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

An internal review of former inspector general Gerald Walpin has found he did not exceed his authority while investigating the non-profit foundation St. HOPE established by Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, a political ally of President Barack Obama...   read more

Eating “Fiber One chewy bars” and “Fiber Plus Antioxidant chewy bars” supposedly provides 35% of the recommended daily amount of fiber, according to the products’ manufacturers, General Mills and Kellogg Company. But is it the right kind of fiber?...   read more

All Amir Meshal of Tinton Falls, New Jersey wanted to do was study Islam in Somalia, he says, but instead he wound up becoming the first American caught up in the U.S. government’s extraordinary rendition program for suspected terrorists. Meshal t...   read more

A group of Harvard researchers provided a sober reminder on Veterans Day that the current health care reform plan will do nothing to address the problem of veterans who lack medical coverage. According to a team from Harvard Medical School, 2,266 ...   read more

U-235, the radioactive material that once threatened to blow up the United States is today helping to generate more electricity for American homes than hydroelectric or alternative sources of power. Unbeknownst to most consumers, the Megatons to M...   read more

The survival of minority groups in northern Iraq is being threatened by extremists and the political actions of Kurdish leaders, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). Hundreds of Christians, Shabaks and Yazidis have been killed in the Kurdish reg...   read more

Two attorneys for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency out of San Francisco have upset leaders in Washington over a homemade video in which they express their opposition to legislation designed to slow global warming. Laurie Williams and Allan...   read more

“Gun-free zones” do more to harm than protect people, according to Reason magazine’s Jacob Sullum. The shooting at Fort Hood, where soldiers are prevented by law from having access to weapons except when training, demonstrated the “folly” of preve...   read more

Crime does pay in the billion-dollar world of pharmaceuticals. Drug companies this decade have paid $7 billion in fines as a result of criminal and civil cases brought against them for illegally marketing their products, but the penalties pale in ...   read more

With concerns rising over too many people with the H1N1 virus going to work anyway, Democrats in Congress have introduced legislation to guarantee employees a certain amount of paid sick leave. The Emergency Influenza Containment Act will guarante...   read more

Whether it is credit cards or bank accounts, consumers are enduring higher fees from banks. According to a survey conducted by the Federal Reserve, half of the banks polled said they were increasing interest rates and reducing credit lines, even o...   read more

People across the globe are not happy with capitalism these days, favoring more government regulation and ownership of industries, according to a survey conducted by the BBC. Even in the United States, a majority of respondents (53%) expressed sup...   read more

Officials in India want no part of an old U.S. maritime ship headed for the world’s largest scrap yard because it has been deemed too contaminated. The Platinum-II was supposed to dock at the Alang shipyard where thousands of vessels from around t...   read more

Some European leaders are voicing support for a new tax on banks that get involved in the high-stakes trading of derivatives as a way for governments to cover such bets in the event of future bailouts. But the United States and Russia are reacting...   read more

When the United Nations’ General Assembly voted last Friday on an important war crimes report, the absence of U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice was noticeable. Diplomats and UN observers speculated why Rice was missing from a decision on the Goldstone Re...   read more

If the collapse of the U.S. auto industry has turned Detroit into what some say is an “urban prairie,” then why not do with this vacant land what settlers once did with the original American prairie: farm it. Some agricultural pioneers have alread...   read more