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 has been a bad month for the police department of Coopertown, Tennessee (pop.: 4,278), about 30 miles northwest of Nashville. At the beginning of August, police dash cam video (at 6:00) from May 16 of white volunteer officer Robert McCormick ...   read more

Income potential being an important factor in evaluating career options, readers should note that despite its glamorous media image, bank robbery is not a particularly remunerative profession, especially in the long-term. The conclusion that cri...   read more

After years of working to reduce its dependence on Persian Gulf oil supplies, the U.S. has increased its petroleum imports from Saudi Arabia.   Over the past 12 months, American imports from the Saudi kingdom have increased by more than 20%. E...   read more

The wind energy industry is having a banner year. So why are executives of wind-generated energy fretting so much? Because, they say, the industry’s success may get cut short by politicians in Washington.   This year, energy produced from wind...   read more

The movie Erin Brockovich  made the chemical carcinogen chromium-6 infamous in 2000. A state law was passed in California the following year requiring formulation of a standard limiting its presence in drinking water by 2004.   Eight years lat...   read more

Despite the winding down of the Afghanistan war and stronger mental health initiatives, the U.S. Army experienced its worst month in July with suicides.   A total of 38 soldiers killed themselves last month, making it the highest monthly total...   read more

The largest corporations in the U.S., consisting of oil, retail, banking and technology giants, paid an average of only 9% of their earnings in income taxes to the Internal Revenue Service last year.   According to the tax code, companies are ...   read more

Army General William “Kip” Ward may lose a star and a million dollars in retirement pay for overspending on travel and accommodations while serving in Africa.   Ward, a four-star general (the Army’s highest rank) and the first head of the new ...   read more

The biggest pesticide and biotechnology companies in the world, led by Monsanto, have already spent $25 million to defeat California’s groundbreaking Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) labeling initiative on November’s ballot. Most of the money...   read more

The Department of Defense has a reputation for wasting a lot of money, but in at least one case the Pentagon has found a way to save money.   Because of this year’s drought, the meat industry has been forced to drop its prices. The military al...   read more

If lawmakers on Capitol Hill wanted to encapsulate the current session of Congress in a t-shirt slogan, they could go with: Support your party and don’t compromise.   The highly partisan environment in Washington has resulted in the most “do-n...   read more

Retiring from years of service in the federal government can really put the gold back into the golden years.   Washington is currently paying more than 21,000 retired federal workers pensions of $100,000 or more per year, according to USA Toda...   read more

There are currently two kings of the hill among campaign donor groups and both wear conservative crowns.   Crossroads GPS and Americans for Prosperity have spent almost $60 million on television ads so far this election this season, putting th...   read more

Federal forestry officials have too often made decisions regarding National Forests that ignore the private sector’s bottom-line in favor of preservation and sustainability, according to a lawsuit by timber, ranching and off-road vehicle interes...   read more

A Department of Justice office responsible for issuing important legal opinions on government policies has been withholding nearly 40% of its memos from the public.   The Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) has not published 39% of its 509 opinions ...   read more

The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to stop stonewalling the release of prisoners who were deemed innocent by a federal court ruling.   All of the cases involved individuals serving time under a federal law for being caught with a gun af...   read more