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September 27 marks the anniversary of the publication of the first of the Antifederalist Papers in 1789. The Antifederalists were opponents of ratifying the US Consitution. They feared that it would create an overbearing central government
The latest crisis for the Detroit Public Schools -- an anticpiated plunge in student enrollment -- is driving talk in Lansing of drastic solutions to the district's long-term finanical crisis. Those solutions could signal the beginning of the en
What does the government spend money on? Social security - mostly for elderly whites. Military spending, which mostly benefits whites. Interest payments on the national debt aren't exactly swelling the coffers of the NAACP. Corporate welfare?
“It’s Addington,” he said. “He doesn’t care about the Constitution.” Powell was referring to David S. Addington, Vice-President Cheney’s chief of staff and his longtime principal legal adviser.
The risk of economic recession in the US in 2007 is increasing rapidly. Rather than overly tight monetary policy at the Federal Reserve, the declining value of US homes in undermining personal consumption expenditure.
Government documents released by a Freedom of Information Act request reveal the Bush administration if running a "shadow government" with Mexico and Canada in which the US is crafting a broad range of policy in conjuction with its neighbor
A strong majority of Iraqis want U.S.-led military forces to immediately withdraw from the country, saying their swift departure would make Iraq more secure and decrease sectarian violence, according to new polls by the State Department and independe
Three Senate Democrats proposed emergency legislation to reimburse states for printing paper ballots in case of problems with electronic voting machines on Nov. 7.
Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-AZ) took aim at the true menace in our nation. He introduced a bill that would get rid of the penny. But in truth he should go further. He should abolish nickels and dimes. [Or make money worth something.]
The last pre-election loophole through which John Bolton's confirmation might have snuck through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was at 2:15 this afternoon at a previously called "business meeting" of the Committee.
When state Sen. Andy McElhany helped pass a tough anti-illegal immigration measure this summer, he never expected his family to get caught up in the red tape. The rules to get a Colorado ID keep changing, practically on a weekly basis.
Congress is unlikely to approve a bill giving President Bush's warrantless wiretapping program legal status and new restrictions before the November midterm elections, dealing a significant blow to one of the White House's top wartime priorit
A new wide-field survey of the sky has made its first major discovery - two planets orbiting far-distant stars. The SuperWasp project uses camera lenses and super-sensitive detectors to monitor stars for tiny dips in light that might betray a pass
Senator Arlen Specter, the Pennsylvania Republican who is the panel’s chairman, described as “inexplicable” a provision in the bill that would strip federal court of jurisdiction over detainees not formally charged with war crimes. “If the courts
In October 1973, with its forces battling to repel invasions by Egypt and Syria, Israel did what had previously been unthinkable: It briefly wheeled its nuclear-capable Jericho-1 missiles out of their secret silos. Picked up by US spy satellites and
Too much testosterone can kill brain cells, researchers said in a finding that may help explain why steroid abuse can cause behavior changes like aggressiveness and suicidal tendencies.
New York City's Health Department on Tuesday proposed a near ban on the use of artificial trans fat at restaurants, likening its health danger to that of lead paint.
The Federal Communications Commission is creating a new bureau that will be responsible for a collection of security and public safety functions that had been scattered through several bureaus. Will include 911 and Enhanced 911 services as well as in
Peer-to-peer file-sharing software developer Lime Wire has countersued the biggest record companies, charging them with anticompetitive behavior.
Honda, the Japanese giant that has given the USA motorcycles, cars, lawn mowers and weed whackers, puts its newest product on sale starting next month: a little $3 million business jet.
Intel Corp. said it will start selling chips with four processing cores in November as the world's biggest microchip maker tries to build a lead over rival Advanced Micro Devices. Initially only target high- end servers and gaming computers.
Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen decided to make a genetic atlas of the mouse brain. The atlas, begun in 2002 with $100 million from Allen's fortune, was declared finished on Tuesday, with fine-tuned information on 3,000 active genes -- a
Mona Lisa, the mysterious woman immortalized in Leonardo da Vinci's 16th century masterpiece, had just given birth to her second son when she sat for the painting, a French art expert said. [So much for mystery-I feel violated.]
Travelers entering the United States from Canada will win a reprieve from a post-September 11 border security program requiring passports or other high-tech IDs, under a bill set to pass Congress this week.
Pennsylvania lawmakers held a special session to discuss 94 initiatives to tighten the state's relatively loose gun controls in an effort to reduce gun crime. The 2-day meeting was attended by the mayors of New York and Trenton, New Jersey, who b
The board chairman of the federal legal aid service for the poor, despite secret transcripts to the contrary, denied to lawmakers that some officials wanted to fire the internal watchdog who questioned directors' commitment to the anti-pov
The United States and Syria locked horns, with Washington urging others to join it in imposing sanctions on Damascus and Syria telling America to stop trying to impose its will on Arabs. The world pays the price when the US government thinks it knows
The United States could detain more foreigners as enemy combatants under legislation Congress will debate this week after a last-minute change in the bill.
A federal agency has blocked release of a report that suggests global warming is contributing to the frequency and strength of hurricanes.
Three new species of an ancient marine reptile, including a pregnant fossil, were recently discovered by University of Alberta paleontologists—under a pingpong table. The ichthyosaur fossils were unearthed from the Loon River Formation in Canada**
