By Nate Cohn in The New York Times President Obama, even in his worst hours after the first presidential debate in 2012, held a consistent lead in Wisconsin, Ohio and Nevada. It was always enough to win re-election, and he… Read More ›
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Missouri GOP’s sham early voting proposal
Excepts from “Vote ‘no’ on Missouri’s sham early voting proposal” in The Kansas City Star Missouri is in the dark ages when it comes to early voting. But a measure on the upcoming statewide ballot is not the path to… Read More ›
Voodoo Economics, the Next Generation
By Paul Krugman in The New York Times Even if Republicans take the Senate this year, gaining control of both houses of Congress, they won’t gain much in conventional terms: They’re already able to block legislation, and they still won’t… Read More ›
An Army to Defeat Assad
How to Turn Syria’s Opposition Into a Real Fighting Force By Kenneth M. Pollack in Foreign Affairs Syria is a hard one. The arguments against the United States’ taking a more active role in ending the vicious three-year-old conflict there… Read More ›
Evolution and How Race Became A Standard Line of Human Demarcation.
For centuries people thought that physique was the defining factor of racial identity. For many of those centuries, they also thought the world was flat. Unfortunately, there are people who still hold firmly to the belief that physique, more commonly… Read More ›
ALEC Pushes to Force the US to Amend The Constitution
By Jessica Mason The United States could be on the verge of calling its first constitutional convention since 1787, and the American Legislative Exchange Council, or “ALEC,” has been working behind the scenes to make it happen, including through its… Read More ›
The First Iraq War Was Also Sold to the Public Based on a Pack of Lies
By Joshua Holland …it’s important to recall that the first Gulf War was sold to the public on a pack of lies that were just as egregious as those told by the second Bush administration 12 years later. The Lie… Read More ›
Another Oil Spill Courtesy of Fracking
Some American citizens believe that the Federal Government should not regulate any state or business. The video above is an example of why both Federal and State Government Regulations are important. If we want clean safe water, a beautiful state, a healthy environment, regulating corporate… Read More ›
America’s Conservative Road to Destruction – A Brief History
I’ve recently Friended Bruce Bacon from a mutual progressive facebook group, and this article was published from one of his posts. It’s long, but concise, to the point, and weaves together all the pieces which I believe to be true… Read More ›
Kansas’ Ruinous Tax Cuts
By the Editors of The New York Times There was a windstorm of hasty excuses in recent weeks after Kansas reported that it took in $338 million less than expected in the 2014 fiscal year and would have to dip… Read More ›
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