by MCDC | Apr 7, 2013 | Issues, Sequester
What Do Offshore Corporate Tax Loopholes Cost Women and Families? A Lot. Tax Day (April 15) is nearly upon us. Maybe you’re scrambling to file, or maybe you’re happy to have a refund on the way. Whatever your feelings about your own taxes, it’s important to remember...
by MCDC | Apr 7, 2013 | Issues, News, Virginia Election 2013
“The illegal we do immediately; the unconstitutional takes a little longer.” — Henry A. Kissinger, US Secretary of State, March 10, 1975. RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia law will require all voters to have photo IDs beginning next year. Gov. Bob McDonnell...
by MCDC | Apr 5, 2013 | Action Alerts, Health Care, News, Sequester, Social Security
Will Obama regret offering to cut Social Security? Conservatives’ real aim in their fiscal brinkmanship is to gut Social Security and Medicare.U.S. politics seems stuck in an endless debate about the size of the federal deficit and federal debt. From congressional...
by MCDC | Apr 4, 2013 | Environment, Global Warming, Uncategorized
As Earth Day Approaches, a Message of Hope: How Grazing Cows Can Reverse Global Warming Could grazing large herds of cattle reverse global warming? Yes, according to ecologist Allan Savory. And nothing offers more hope for a planet in distress. For years,...
by MCDC | Mar 31, 2013 | Civil Rights
From Schneier on Security A blog covering security and security technology. March 29, 2013 The Dangers of Surveillance Interesting article, “The Dangers of Surveillance,” by Neil M. Richards, Harvard Law Review, 2013. From the abstract: ….We need a...
by MCDC | Mar 27, 2013 | Issues, News
via Defense Should Give it a Rest. In day two of the Supreme Court hearings on issues related to the legalities surrounding gay marriage and partnerships, the focus was on the Defense of Marriage Act. Several of the justices raised concerns about DOMA. Justice Kagan...
