Society

Almost in parallel with Climate Change, the climate of politics and world events seems to be intensified by human events, we see extremes happening more often and more swiftly than in previous years.

We all know that organizations infiltrate our blogs, our message boards and our forums to pimp their viewpoints and sell their products.  At some point, however, these corporate entities go too far. Here's a brief run down on what has...

Chickens have come home to roost, or rather buzzards picking over the carcass of the dead. One of the "founders" of Huffington Post has come back to blog. Andrew Breitbart.

Single payer seems dead legislatively in California, not just as a bill but as an issue. It died not due to insurance industry opposition but due to the outrageous bullying tactics of its supporters. Nice job, BullyProgs.

Father Carl Kabat, an 80 year old priest who has spent some 17 years in prison for protesting against war and weapons, spent the Fourth of July spattering red paint across a sign at a Kansas City plant just opened.

It seems far too many Americans live by the phrase, "Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining...unless you're really, really convincing." Many people WANT to be sold on bullshit, they just don't like thinking about things that make them feel bad or insecure and welcome any and all attempts to re-label reality. This is endemic in politics but just as intertwined in most other parts of society.

Lately there has been alot of talk in the air of progressives that are not satisfied with the way things are going in this country.  At the beginning of this year, there was such a euphoria that we had...

The Conference Board Research Group has released the results of their survey regarding job satisfaction and the results show that 45% of Americans are content with their jobs. The lowest rate of job satisfaction since the study began over...

Choice under new attack from Operation Rescue, led by Troy Newman, the president of the organization. Operation Rescue has launched a new anti-choice campaign by offering $10,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of OB/GYN doctors that perform abortions. Operation Rescue...

In the clearest signal yet that DADT is on it's way to being repealed Lt Choi has been called back to active duty. This development along with positive hearings in Congress on repealing DADT shows the Clinton/Powell DADT...