Donald Trump has a mental health condition known as narcissistic personality disorder. Here are some of the symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder. React with rage or contempt and try to belittle other people to make themselves appear superior. Have an unreasonably high sense of self-importance and require constant, excessive admiration. Make achievements and talents seem bigger than they are. Behave in an arrogant way, brag a lot and come across as conceited.   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

Big business is currently sitting atop more than $1 trillion in cash, thanks to near zero interest rates provided by the Federal Reserve that has made it easy for corporations to borrow huge sums. But instead of investing this money into new bus...   read more

In what might be called reverse embedding, the U.S Army has been placing soldiers who conduct psychological warfare at local television news stations and newspapers, in order to pick up media skills for their work.   Through internships and fe...   read more

Despite the fact Americans logged more miles on the nation’s highways, traffic fatalities in 2009 reached the lowest level in six decades. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported 33,808 vehicle deaths occurred last year, the ...   read more

The real winners of the Bush-era tax cuts were not American businesses, but those overseas. An assessment by the Financial Times of President George W. Bush’s tax breaks passed in 2001 and 2003 found that they did little to boost U.S. business i...   read more

Blackwater, the notorious private security firm that already tried to rebrand itself as Xe, has won a portion of a $10 billion contract with the State Department. But most people wouldn’t know this because it’s using a third name to avoid drawin...   read more

Efforts to build a National Women’s History Museum in Washington, DC, are on hold for now, as Republican U.S. Senators Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Jim DeMint of South Carolina have used parliamentary tactics to delay passage of legislation creati...   read more

Anti-texting laws don’t work, says the Highway Loss Data Institute, a research group funded by the automobile insurance industry. After reviewing accident reports from four states that outlawed sending text messages while driving, the institute ...   read more

A longtime job training executive, Edna Primrose has served as the national director of the Job Corps program since March 2010.   Primrose attended college at Towson University in Maryland, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in busin...   read more

The Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative Christian group, is daring the IRS to enforce a federal law banning religious leaders of tax-exempt churches from espousing political messages to their congregations. Their taunting this year involved al...   read more

No, Senate Democrats are not jumping ship on their president. This week, when Democrats agreed with Republicans to keep the Senate officially in session and prevent President Barack Obama from making recess appointments, they did so in order to ...   read more

Americans who are hearing- and speech-impaired had an unusually difficult time getting assistance from the IRS during this year’s tax season. An audit of the IRS’s special phone line for deaf customers found that less than 9% of callers were ass...   read more

Isaac Fulwood Jr. has served on the U.S. Parole Commission since November 2004, after he was appointed by President George W. Bush. President Barack Obama promoted Fulwood to chairman of the commission in May 2009. The Commission is a semi-auton...   read more

A civil engineer by trade, Edward Drusina has served as the U.S. commissioner to the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico (IBWC), since January 19, 2010. The Commission is charged with maintaining border and wate...   read more

Iraq, the Netherlands thanks you. No longer do the Dutch own the unwanted distinction of going the longest period after parliamentary elections without being able to form a government.   Back in 1977, the Netherlands took 207 days. So far in 2...   read more

While the proposed Islamic Center near Ground Zero in New York City has become a national issue, another religious confrontation had been simmering about 95 miles away. The Connecticut town of Litchfield has an ugly situation on its hands, after...   read more