Another midterm election cycle completed and the republican party solidified their control over Congress. The media cried, “America has spoken!” Turnout for the 2014 general election was thirty-six percent. Party primaries reached half that pathetic number. Less than half in some districts. The voters have definitely spoken. They said, “We […] A Primer on PrimariesThis entry was tagged Common Sense Governing Majority Primary Elections Voters We The People and posted on February 15, 2015 by Jason Everett Miller
This op-ed by Bob Herbert in the New York Times left me stunned. Here is how the piece opened: Driving through some of this city's neighborhoods is like driving through an alternate, horrifying universe, a place where no one thinks... Bloody Urban LandscapesThis entry was tagged Apathy Gangs Urban Violence Youth and posted on May 9, 2010 by Jason Everett Miller
31 In 1795, just before being tossed into a French prison for not supporting the execution of Louis the XVI, Thomas Paine wrote the book that would be his downfall. The Age of Reason was a critical look at The Bible... Revisiting the Age of ReasonThis entry was tagged Age of Reason Common Sense Evolution Religion Thomas Paine and posted on January 3, 2010 by Jason Everett Miller
139 The funny thing about politics (funny sad, not funny ha ha) is that perception equals reality for most people, and our perceived "reality" then becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy for the country. We have a crappy, partisan hell where nothing gets... Post-Partisan Traumatic Stress DisorderThis entry was tagged Activism Barack Obama Evolution Grassroots Health Care Reform Partisan and posted on October 13, 2009 by Jason Everett Miller
25 Rather than continuing to defend a fellow citizen's right to have an opinion contrary to my own made before an audience of his peers without being made to suffer for it, I am going to try and explain my evolution... the whole story on whole foodsThis entry was tagged Health Care Reform Industrial Food System Whole Foods and posted on August 16, 2009 by Jason Everett Miller
30 A twelve-year-old getting liposuction is the most revolting documentary sequence I have seen in quite some time. The scene was from a movie called Killer at Large: Why Obesity is America's Biggest Threat. I thought the film did a credible... weebles wobbleThis entry was tagged Children Documentary Epidemic Obesity and posted on July 13, 2009 by Jason Everett Miller
17 I finally got my high-definition receiver this past weekend for the new flat-screen TV we finally bought for Christmas. I was flipping through the pathetically small line-up of true HD programming when I happened upon Fox News HD. The Glenn... glenn beck is even crazier in hdThis entry was tagged Glenn Beck Partisan Republican Party and posted on April 27, 2009 by Jason Everett Miller
6 If I were going to suggest a series of books that President Barack Obama and his administration read it would be three novels by Kim Stanley Robinson. It is a tale set in a world with rapid climate change dominating... Forty Signs of RainThis entry was tagged Climate Change Ecological Disaster Forty Signs of Rain Government Reform Government Regulation Kim Stanley Robinson and posted on June 7, 2008 by Jason Everett Miller