Month: August 2009

If nuclear weapons exist, then nuclear war is a real possibility. And Delhi is a prime target. It is. But where shall we go? Is

By Rebecca Smith Only a third of nurses have said they are willing to have the vaccine against swine flu amid fears it has not

Sir! No Sir! Sir! No Sir! is a documentary produced, and written by David Zeiger  about the opposition to the Viet Nam War in military

Thank you for all of your wonderful comments at the blog. Alas, not all those commenting had the readers and our best interests at heart.

The Lockheed Fire in Santa Cruz was one of nine big wildfires burning more than 100,000 acres in California last week. It was named after

The 2008 GAAP-based deficit (counting unfunded Social Security and Medicare liabilities, etc.), using accrual accounting, was $5.1 trillion, up from $1.2 trillion ($4 trillion-plus, using

By Daniel Whitten and Simon Lomax The U.S. Senate should abandon efforts to pass legislation curbing greenhouse-gas emissions this year and concentrate on a narrower

Congressman Paul Broun (R-Ga) also spoke of a “socialistic elite” – Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid – who might