDonato give an incredibly moving performance of Mary's... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2013 SOCIETY

• We're Going to Kill Ourselves

  

  There was another great, rather important article on NPR yesterday about Monsanto, farmers in the country and insecticides: As Biotech Seed Falters,... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2013 SOCIETY

• Americans One, Big, Real Problem with "Obamacare"

  

  The fact is, the facts are, we here in America have THE MOST EXPENSIVE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN THE WORLD. Bar none. It's no way even remotely debatable. Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2013 SOCIETY

• "Thank You"

  Thank you. Yes, thank you. Thank you and have a great day. Yes, please, thank you. There. Is that so difficult? How is it these few little words--possibly as fe... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2013 SOCIETY

• Kansas Makes It into the News Again

  Yet another person, this time a person with a limerick/political blog, rightly mocks Kansas legislators: Kansas Gun Law Backfires (Multi-Verse Limerick) The... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2013 SOCIETY

• So Much Catholic News Popping up Lately

  Really, the stories are hitting all over--mostly good ones, for the people and children. First there was this in The New York Times Sunday from op/ed columnist... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 SOCIETY

• Austerity and Why We Need a Jobs Bill from Congress

  Proof: Why we need an infrastructure/jobs bill from this Congress and the sooner the better: Austerity Won't Work if the Roof Is Leaking This is an excellent... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2013 SOCIETY

• We Must End Campaign Contributions

  

  We have to get the big, ugly, corrupting influence of money from the wealthy and corporations out of our election system and government. We must. Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2013 SOCIETY

• Quote of the Day--on Americans and Poverty

  

  "America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. Every other nation has folk... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2013 SOCIETY

• Republican Chutzpah from Representative Graves

  Missouri Representative from Northwest Missouri Sam Graves posted the following on his Facebook page last evening: "We have already seen that the health care la... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 SOCIETY

• In This Independence Day, Patriotic Week

  

  In this week of patriotism, in the build-up to our Independence Day, the Fourth of July, it's important to note what these very American companies pay as their... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 SOCIETY

• Quote of the Day--on War, from a Warrior

  "The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Our is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that w... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 SOCIETY

• The Article and Development Americans Need to Be Aware of

  

  A few days ago I wrote about how corporations are crushing the American middle class with their wages below a true, living wage. Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 SOCIETY

• More Craziness--and Huge Hypocrisy--out of Texas

  First Texans were angry they couldn't get more millions out of the federal government for the West, Texas explosion and catastrophe, recently: Texas wants... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 SOCIETY

• We Seem to Be Getting More Stupid, as a Nation

  I couldn't believe it when I read it: Texas Teen Jailed For Sarcastic Facebook Comment So bankers can take literally millions upon millions of dollars from... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 SOCIETY

• What Republican Policies Begat

  

  National exceptionalism is when citizens perceive that their home country is extraordinary, special, and the best place on the planet to live, and in many... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 SOCIETY

• Happy Independence Day, Kansas!

  

  "Tomorrow is July 1st (the start of the new fiscal year), which means Governor #Brownback's sales tax hike officially takes effect. Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2013 SOCIETY

• Gas Across Western Missouri

  

  From Springfield to Kansas City, Friday to Saturday this weekend: Springfield: $3.28/gal Higginsville (least expensive anywhere I saw): $3.10/gal Independence:... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2013 SOCIETY