News & Commentary

By Dennis Cauchon Americans strongly oppose laws taking away the collective bargaining power of public employee unions, according to a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. The

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By Yves Smith American leadership is reliable in one respect: it consistently undershoots my already low expectations. Or maybe I have it backwards because I

By Cassandra Anderson Farmers like genetically modified (GM) crops because they can plant them, spray them with herbicide and then there is very little maintenance

By Tripoli A defiant Muammar Gaddafi said on Tuesday he was ready to die “a martyr” in Libya, vowing to crush a growing revolt which

By Jon Hilsenrath and Justin Lahart The pace of consumer price increases in the U.S. is quickening after being dormant for months. But a tug

By Meredith Shiner Someone in Egypt has been paying attention to what’s happening in Madison and wanted to send a message of solidarity from across

By Bob Willis Residential real-estate prices dropped in the 12 months to December by the most in a year, a sign the U.S. housing market

18 Jan 2011 By Truth Cafe’ Former Wall Street-Washington insider Catherine Austin Fitts offers insights into the financial coup d’etat. Click to listen. . . .

Budget fight wages on as nearly 70,000 show up for peaceful rally in Madison An estimated 70,000 protesters converged on the Wisconsin Capitol on Saturday,