The first question that Anderson Cooper asked Bernie Sanders was, “A Gallup poll says half the country would not put a socialist in the
Reasonable and effective ways to reduce gun violence
It is obvious now that the majority of Americans, in fact the majority of gun owners, support better screening of those who shop for
Are Republican and Democratic brains like Yin and Yang?
Some people posit that the Republican brain and the Democratic brain complement one another, somewhat like yin and yang. The theory would be that
NRA: Still the official pimp for the multi-billion dollar gun industry
We’re republishing this post from 2012, because it continues to have relevance to our ongoing debate about gun violence in America. After the recent mass shooting
Guns around the world: Who owns them? Who has the most?
Most of the world’s firearms are privately owned, says The Small Arms Survey. And which country has the most privately owned firearms per capita?
How does your representative vote on gun control/gun rights?
After the most recent mass shooting–at Umpqua Community College in Oregon–President Obama urged Americans to look into where their Congressional representatives stand on gun-control
Talking points on Syria for news propagandists
I’m one of those “cord-cutters.” I’ve also given up all mainstream media news. Even though I can still watch and read it online, I mostly
The sports-stadium blackmail game, and how to stop it
A great tradition of American business is to create demand when consumers are really not asking for anything. Nowhere is this more evident than
“Grandma” offers a refreshing, accepting view of abortion
“Grandma” is a trifle of a movie with the socially redeeming characteristic of portraying an accepting attitude toward abortions. Unlike most Hollywood films, broadcast-TV
What Republicans could learn from a dead baseball player
Republicans could learn a lot from just-deceased baseball legend Yogi Berra, like “when you come to a fork in the road, take it.” They