We are a corporate controlled country. Republicans, Blue Dog Democrats, and Corporatist Democrats have pretty much relinquished our governance to our corporations. The Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision has given Corporations more Rights than the individual in the political process. This will ensure that unlimited amounts of corporate money will be spent in the attempt […]

Our progress is under attack. Their majority is not even a day old, but House Republicans are already getting ready to pass a bill to repeal health reform. Instead of focusing on the future, they want to put insurance companies back in charge of our health care. To go back to the days when these […]

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Opponents angling to repeal our new health care rights don’t want to talk about what that would mean for struggling Americans. They don’t talk about what it would mean to let insurance companies once again decide your fate – whether they’ll cover you, what medical care they’ll let you have, what they’ll make you pay […]

The center of an object in physics corresponds to the geometric center of that object. The centroid of that object is the point where the object is balanced. If the density of the object is the same throughout, then the centroid is exactly equal to the center. America has two types of centers. The first […]

Over the last 2 years Republicans have obstructed the democratic functioning of the Senate by putting an inordinate amount of holds on President Obama’s nominees for judges and other offices. Republicans have instituted the filibuster on more bills than any other Congress in the history of the country. In effect Republicans have been holding America […]

Sad that our governor and his cohorts are methodically destroying the state’s environment.   Agency Of Destruction Texas’ environmental commission serves its customers well. Too bad they’re not the public. To judge by size alone, Texas‘ environmental agency should be the mortal terror of polluters. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) boasts a $600 […]

Three professors (Robert Hockett of Cornell Law School, Daniel Markovits of Yale Law School, and Jacob Hacker a Yale political scientist) created the website GiveItBackForJobs.org. The premise is that the responsible wealthy would donate their windfall from the Bush tax cuts and the Obama extensions to the charities of their choice and thus stimulating the […]

  I really am not sure what to make of this article. The title brought me in. The substance seemed almost like a Fox News type description of the interaction in the White House. After so much was accomplished, in spite of GOP 100% obstructionist stance one would expect an article of this type analyzing […]

The article at The Huffington Post titled “At Kaplan University, ‘Guerilla Registration’ Leaves Students Deep In Debt” hit a nerve. The premise of the article is that many at the mentioned private University used less than honest tactics to either enroll students or keep students enrolled. Worst, student’s diplomas and/or transcripts were held hostage for […]