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

Congressman Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), one of almost a dozen Republican House members co-sponsoring the so-called “birther bill” that would require future presidential candidates to submit a copy of their birth certificate to the Federal Election Co...   read more

Combine religion, profit and renewable energy and how can you go wrong? Plans were revealed to build a 60-meter high statue of a popular Italian saint, Padre Pio (1887-1968), that will collect and recycle solar energy. This curious union of green ...   read more

Congressman James Oberstar (D-MN), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, decided last week to publicize the best and worst performing states when it comes to using stimulus funds for highway projects. Using a formula b...   read more

No matter how much a Massachusetts motorist might want to avoid a traffic fine, going to court to fight a citation is still going to cost them. That’s because the state now charges residents $25 just to appear before a traffic court judge to argue...   read more

By appointing his college roommate, Vinai K. Thummalapally, to the cushy post of ambassador to Belize, President Barack Obama followed in the tradition of George W. Bush who also chose a college roommate as ambassador to Belize. It didn’t hurt tha...   read more

There are plenty of reasons why the rich are not spending money like they have in previous years, including investment losses and poor-performing businesses, writes entrepreneur Dan Kennedy. More than half of all households earning $250,000 or mor...   read more

During the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, President George W. Bush and members of his administration gave a variety of justifications for military action, which can best be summed up as “Saddam Hussein has chemical and biological weapons and...   read more

General Motors got not only a new lease on life from its government-engineered reorganization, but also permission to walk away from cleaning up its old polluted factory sites. From Michigan to New York local officials are seriously concerned that...   read more

In some respects President Barack Obama has done right by women—by including gender identity in the administration’s employee nondiscrimination statement (a first) and by signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. But when it comes to which members...   read more

Three glaciers in the northern reaches of the United States have been shrinking in size, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Officials with the USGS have been studying three “benchmark glaciers” since the 1950s to help understand changes in c...   read more

FBI agents raided the New Orleans Police Department homicide division on Thursday looking for files and evidence relating to the killings of several African Americans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. One case involved the shooting of...   read more

Bank officials are at it again. Having survived last year’s financial meltdown—in large part because of the federal bailout program—many of the nation’s biggest financial institutions are once again offering high-risk opportunities to investors, w...   read more

Should one of America’s favorite foods be treated the same as cigarettes? Officials with the Cancer Project think so, which is why the organization is suing to force manufacturers of hot dogs to add warning labels to packages. According to the pla...   read more

An attempt by the Bush administration to thwart the protection of national forest lands from development was overturned on Wednesday by a federal appeals court in California. The legal battle pitted the Roadless Area Conservation Rule of 2001, ado...   read more

With California’s prison system at nearly 200% capacity, a panel of federal judges has ordered the state to release tens of thousands of inmates to alleviate overcrowding that was deemed cruel and unusual punishment. Nearly 43,000 prisoners may be...   read more

Levying a tax on oil speculation would produce two important benefits for the country, argues Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and supporters of his plan. By treating oil speculation like gambling, and implementing a 0.02% sin tax on the trading o...   read more