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 definitely won’t be an affair to remember for Lieutenant Commander Syneeda Lynn Penland. After the U.S. Navy found out about Penland’s romance with fellow officer Mark Wiggan, who’s married, she was fined, thrown in the brig, and court-martiale...   read more

After angering the liberal wing of her party over compromises made to conservative Democrats, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has decided to allow a floor vote later this year on a plan creating a single-payer government-financed health care pro...   read more

War has been very good for DynCorp, a security and logistics contractor that has earned billions from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. More than half of the company’s $3 billion in annual revenues comes from jobs in the two war-torn countrie...   read more

Little by little the government has been allowing the military to participate in domestic law enforcement activities that are supposed to be banned under the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. In 2002 President George W. Bush reportedly considered sendi...   read more

Banks trying to gouge good customers to make up for new restrictions passed by Congress has infuriated not only those on the left but even conservatives like Carl Horowitz, director of the National Legal and Policy Center’s Organized Labor Account...   read more

Some of President Barack Obama’s choices for U.S. ambassador have touched off foreign concerns over nominees being better known as FOOs (friends of Obama) or big-time fundraisers, but that’s not a problem for David Jacobson. Yes, he was one of Oba...   read more

Kenneth H. Merten, a career diplomat of more than 20 years, was sworn in as U.S. ambassador to Haiti August 17, 2009. Merten has twice before worked in the small island nation.   Merten attended college at Miami University in Ohio, where he grad...   read more

Having corrupted the meaning of the word “bonus” in the American lexicon, the nation’s largest banks rewarded employees to the tune of $32 billion last year while losing more than twice that amount and having to accept even larger sums from the fe...   read more

A plan to open the Federal Reserve to the same scrutiny that almost all other federal government operations endure is overwhelmingly supported by the American people, according to a new poll by Rasmussen Reports. The survey found that 75% of Ameri...   read more

If solar power is to go mainstream, it wouldn’t hurt to win over Nascar fans. The first step may be taking place in Pennsylvania, where owners of the Pocono Raceway are committed to spending $15-$17 million to install the largest solar farm in the...   read more

The Taliban may be known for their harsh rule of law, but at least they enforce it. This sentiment captured the feelings of many in Afghanistan’s Helmand province who were not displeased to see Taliban fighters forced out by advancing U.S. Marines...   read more

A combination of drought, foreign dams, and failed policies is threatening to turn much of Iraq’s fertile land into a dust bowl reminiscent of what happened in the United States during the Great Depression. Faced with what some are calling an envi...   read more

During a recent visit to the United Kingdom, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reportedly told London officials that the United States government would cease sharing intelligence information with its longtime ally if a British court releas...   read more

Federal prison officials during the Bush administration began a secretive program to segregate inmates, most of whom are Muslims, and limit their ability to communicate with the outside world. Known as Communications Management Units (CMUs), these...   read more

President Barack Obama’s order back in April for his cabinet to locate $100 million in budget cuts has reportedly yielded just that, and then some. The Office of Management and Budget has announced federal offices found 77 cost-savings moves that ...   read more

The recent Internet row between two of the government’s top financial analysts was a classic geeks vs. nerds contest, writes consultant, writer and analyst RJ Eskow. The showdown on the blogosphere began when Peter Orszag, director of the White Ho...   read more