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For the First Time, Most Union Members Work for Government

Heavy job losses during the current recession have caused the ranks of private-sector unions to plummet, resulting in government employees becoming the largest unionized force in the United States. Data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics s...   read more

Intelligence Czar Dennis Blair Testifies Christmas Bomber Should Have Been Questioned by Non-Existent Unit

Appearing before a congressional committee investigating the Christmas Day bomb attempt by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair told lawmakers this week that a special anti-terrorism unit known as the “High Val...   read more

Poverty Spreads to the Suburbs

The American suburb is losing its luster as the symbol of middle-class comfort and prosperity. The Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program says poverty is significantly up in the ‘burbs, growing by 25% from 9.9 million people in 2000 t...   read more

Post-Katrina Health Clinics More Efficient than General U.S. Health Care

Some good may have come out of the devastation that hit New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Although the city’s health care system took a beating from the storm and subsequent flooding, a new network of clinics has sprung up—and is now providing ...   read more

Rifle Sights Used in Iraq and Afghanistan Illegally Inscribed with Bible Quotes

Rekindling arguments that the United States is waging a Christian war against the Islamic world, a weapons manufacturer has been caught producing rifle sights for the U.S. military that have codes referencing Bible passages. The New Testament-insc...   read more

Tobacco’s Big 4 Negotiating with Justice Dept. to Avoid Supreme Court Ruling on Health Fraud

Tobacco companies have been secretly meeting with the Department of Justice to convince government lawyers to settle the landmark lawsuit first brought against the industry in the 1990s. According to the Associated Press, lawyers for Philip Morris...   read more

Obama’s Fee on Big Finance: How It Would Work

Telling the financial industry it’s time to meet its responsibilities and help cover the cost of the federal bailout, President Barack Obama this week unveiled his tax on big banks to recoup almost $100 billion in costs. The tax would last 10 year...   read more

Obama Fails to End “Too Big to Fail” Syndrome

The Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), created to manage the federal government’s bailout of Wall Street, is supposed to conclude this October, but issues stemming from the unprecedented rescue operation are likely to linger long past that. In ...   read more

Goldman Sachs CEO Admits “Improper” Hedges

The federal investigation into the financial crisis of 2008 received its first mea culpa from Wall Street on Wednesday. Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs, told the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission that his bank engaged in “improper” behavio...   read more

Details of AIG Bailout to Remain Secret until 2018

The public will have to wait eight years to find out the details of the AIG bailout that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner oversaw in 2008 while running the New York operation of the Federal Reserve. Last May, the Securities and Exchange Commi...   read more

Obama Appoints “Mr. Slam Dunk” to Investigate Underwear Bomber and Fort Hood Murders

John McLaughlin, President Barack Obama’s choice to uncover the intelligence failures surrounding the Christmas Day airline bombing attempt and the Fort Hood shootings, has been called one of the brightest minds of the intelligence community. But ...   read more

John Dingell, the Congressman from General Motors

As a congressman from Michigan for the last 54 years, Democrat John Dingell Jr. has paid close attention to the needs of his state’s flagship industry: automobile manufacturing. But Dingell’s relationship with one of the Big Three automakers has t...   read more

Threats to Judges and Federal Prosecutors Double in 5 Years

The climate for judges and prosecutors who work for the U.S. government has turned dangerous recently. Threats have more than doubled within the past five years, according to a new study by the Department of Justice’s inspector general that examin...   read more

In 4 Southern States, Most Students are Low-Income and Minorities

As the South goes with its public schools so goes the rest of the nation, and that could lead to significant challenges for the U.S. economy. More than half of all public school students in the South are poor and members of a minority group—the fi...   read more

Obama Uses New Tactic to Ignore Laws

Like those who served before him in the Oval Office, President Barack Obama intends to disregard certain parts of new laws adopted by Congress—only in a quieter and less transparent manner. In the first half of 2009, Obama issued several “signing ...   read more

AIG Beats Out United Airlines as Most Hated Company in U.S.

Imagine this question on the game show Family Feud: Corporations Americans Hate Most. Answer: AIG.   This conclusion was reached by the website 24/7 Wall St.com, which examined hundreds of companies using data based on employee impressions, retu...   read more
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For the First Time, Most Union Members Work for Government

Heavy job losses during the current recession have caused the ranks of private-sector unions to plummet, resulting in government employees becoming the largest unionized force in the United States. Data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics s...   read more

Intelligence Czar Dennis Blair Testifies Christmas Bomber Should Have Been Questioned by Non-Existent Unit

Appearing before a congressional committee investigating the Christmas Day bomb attempt by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair told lawmakers this week that a special anti-terrorism unit known as the “High Val...   read more

Poverty Spreads to the Suburbs

The American suburb is losing its luster as the symbol of middle-class comfort and prosperity. The Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program says poverty is significantly up in the ‘burbs, growing by 25% from 9.9 million people in 2000 t...   read more

Post-Katrina Health Clinics More Efficient than General U.S. Health Care

Some good may have come out of the devastation that hit New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Although the city’s health care system took a beating from the storm and subsequent flooding, a new network of clinics has sprung up—and is now providing ...   read more

Rifle Sights Used in Iraq and Afghanistan Illegally Inscribed with Bible Quotes

Rekindling arguments that the United States is waging a Christian war against the Islamic world, a weapons manufacturer has been caught producing rifle sights for the U.S. military that have codes referencing Bible passages. The New Testament-insc...   read more

Tobacco’s Big 4 Negotiating with Justice Dept. to Avoid Supreme Court Ruling on Health Fraud

Tobacco companies have been secretly meeting with the Department of Justice to convince government lawyers to settle the landmark lawsuit first brought against the industry in the 1990s. According to the Associated Press, lawyers for Philip Morris...   read more

Obama’s Fee on Big Finance: How It Would Work

Telling the financial industry it’s time to meet its responsibilities and help cover the cost of the federal bailout, President Barack Obama this week unveiled his tax on big banks to recoup almost $100 billion in costs. The tax would last 10 year...   read more

Obama Fails to End “Too Big to Fail” Syndrome

The Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), created to manage the federal government’s bailout of Wall Street, is supposed to conclude this October, but issues stemming from the unprecedented rescue operation are likely to linger long past that. In ...   read more

Goldman Sachs CEO Admits “Improper” Hedges

The federal investigation into the financial crisis of 2008 received its first mea culpa from Wall Street on Wednesday. Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs, told the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission that his bank engaged in “improper” behavio...   read more

Details of AIG Bailout to Remain Secret until 2018

The public will have to wait eight years to find out the details of the AIG bailout that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner oversaw in 2008 while running the New York operation of the Federal Reserve. Last May, the Securities and Exchange Commi...   read more

Obama Appoints “Mr. Slam Dunk” to Investigate Underwear Bomber and Fort Hood Murders

John McLaughlin, President Barack Obama’s choice to uncover the intelligence failures surrounding the Christmas Day airline bombing attempt and the Fort Hood shootings, has been called one of the brightest minds of the intelligence community. But ...   read more

John Dingell, the Congressman from General Motors

As a congressman from Michigan for the last 54 years, Democrat John Dingell Jr. has paid close attention to the needs of his state’s flagship industry: automobile manufacturing. But Dingell’s relationship with one of the Big Three automakers has t...   read more

Threats to Judges and Federal Prosecutors Double in 5 Years

The climate for judges and prosecutors who work for the U.S. government has turned dangerous recently. Threats have more than doubled within the past five years, according to a new study by the Department of Justice’s inspector general that examin...   read more

In 4 Southern States, Most Students are Low-Income and Minorities

As the South goes with its public schools so goes the rest of the nation, and that could lead to significant challenges for the U.S. economy. More than half of all public school students in the South are poor and members of a minority group—the fi...   read more

Obama Uses New Tactic to Ignore Laws

Like those who served before him in the Oval Office, President Barack Obama intends to disregard certain parts of new laws adopted by Congress—only in a quieter and less transparent manner. In the first half of 2009, Obama issued several “signing ...   read more

AIG Beats Out United Airlines as Most Hated Company in U.S.

Imagine this question on the game show Family Feud: Corporations Americans Hate Most. Answer: AIG.   This conclusion was reached by the website 24/7 Wall St.com, which examined hundreds of companies using data based on employee impressions, retu...   read more
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