Society

Just for the heck of it, I took a completely unscientific study and looked at how the major news outlets cover the federal deficit.

No grills to light, hot dogs to burn, shopping or flag waving. Just you and your taking some time with your thoughts.

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.

Tonight I introduce a new feature: A recurring seminar on various topics.   The concept is deliberately academic.   I (and others assuming y'all embrace the...

This morning my partner's mom came to our room to ask me about something. She told me that my would-be brother-in-law just got an...

Being that I'm God, I hear everyone's prayers...even some I'd rather not (Sarah, you know who I'm talking about). Last night I heard this...

Hello! Here is a roundup of some of the most interesting items from a very few of my favorite sites. I hope you find...

There are around 2,000 No Kings protests today across the country, bringing millions of Americans into the streets to march against the violent lawlessness...

What's more extraordinary is that this incident was almost entirely peaceful!

Happy Thanksgiving! Our PlanetPOV tradition on this day is to use our magical elves to tell us what many of the well known figures in politics are grateful for...and by magic elves, we mean making claims of national security breaches to the FBI who then use the Patriot Act to seize private emails.