On August 31, the Obama administration announced that the war in Iraq is ending, and the troops are being withdrawn. Then last week, the National Bureau of Economic Research declared that the recession ended in 2009. What could be more ridiculous? Iraqis are still...
Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau reported a massive increase in the federal poverty rate. In 2009, the number of people living below the official poverty line rose to 44 million, the largest number since the agency began keeping track 50 years ago. These numbers mean...
The uproar over building an Islamic center a few blocks away from the site of the World Trade towers, combined with the threat of a Florida preacher to burn the Quaran, once again fanned the flames of fear, hatred and patriotism. For nine years, in the name of 9-11,...
For months now the media has been full of stories of the so-called Tea Party movement. Rallies of 200 were important enough to be featured on primetime news and the front page of the newspapers. This has all been built up over the last weeks with Glenn Beck’s attempt...
For many workers this past weekend was a rare moment to actually spend time with our friends and families. Labor Day means that we have an extra day to go camping, go fishing, have a BBQ, go to the park or just sit around with family and friends trying to recover from...
