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Business & Economy
3505
478
Message to Republicans: why do you want to choke the private sector?
2013-06-18 01:39 PM
Fiscal Cliff
84
11
Fiscal Cliff deal is pro-cyclical and dangerous
2013-01-20 01:55 AM
Labor
821
103
Meaning of "right to work"
2013-06-09 10:39 AM
Jobs
620
85
Let My People Work!
2013-05-21 01:15 PM
Minimum Wage
65
3
2013 State of the Union Address keynotes
2013-02-12 10:13 PM
Offshoring
29
5
Pretending.
2012-06-19 06:50 PM
Unemployment Rate
0
2
Labor Unions
187
15
Meaning of "right to work"
2013-06-09 10:39 AM
Union Workers
24
6
Union membership
2013-01-30 07:56 PM
Macroeconomics
1703
150
The Senate's Budget Vote-a-rama
2013-06-02 02:56 PM
Free Trade
51
5
China is the world's slave.
2013-04-20 09:56 AM
Monetary Policy
99
18
Top 10 countries by Gold reserves
2013-04-08 12:11 PM
Federal Reserve
17
0
In the name of MLK, THE TRUTH MUST BE TOLD: THE DEFICIT IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH.
2013-01-23 10:44 AM
Gold Standard
5
1
Top 10 countries by Gold reserves
2013-04-08 12:11 PM
Inflation & Deflation
28
2
Social Inequality and "Conservatism"
2013-01-31 02:47 AM
Taxes
1109
92
The Senate's Budget Vote-a-rama
2013-06-02 02:56 PM
U.S. Debt & Deficits
574
39
MMT for Progressives
2013-05-30 02:01 AM
Debt Ceiling
173
17
debt ceiling fiasco
2013-03-21 03:01 PM
Regulation
240
84
retro-ruined by rules and regs?
2012-12-29 02:51 PM
Financial Regulation
196
71
Will American Learn From the Great Depression?
2012-12-09 03:43 PM
Civil & Human Rights
3450
579
Is NRA subject to members control similar to stockholders control of corporations?
2013-06-15 11:45 PM
Individual Rights & Freedoms
1027
267
What are "Morals"?
2013-06-19 12:32 AM
Freedom of Press
0
0
Freedom of Religion
96
12
Worst Gretchen Carlson Comments About Atheists
2012-09-16 04:31 AM
Freedom of Speech
112
12
Introduction: Hello from Portland, OR!
2012-05-21 05:59 AM
Gay Rights
782
216
What are "Morals"?
2013-06-19 12:32 AM
Defense of Marriage Act
64
12
Supreme Court and the Defense of Marriage Act
2013-06-18 09:57 AM
Gay Adoption
8
3
New Study Debunks Conservative Talking Points on Gay Adoption
2013-06-06 01:24 PM
Gay Marriage
590
66
Why is America saying it's ok for gay's to marry because they support sons, daughters
2013-05-25 09:03 AM
Gays in Military
42
15
Tim Pawlenty wants to reinstate DADT
2012-09-11 05:16 PM
Don't Ask Don't Tell
28
14
Tim Pawlenty wants to reinstate DADT
2012-09-11 05:16 PM
Right to Privacy
9
0
Texas Legislature is passing something I agree with!
2013-05-31 01:32 PM
Right to Vote
1
16
Susan B Anthony's Quest For Women's Suffrage
2013-02-28 03:00 PM
Women's Rights
63
12
Rick Perry Vetoes Women's Equal Pay Measure
2013-06-14 09:47 PM
Abortion
312
77
Pro-Life Hyprocrisy
2013-04-14 09:14 AM
Discrimination
173
53
If people know it's illegal to racially profile...how do you prove it's racial profiling? Luck?
2013-05-27 04:58 AM
Affirmative Action
22
8
kiss affirmative action goodbye?
2013-02-28 07:40 PM
Profiling
68
12
If people know it's illegal to racially profile...how do you prove it's racial profiling? Luck?
2013-05-27 04:58 AM
Gambling
3
5
Should Dog Racing be legal? WIll more states ban this?
2011-06-15 03:47 PM
Online Gambling
6
0
Twitter "addresses for GOP House members
2012-04-20 07:07 PM
Gun Control
1598
58
Is NRA subject to members control similar to stockholders control of corporations?
2013-06-15 11:45 PM
Human Trafficking
0
0
Legalization of Drugs
287
92
Recreational Marijuana legalized in Colorado
2013-05-29 06:55 AM
Legalizing Marijuana
205
81
Recreational Marijuana legalized in Colorado
2013-05-29 06:55 AM
Medical Marijuana
9
18
Connecticut becomes the 17th state to legalize medical marijuana
2012-06-02 11:19 AM
Racial Politics
380
59
Racism as the real reason for Republican refusal to pass legislation or confirm court
2013-06-03 09:32 AM
Racism
288
35
Racism as the real reason for Republican refusal to pass legislation or confirm court
2013-06-03 09:32 AM
Torture
63
30
Should Bush be tried for his war crimes?
2013-04-28 02:26 PM
Education
400
67
The Senate's Budget Vote-a-rama
2013-06-02 02:56 PM
Abstinence Only Education
40
16
Special Place in Hell for people who teach kids not to protect themselves from HIV!
2012-06-24 05:41 PM
Charter Schools
1
2
Charter School Lottery
2011-03-03 08:25 PM
Head Start Program
5
1
The Senate's Budget Vote-a-rama
2013-06-02 02:56 PM
Higher Education
7
9
The best college commencement speech
2013-05-15 08:35 AM
Homeschooling
4
1
Unschooling... an option that works or doesn't?
2011-02-25 04:41 PM
Pell Grants
1
0
Pell Grants: Is Obama losing the battle on higher education?
2011-01-26 09:56 PM
Sex Education
17
2
CDC Announces All Time Low Birth Rate. Teen Pregnancy Is Down 17% from 2007
2012-04-20 01:25 PM
Teachers
16
3
Teaching Jobs
2012-07-25 10:18 AM
Teachers Pay
1
2
Teacher's Average Pay for Texas
2011-03-03 06:35 PM
Teachers Unions
8
0
Standardized test and cheating teachers in atlanta
2011-07-20 12:34 AM
Elections
1890
0
Environment
644
133
The Government and the Environment
2013-06-17 11:14 PM
Endangered Species
0
2
Energy
335
72
regarding "energy independence"
2013-06-13 06:41 PM
Energy Independence
48
3
regarding "energy independence"
2013-06-13 06:41 PM
Fossil Fuels
147
12
Price of Gasoline
2013-05-29 06:53 AM
Fracking
18
2
What lies below ? Nat. Gas fracking in Ohio
2013-02-16 01:51 PM
Gasoline Prices
45
1
Price of Gasoline
2013-05-29 06:53 AM
Offshore Drilling
11
7
Is it worth it?
2010-07-14 10:44 AM
Nuclear Energy
17
3
Explosion at Japanese Nuclear Plant - radiation could affect United States west coast
2011-03-16 08:29 AM
Yucca Mountain
7
1
Is Yucca Mountain a good idea?
2010-06-10 07:29 PM
Renewable Energy
79
21
Tesla Motors Going After The Big Three
2013-05-30 01:50 PM
Biofuels
1
1
Upcoming forms of biofuel
2010-06-14 10:08 PM
Geothermal Energy
1
0
Pros and Cons of Geothermal Energy
2010-06-09 03:42 PM
Hydropower
3
0
Are we ignoring Hydropower?
2012-02-19 10:56 AM
Solar Power
48
5
Good vs. Evil and the winner is….
2012-12-09 09:51 AM
Wind Power
7
9
COAL MINES
2012-10-09 07:00 AM
Global Warming
201
46
Noam Chomsky: We Are Speeding Up The Apocalypse
2013-06-05 10:33 PM
Recycling
1
0
Recycling
2011-02-21 03:24 PM
Government
5096
0
What are "Morals"?
2013-06-19 12:32 AM
Health & Welfare
1179
204
MMT for Progressives
2013-05-30 02:01 AM
Food Stamp Program
31
3
Does the government owe me?
2012-05-25 04:01 PM
Medicare & Medicaid
266
27
Obama to propose cuts to SSI and Medicare.
2013-04-09 05:53 PM
Medicaid
35
6
Medicare could save billions
2012-12-13 03:05 PM
Medicare
107
12
Obama to propose cuts to SSI and Medicare.
2013-04-09 05:53 PM
Social Security
285
11
MMT for Progressives
2013-05-30 02:01 AM
Unemployment Benefits
46
8
Extended Unemployment Benefits
2013-03-03 04:07 PM
International Relations
1179
68
Immigration
0
55
Laws & Crime
469
80
John Roberts Orders Formal Review of Conservative Federal Judge
2013-06-14 09:42 PM
Campaign Finance Reform
23
3
Drive to Overturn Citizens United Under Way
2013-01-17 02:06 PM
Capital Punishment
38
9
John Roberts Orders Formal Review of Conservative Federal Judge
2013-06-14 09:42 PM
Hate Crimes
73
4
Train murders
2013-01-02 11:23 AM
Pardons
0
0
Prisons
18
6
Pulling Back the Curtains on our California State Prison System
2013-05-26 01:59 PM
Tort Reform
1
1
Tort Reform is Putting the Seventh Amendment Under Siege
2012-12-06 04:14 PM
Military & Defense
777
59
The militarization of local police
2013-06-07 02:51 PM
Guantanamo Bay
55
5
Obama's National Security Speech
2013-05-27 10:33 AM
The Draft
69
0
Was ending the draft a mistake?
2013-05-20 12:55 PM
Weapons
282
36
Noam Chomsky: We Are Speeding Up The Apocalypse
2013-06-05 10:33 PM
Combat Drones
106
2
Other Uses For Drones Besides Combat?
2013-03-26 01:11 PM
Joint Strike Fighter (F-35)
0
2
Weapons of Mass Destruction
143
11
Noam Chomsky: We Are Speeding Up The Apocalypse
2013-06-05 10:33 PM
Biological Weapons
0
1
Chemical Weapons
36
1
US believes Syria has used nerve gas
2013-05-02 08:18 AM
Nuclear Weapons
107
9
Noam Chomsky: We Are Speeding Up The Apocalypse
2013-06-05 10:33 PM
Religion
2935
207
Does Pope Francis' New Announcement Turn Pascal's Wager on its Head?
2013-05-31 06:38 AM
Faith Based Initiatives
44
5
Cardinal Dolan's empty threat
2012-05-24 03:10 PM
Intelligent Design
115
18
Proof of Intelligent Design
2013-02-24 08:00 PM
Religious Beliefs
769
44
A Taoist Prayer
2013-05-29 06:58 AM
Creationism
1
8
Haslam lets Creationism bill pass
2012-04-14 12:12 AM
Young Earth
0
0
Apocalypse\End of the World
36
1
The real Apocalypse is not what most people think it is.
2012-12-22 09:57 PM
Rapture
15
0
Is Everyone Excited about the Rapture?!
2012-07-30 12:55 PM
Prayer
25
4
A Taoist Prayer
2013-05-29 06:58 AM
"Talking" to God
26
3
A Message from God
2012-09-16 04:17 PM
School Prayer
11
3
Illinois Moment of Silence to return
2013-05-03 02:30 PM
Separation of Church & State
334
49
Guy, re, your separation of church and state posts
2012-11-16 06:28 PM
Science & Technology
724
44
Glenn Beck on evolution
2013-06-16 03:39 PM
Evolution
127
4
Glenn Beck on evolution
2013-06-16 03:39 PM
Genetically Engineered Foods
7
3
March Against Monsanto
2013-05-26 02:18 PM
High Speed Rail
10
3
Inouye secures $1.5 billion for high speed rail project
2012-11-30 02:56 PM
Internet Neutrality
6
5
What is Net Neutrality?
2012-07-23 09:55 AM
Scientific Discoveries
8
0
Dinosaur with one finger
2011-01-25 12:35 PM
Stem Cell Research
7
1
New source for STEM CELLS -- for important research.
2012-10-01 01:03 PM
Treaties & Agreements
85
13
U.N. Global Gun Ban Treaty
2013-06-08 03:57 PM
Kyoto Protocol
4
4
Is quota transfer a good idea?
2012-07-23 12:44 AM
NAFTA
10
0
Can Obama fix the Clinton disaster?
2012-11-25 07:55 AM
NATO
1
2
Is NATO doing what it was made for?
2010-06-09 05:21 PM
Nuclear Proliferation
13
5
Aug. 19, 1953
2012-08-19 07:08 PM
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
7
2
Iran and Nuclear Weapons
2010-10-27 04:23 PM
START Treaties
1
2
WIth Start waiting on Senate approval...what do you think?
2010-06-03 10:09 PM
United Nations
35
2
U.N. Global Gun Ban Treaty
2013-06-08 03:57 PM
Wars & Conflicts
1033
165
Heard anything good about the NSA ?
2013-06-12 10:19 AM
1991 Persian Gulf War
2
1
Oil Spills as War Tactics in the Gulf War
2010-06-06 09:19 AM
2001 Afghanistan War
77
27
Airline ticket tax
2013-05-29 08:38 AM
Taliban
1
2
The Taliban and America's Endless War
2013-03-05 05:54 PM
2003 Iraq War
138
46
Selling a War
2013-04-04 01:05 PM
Darfur Conflict
3
1
MSNBC Promo Trivializes Genocide
2013-01-03 07:19 AM
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
68
7
President Obama's historic speech in Israel
2013-03-26 11:20 AM
North Korea vs South Korea
72
2
A secret U.S. Retaliation to North Korea
2013-04-16 11:10 AM
Somali Civil War
1
2
Why is there piracy?
2010-06-03 06:39 PM
Sri Lankan Civil War
1
3
Sri Lanka investigating itself for human rights violations
2010-06-09 03:17 PM
Terrorism
133
59
Heard anything good about the NSA ?
2013-06-12 10:19 AM
Al-Qaeda
34
35
Bin Laden relative arrested in NY
2013-03-09 10:30 AM
Hezbollah
9
0
The Syrian Uprising & Bashar al-Assad
2013-03-04 11:46 PM
Lord's Resistance Army
0
0
Joseph Kony
0
0
Pakistani Taliban
0
9
World Events & News
725
241
Turkish Protests Continue Unabated
2013-06-11 05:25 PM
Middle East & North Africa Protests
108
18
Turkish Protests Continue Unabated
2013-06-11 05:25 PM
2010 2011 Tunisian Revolution
0
0
2011 Egyptian Protests
37
1
Tension in the Middle East
2012-09-16 05:14 PM
2011 Libyan Conflict
37
9
Lara Logan on Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, a call to arms?
2012-10-13 05:30 PM
2011 Libyan Protests
14
2
How do you think President Obama is handling the situation with Libya?
2011-04-24 05:23 AM
2011 Syrian Uprising
33
4
Turkish Protests Continue Unabated
2013-06-11 05:25 PM
2013 Turkey Protests
11
4
Turkish Protests Continue Unabated
2013-06-11 05:25 PM
BP Gulf Oil Spill
34
81
Two Years since Deepwater Horizon
2012-05-01 05:18 PM
George Zimmerman Murder Trial
11
0
Zimmerman trial starts jury selection Monday
2013-06-10 10:14 PM
Jodi Arias Murder Trial
7
13
Jodi Arias Guilty of First Degree Murder
2013-05-08 04:53 PM
Natural Disasters
130
50
Another tornado hits Oklahoma
2013-06-03 01:02 PM
Haiti Earthquake
1
2
Hurricanes and Haiti
2010-06-07 09:54 PM
2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami
23
1
Lawrence O'Donnell slams Glenn Beck's religious ranting...about time
2011-08-14 07:35 AM
East Coast Meteor
1
3
Video of Meteor Shooting Across the East Coast
2013-03-23 02:25 PM
Russian Meteor Shower
1
4
Video of Meteor Shower Exploding Over Russia
2013-02-15 12:35 PM
Hurricane Katrina
1
1
Funds originally set aside for Katrina victims being moved to gulf clean up
2010-07-16 12:56 PM
Hurricane Sandy "Frankenstorm"
62
10
Sandy disaster relief vote
2013-01-16 12:49 PM
"Nemo" Snowstorm
7
2
Nemo: How Many Superstorms Before America Wakes Up?
2013-03-14 11:09 AM
Major Tornado News Coverage
33
24
Another tornado hits Oklahoma
2013-06-03 01:02 PM
2013 Moore, Oklahoma Tornado
24
19
Two Mile Wide Tornado Devastates Oklahoma City Suburb
2013-05-22 10:43 AM
Terrorist Attacks
258
61
a comprehensive look back
2013-05-30 01:10 AM
Boston Marathon Bombing
248
59
2 FBI Agents Involved in Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Arrest "FALL" Out of Helicopter and Die
2013-05-23 06:05 PM
September 11 Attacks (9/11)
11
2
a comprehensive look back
2013-05-30 01:10 AM
West Texas Fertilizer Plant Explos...
33
15
West Texas Fertilizer plant explosion
2013-04-28 04:17 AM