Trump ordered that the term Homo sapiens be changed to Hetero sapiens. In history books and on websites, the airplane from which the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima will no longer be identified as the Enola Gay, but rather the Enola Straight. Trump also ordered billionaire Mark Cuban, who supported Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, to change his name to Mark American. If he does not do so, he will be charged with terrorism.   read more

During the early weeks of the Gulf oil disaster, the White House suppressed attempts within the Obama administration to inform the public about how bad the spill might be—a move that undermined the public’s confidence in the government’s handlin...   read more

After all the talk about helping homeowners weather the foreclosure crisis and the recent uproar in the media over banks improperly taking away people’s homes, the Democratic-controlled Congress quietly, and without any debate, passed legislation ...   read more

When fans of Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert descend on Washington, DC, for joint October 30 rallies on the National Mall, they will find plenty of portable toilets in the area but no way to access them. That’s because the U.S. ...   read more

Businesses know that green is good with consumers, which explains the dramatic rise in marketing and advertising in recent years for products that are environmentally-friendly. But the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) believes some companies aren’...   read more

There’s no way to know for sure if Pacific Gas & Electric had adequate emergency response plans in place to address accidents like the one that devastated part of San Bruno, California, on September 9, when a PG&E underground gas line led to an ...   read more

More details have surfaced regarding sensitive or classified information that the Department of Defense tried to keep from reaching the public as a result of Operation Dark Heart being published. The memoir by Army Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Sha...   read more

Suicide attempts among U.S. Army personnel continue to climb, reaching an average of nearly five a day in 2009. Statistics from the Army reveal that more than 1,700 active-duty soldiers tried to kill themselves last year, with 162 succeeding. If...   read more

Small businesses are responsible for creating the vast majority of jobs in the United States, but they incur a far greater burden than larger companies when it comes to federal regulations and laws.   Two researchers at Lafayette College examine...   read more

Fed up with the federal government’s co-opting of police and sheriffs, 578 non-profit organizations called upon President Barack Obama to stop the Department of Homeland Security’s continuing use of local and state law enforcement to go after il...   read more

While Congress dithers over legislation expanding the use of renewable energy, the U.S. military is moving ahead with solar-powered systems and other non-fossil fuel ways to win America’s wars.   The reasoning behind this dramatic change has t...   read more

At least twenty federal contractors have been caught violating labor, environmental and other federal regulations without losing any business with Uncle Sam.   An audit by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) uncovered 15 companies—which...   read more

Online comments posted on blogs and websites defending China’s policies may be the work of the “Fifty Cent Party” (wu mao dang), a term used to describe those paid by the Chinese government to influence public opinion about the Asian giant. Fift...   read more

Environmental groups like the Sierra Club might want to take a second look at the use of fences and barriers along the border between the U.S. and Mexico, writes journalist Leo Banks. The Sierra Club has been opposed to border fences, but the use ...   read more

The national anthem of the Philippines should be sung one way and one way only, according to some lawmakers. The country’s national legislature is considering a bill that would criminalize the “improper” singing of the national anthem, “Lupang H...   read more

With limits on campaign contributions by corporations and unions lifted by a key court ruling earlier this year, the 2010 midterm elections are featuring a spending spree by big-money interests who are largely disguising their activities.   Th...   read more

There’s never been a better time in recent history than now for oceanographers looking for work. The mammoth oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has produced at least a couple hundred jobs for ocean scientists, including 100 alone paid for by BP, wh...   read more