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• Obama's Coming to Take Our Guns!

  

  From Phoenix this week: 2008: Obama's coming to take our guns! 2009: Obama's coming to take our guns! 2010: Obama's coming to take our guns! 2011: Obama's comin... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2015 SOCIETY

• Just Before We Celebrate Our Own Independence Day

  On this day in American history: The city of East St. Louis, Illinois was the scene of one of the bloodiest race riots in the 20th century. Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2015 SOCIETY

• Quote of the Day

  

  From Humans of New York "I've been a deep believer my whole life. 18 years as a Southern Baptist. More than 40 years as a mainline Protestant. I'm an ordained... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2015 SOCIETY

• Yet More Bad News For Kansans

  

  Bad news seems to keep pouring out of Kansas. This hit yesterday: Kansas State Finance Council issues record $840 million debt certificate Gov. Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2015 SOCIETY

• How Far Down, Kansans, How Far Down?

  

  How far down, Kansans, are you going to let Governor Brownback and the Republicans take you before you finally, finally say "Enough!"? Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2015 SOCIETY

• For the Religionists, Upset by This Week's Supreme Court Ruling on Equality

  

  This applies to Right Wing Christians, Mormons, Islamists, Muslims, Hasidic Jews, all y'all. You realize you're all in the same figurative boat on this, right?... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2015 SOCIETY

• Entertainment Overnight -- The Times They Are A-Changing

  No time any more so than now. Come gather ’round peopleWherever you roamAnd admit that the watersAround you have grownAnd accept it that soonYou’ll be drenched... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2015 SOCIETY

• Corporate America, Running Amuck

  If you've been paying attention at all to the news lately, especially about corporations and what they're doing and doing to us Americans, it's likely you've... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2015 SOCIETY

• What Capital Punishment Really Is

  

  The father of one of the Boston bombing victims has it right. "The punishment of the death penalty is nothing more than revenge. Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2015 SOCIETY

• The American History We Don't Want to Know

  

  Lynching was a form of terrorism used against Blacks during that time period, where mobs of Whites would hang, burn, shoot, and beat Blacks to death as a form o... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2015 SOCIETY

• Note to Republican Congress: NOW LEAVE OBAMACARE ALONE

  

  Once again, the United States Supreme Court has ruled in favor and support of the Affordable Care Act, aka "Obamacare": Justices Back Key Element of Health Law... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2015 SOCIETY

• Quote of the Day -- On America and Guns

  

  Here's some of what Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy had to say on the Senate floor yesterday morning: "These mass shootings have become as commonplace as... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2015 SOCIETY

• FDR's "Second New Deal" -- Still Waiting

  

  FDR's "Second New Deal" -- Still Waiting On Janurary 11, 1944, with the second World War mostly over, US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt called on the natio... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2015 SOCIETY

• Important Article on Race Today

  

  Columnist/economist Paul Krugman penned an excellent, even important article in the New York Times that was released today. Slavery's Long Shadow ... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2015 SOCIETY

• Entertainment Overnight -- On Father's Day

  I wasn't there that morning When my Father passed away I didn't get to tell him All the things I had to say I think I caught his spirit Later that same year... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2015 SOCIETY

• Bad Portents for the Nelson-Atkins?

  This article is in the New York Times today: The Chinese Want Their Art Back Chinese art has become a prized liquid asset for superrich collectors, who,... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2015 SOCIETY

• Happy Father's Day

  

  To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter. --Euripides It is a wise father that knows his own child. --William Shakespeare Posted by Kevin E at... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2015 SOCIETY

• Quote of the Day -- On This Father's Day

  If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference.... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2015 SOCIETY

• Happy Solar Day 2015

  

  Solar Day 2015 Recognition for Clean Energy, Energy Conservation and Sustainable Living The SolarDay Mission Statement 1 – To create a national and internationa... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2015 SOCIETY

• President Obama---and Statistics---On Guns in America

  

  Seen yesterday: "I've had to make statements like this too many times," Obama said. "Communities like this have had to endure tragedies like this too many times. Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2015 SOCIETY