Naughty Newt Gingrich: God exists because people aren’t rhinos
At a campaign event in Des Moines, Iowa Thursday, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich answered a question from a woman who was concerned that he supported the idea of religion imposing values on Americans.
The Culture of Climate Change Denial
Climate change and the deniers–it’s not about the science. It’s cultural.
PTSD and the Demons of War by AW Schade, Marine, Vietnam 1966/67
A marine’s story of coming home from Vietnam, and Vietnam coming home with him.
Social networking in oldest form: Man sends 5,000 messages in bottles
Since 1996, Harold Hackett has tossed about 5,000 messages in bottles into the ocean from his home in Prince Edward Island, Canada, and has received more than 3,000 responses from all over the world, reports the BBC.
Dozens of states dumping disastrous No Child Left Behind
The George Bush education cornerstone has been a disaster since the day it was first laid, and now that states have been given the opportunity they are dumping it as fast as they can.
Killing a killer: Terrorist has U.S. supporters
The killing of Anwar al-Awlaki has set off a spirited debate on one key point—the US just killed one of its own citizens. (In fact, it killed two.)
Dems: Justice must investigate Clarence Thomas
To believe that Justice Thomas didn’t know how to fill out a basic disclosure form is absurd. It is reasonable, in every sense of the word, to believe that a member of the highest court in the land should know how to properly disclose almost $700,000 worth of income.
Boeing Arrests More than 3 Dozen Employees on Drug Charges
Some 2.7% of Americans reported using prescription drugs for non-medical reasons in 2010.
J.P. Morgan, BofA Lawsuit – Sued (Again)
Many lenders negotiate with regulators and attorney generals in all 50 state attorneys for multibillion-dollar lawsuit settlements in foreclosure abuses.
Gale force winds test mettle of Chicagoans
High winds created waves as big as 16 feet today and temporarily knocked out power for some 32,000 Chicagoans, the Chicago Tribune reports.