A new law that goes into effect in Missouri this week makes it against the law for teachers to interact with students on social networking sites such as Facebook: Teachers can be friendly with their students, but they can’t be their friends, at least when it comes to social networks such as Facebook. State Governor […]
It has been a growing problem in this nation for decades and it continues to increase every year – income disparity: The income gap between the richest and poorest Americans grew last year to its widest amount on record as young adults and children in particular struggled to stay afloat in the recession. The top-earning […]
I took a much needed day off yesterday and headed out to the Little Miami river in Ft. Ancient, Ohio for some paddling and sun. It was a perfect day weather-wise, as well as nature-wise. Early on in the trip we saw this Blue Heron out on the river fishing: Then towards the end of […]
There has been non-stop talk this week about Joe Sestak’s job offer by the Obama administration if he wouldn’t run against Arlen Specter. Now we have some answers: Senior White House advisers asked former President Bill Clinton to talk to Joe Sestak about whether he was serious about running for Senate, and to feel out […]
With all the Rand Paul news going on, I think it’s time to put his anti-government rhetoric into some perspective. When people think government regulation, especially after you hear some Republican talk about it, you never think about the things that really keep us safe – things like fire safety codes. They are just there […]
Yesterday during the President’s Q&A session with House Republicans Mike Pence asked President Obama why he won’t support across the board tax cuts like Reagan wanted. This has been a key issue for Republicans for decades and I am wondering why they never did it when they had total control of the government. Think about […]
The Supreme Court has just removed campaign donation restrictions on corporations: The Supreme Court has ruled that corporations may spend freely to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress, easing decades-old limits on their participation in federal campaigns. By a 5-4 vote, the court on Thursday overturned a 20-year-old ruling that said corporations can […]
The last decade is by no doubt the Bush decade since he held office for 4/5 of it, so the fact that we had zero net job creating during the decade should really stick to his legacy. To put it in visual terms, check out this graph: You can only blame 9/11 for so much […]
Wingnut mouth piece Confederate Yankee: Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) has seen far better days, and is often little more than a warm body when he is helped into the Senate. Granted, lucidity and coherence is not a priority among Senate Democrats, but Byrd is an embarrassment even for a party that regular drafts the imaginary […]
After countless failed attempts over the past couple of decades, Ohio has finally passed an issue allowing gambling in the state. The opponents of issue 3 warned of prostitution, drugs and all kinds of things like that, but finally the voters of Ohio ignored them and approved the measure. It’s about time considering we have […]