America faces a water crisis that grows annually as we add 3.1 million more people to the USA. Find out the ramifications for plants, animals and humans in 30 years when another 100 million added Americans touch down on our soil.
Every American possesses a 'wish list' for the incoming Obama presidency. You may agree with the following 19 initiatives to create a renewal in America for all her citizens.
"I’m the last guy who ought to argue for the legalization of meth.[1] As a practicing criminal defense attorney, I make a good income from defending people who are charged with drug crimes..."
Metro light rail faces plenty of challenges running its new transit system. It has trains to take care of, schedules to meet and the complex demands of planning extensions. Just as difficult: juggling the money to pay for it all. The $1.4 BILLION sp
"The U.S. labor market weakened further last week, with the number of first-time filings for state unemployment benefits jumping by 58,000 to a 26-year high of 573,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
The Full Cold Moon - December 12th
Sky watchers will be dazzled by an exceptionally high, bright, and large Moon. In fact, this Moon is 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full Moons this year. Why? The Moon is both in its full phase and at a p
In June 2005, Madden was arrested for possession of methamphetamines that a police informant had planted on her. Although police realized they targeted the wrong person, she's paying for their corruption with 8 years of her life.
By Larken Rose
Politicians are crooks. Does anyone NOT know that? What's really amazing is that, despite how often they get caught doing shady things, some people apparently think that such events are unusual.
Getting CAUGHT may no
In Camp No. 14, the North Korean political prison where Shin Dong-hyuk was born and where he says he watched the hanging of his mother, inmates never saw a picture of Kim Jong Il. Inmates did not need to know the face of their "Dear Leader,
[Change] Thomas A. Daschle has not yet been formally nominated to take over the Department of Health and Human Services. That's expected to change tomorrow morning when President-elect Barack Obama will make the not-so-surprising announcement.
The House last night approved an emergency plan to prevent the collapse of the nation's domestic automobile industry, but the measure faces serious opposition in the Senate, where Republicans are revolting against a White House-brokered deal to s
Just one week after receiving a pledge of $306 billion in support from US taxpayers, Citigroup announced the intended $10 billion acquisition of a debt-laden Spanish toll road. [Thanks stupid American taxpayers!]
After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Mr. Charchalis, now 78, had every reason to believe that he and 240 other Americans held during the Persian Gulf war of 1991 would be compensated under expansive laws that allow Americans to claim assets of foreign go
A federal appeals court will hear arguments in the case of Canadian citizen who was detained on a layover at JFK International Airport in 2002. The U.S. government accused him of being an al-Qaida member and sent him to Syria for interrogation. No ch
If the $14 billion bailout plan for U.S. automakers passes, it will help more than just Ford, Chrysler and General Motors. Federal judges would get a pay raise, as well.
To deal with recruiting and retention problems, the Center for National Policy recommends requiring every American youth to serve the nation in mandatory national service with military duties as one option.
An Austin teacher sent an angry, accusatory email to a local Linux collective accusing them of piracy for distributing the free operating system and excoriating them for encouraging her students to do the same.
Trend forecaster, renowned for being accurate in the past, says that America will cease to be a developed nation within 4 years, crisis will be “worse than the great depression”
I was at a banquet in Shanghai a couple of weeks ago when I had one of the most surprising conversations about the United States that I’ve heard in 25 years of foreign travel.
The Ohio state legislature is expected to vote today, Wednesday, Dec. 10th, to call for a Constitutional Convention (Con Con) throwing our U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights up for grabs.
Over the weekend my wife and I had the pleasure of attending incoming California State Senator Rod Wright's (pictured) swearing-in Inglewood. While serving in the Assembly from 1996 to 2002, Rod was a pioneer of child support and family law refor
The threat is so serious that "Credit Crisis Part II" looms if the government doesn't come to the aid of GM and Ford, said J.P. Morgan analyst Eric Selle...
There is probably another dozen or two states waiting in the wings. Expect to see municipal bond yields rise. And states are going to have to cut services, raise taxes, or both. That means more job losses, more foreclosures, and more bankruptcies...
"December 10th through the 15th of January are especially active with combinations of problems including the [earthquake] already forecast for that period in the 32/thirty-two to 36/thirty-six degrees of latitude band
This is just yet another example of the total disregard and disdain that Corporate America, the Pentagon and our elected representatives to and include Obama and Bush have for the citizens of our nation. Wake up America and support the troops by brin
"It's unfortunate in the officers' aspect and they feel extremely bad after they learned that in fact it was a medical need and not someone who was under the influence of an intoxicant, drug or alcohol," El Reno's mayor told CBS
The indictment and surrender of 5 employees of Blackwater for alleged murders committed in Iraq raises a question. Why does the US Justice Dept. have the power to punish Americans for things they do outside of the United States?