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

Acknowledging a wrong committed at the outbreak of World War II that cost hundreds of Americans their college education, the University of California system has awarded honorary degrees this month to Japanese-Americans who were forcefully relocate...   read more

States have not been allowed to ban politicians from public office on religious grounds for almost 50 years, but that’s not stopping residents in Asheville, North Carolina, a town of 75,000, from trying to unseat a newly-elected atheist from the c...   read more

Friending a Florida judge on Facebook is okay as long as you’re not an attorney. So says the state’s Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee, which ruled last month it’s better that justices and lawyers not give the wrong impression of being virtual fr...   read more

“Stupid and complex” is how author and attorney William Cox characterizes the current system of taxation in the United States. Over time, the burden of taxes has increasingly fallen upon the middle-class, and that needs to change, Cox argues. Ther...   read more

If a group of Indiana National Guardsmen win their legal battle against defense contractor KBR Inc., Jim Gentry will not be one to enjoy the victory. Gentry, a former commanding officer and plaintiff in the case, died last week from a rare form of...   read more

Nurses from one end of the United States to another have formed the largest nurses union to date to give them a greater voice in the health care debate and expand their ranks. The new National Nurses United will represent about 150,000 nurses foll...   read more

More than three dozen mortgage companies with shady histories of lending were given the stamp of approval by Ginnie Mae (aka the Government National Mortgage Association), which played a significant role in the housing crisis by helping banks pack...   read more

Zero tolerance means just that in Serbia, where drinking at soccer stadiums is strictly forbidden. The country’s president, Boris Tadić, found this out after he was slapped with a fine of 400 euros ($584) for popping open a champagne bottle in a V...   read more

Supporting Barack Obama for president is proving to be an occupational hazard. Following a Kansas salesman’s claim of being fired for voting for Obama, Julia James of New York is suing her former employer for allegedly terminating her for attendin...   read more

American children stand a better chance of getting a safe meal at Jack in the Box than they do from their school lunch program. An investigation by USA Today found the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which provides meat and poultry to schoo...   read more

The Obama administration has decided to maintain former President George W. Bush’s policy on biological weapons, which rejected the idea of international verification to ensure countries are not developing such agents. The Biological Weapons Conve...   read more

America’s labor force is made up of more immigrants today than anytime since the early 20th century, comprising 16% of all workers. Not since before 1920, when the rate was 21%, have so many foreign-born individuals held jobs in the United States....   read more

If President Barack Obama wants to increase the number of college graduates in order to make the United States more competitive internationally, he will have to find ways to make financial assistance more available. A new study from the Bill & Mel...   read more

Root root root for the home team would be advisable for incumbent politicians facing a tight re-election battle. Voters, as they are wont to do, don’t always make their voting decisions entirely on the merits of a candidate’s record in office, and...   read more

To demonstrate President Barack Obama’s commitment to making the U.S. government more transparent and accessible to Americans, the White House has issued an Open Government directive which spells out how various federal agencies will make certain ...   read more

One out of every six Americans in recent years has been exposed to contaminated drinking water, according to an investigation by The New York Times. A review of government records found numerous water districts throughout the United States have fa...   read more