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

It is one of the most guarded statistics in corporate America today: the number of jobs available overseas versus the total within the United States.   Many large companies refuse to divulge their figures to the U.S. government, including Hewlet...   read more

Drug-abuse opponents want to know why the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has dithered for a dozen years over tightening controls of hydrocodone, the nation’s second-most abused medicine (behind oxycodone). It is the primary ingredient of Vic...   read more

Florida’s 17th congressional district could use some help.   Correction, make that a lot of help.   The predominantly African-American district, which includes portions of inner-city Miami, including Liberty City, was recently determined to ha...   read more

State lawmakers and judges in Georgia have been put on notice by the FBI, whose local field office plans to start up a special investigative team targeting corruption by public officials.   Brian Lamkin, who heads Georgia’s FBI office, has not...   read more

The enormous size of the federal government’s Executive Branch can sometimes result in one hand not knowing—or working against—what the other is doing. Case in point: the Obama administration’s effort to expand broadband in rural communities.  ...   read more

This year is turning into the most costly on record in terms of weather-related disasters.   A new report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says 2011 so far has had nine disasters costing $1 billion or more. That to...   read more

The upside of global warming and the melting of the polar icecap is that the United States may be able to significantly expand its territorial interests at sea.   But that’s assuming other countries near the Arctic Ocean go along with America’...   read more

Thirty-seven years after construction first began, the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant in Jackson County in northeastern Alabama may yet become operational, if the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) spends billions of dollars more to finish the half-buil...   read more

Critics of Clifford L. Stanley have accused the Department of Defense’s top personnel manager of gross mismanagement and abusing his authority, prompting the Pentagon’s inspector general to launch an investigation.   Stanley was sworn in as th...   read more

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel B. Shapiro is a long-time foreign policy professional with extensive experience dealing with issues pertaining to the Middle East. As an observant and active member of the Jewish community, Shapiro’s role has bee...   read more

 “All of the great prophets of modern times have come from the desert: Mohammed, Jesus and myself.” -Muammar al-Gaddafi, October 1988   Muammar al-Gaddafi seized power in the North African nation of Libya in 1969 when he was only 27 years old. ...   read more

A federal judge this week rejected the Obama White House’s contention that turning over thousands of visitor records might endanger the nation’s security, and ordered the administration to reveal documentation that’s been withheld from the media. ...   read more

These days a company’s positive Internet review may be nothing more than paid phoniness, as the competition for good feedback has encouraged businesses to hire individuals to write something nice about them.   From Amazon to Citysearch to Yelp...   read more

American Christianity has distorted the original teachings of Jesus, says Gregory Paul, an independent researcher in sociology and evolution, who insists that if the savior were alive today, he’d probably be a socialist.   Paul argues that man...   read more

Michael D. Lumpkin was sworn in as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict (SO/LIC) on April 25, 2011. In this job, Lumpkin assists the Assistant Secretary of Defense (SO/LIC) in developi...   read more

Career diplomat Frankie Annette Reed has been chosen to serve as ambassador to the Pacific island nations of Fiji, Tonga, Kiribati, Tuvalu and Nauru. Her Senate confirmation hearing was held on June 29, 2011, and she was confirmed on August 3. ...   read more