What’s wrong with Dick Cheney?
What's wrong with Dick Cheney? Consider these answers by Sarah Palin and Joe Biden. These two starkly different answers to a simple question pretty well sums up what's wrong with Sarah Palin.
Are you registered to vote? Here’s a way to check.
The non-partisan "I vote, you vote" is offering a way to check to see whether you are registered to vote. At first I wondered whether this site was legitimate, but I entered a few names of known registered voters (including me!) and a few false names and the site was…
Failed bailout bill may have authorized privatizing social security
Unlike some in Congress, I took the time to read the House version of the proposed bailout of Wall Street. It failed and I believe that was the right thing. In Section 118 of the House bill under “funding†the bill said "the Secretary [of Treasury] may use any authority…
Politicking Churches
What's the deal with preachers who are telling the flock how to vote. Is it really happening? Why is it illegal for religions to promote particular candidates from the pulpit? Ebonmuse has posted on this topic.
The problems with mass marketing aimed at children
Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood recently revamped its website. One of the new features includes a fact sheet that provides the following information regarding modern marketing aimed at children (with citations to primary sources): Marketing directly to children is a factor in the childhood obesity epidemic. Marketing also encourages…