Category Archives: Special Reports

Congressman Turner Again Votes With Republican Majority And Again Fails To Explain His Vote

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Mike Bock

I see that my local congressman, Mike Turner, OH-3, voted with the Republican majority in the House to block the bipartisan Senate action extending unemployment and the payroll tax cut by two months. Typical for Turner, he released no statement … Continue reading →

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Newt Gingrich — The Demagogue — Preaches Ideas He Knows To Be Untrue To Those He Knows To Be Idiots

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Mike Bock

In the recent Republican debate, Newt Gingrich pandered to his right wing audience by, once again, resorted to demagoguery — most obviously in his hateful comments about Palestinians, referring to them as a group, as “invented,” referring to them, as … Continue reading →

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For “Our Success As A Nation,” We Don’t Need STEM, We Need CITIZEN Education To Build Our Democracy

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Mike Bock

Dayton PBS stations repeatedly show 60 second ads praising local efforts in STEM education. I get a kick out of the fervency projected by the teachers on these videos. Why is “Science, Technology, Engineering and Math” education so crucial? One … Continue reading →