Category Archives: Politics

Here’s the truth of the matter: Social Security wouldn’t be in trouble except for the $3 trillion owed to it by the Treasury. The real problem is they don’t want to repay the debt to Social Security but instead want … Continue reading →

How disappointing. The cost of living formula for Social Security is already geared to keep the cost of living raises down. Why propose this? He still doesn’t seem to realize that Republicans aren’t going to play nice. Why  is this … Continue reading →

When I posted the post American Workers are Overpaid, quoting the article American Wages Out of Balance from The New York Times, it seemed obvious that there was an attack on the middle class when it came to wages. New … Continue reading →

In the overall scope of things, this story really isn’t a vitally important one, but it made me laugh.  And sometimes a good laugh is the best we can hope for. The Westboro Baptist Church is about to get a … Continue reading →

Mar 7, 2013 President Obama signs the Violence Against Women Act. He made passing the bill reauthorizing the lapsed law one of his top priorities in his State of The Union Address at the beginning of his second term. Republicans … Continue reading →

I thought the Tea Party was a spontaneous, grassroots organization. Guess not. A new academic study confirms that front groups with longstanding ties to the tobacco industry and the billionaire Koch brothers planned the formation of the Tea Party movement … Continue reading →

We changed the way the world looks at women  in the 60s and 70s, but we didn’t stop there. News flash to younger women – we are not going away quietly or “gentle into that good night”. These old hippie … Continue reading →

Is GEICO completely unaware that what this commercial is insinuating is bestiality? Do they not have any women on their advertising team?

I recently watched a NOVA program called Earth from Space. Earth from Space shows the connections, viewed by satellites, that sustain life. A submarine volcano off the coast of Antarctica drives ocean currents around the world; sand storms in the … Continue reading →

I couldn’t agree more.