Month: January 2011

I looked around briefly and I didn’t see much attention being paid to this in the blogosphere: In a decision that could have a major impact on both the mining industry and the Obama Administration’s relationship with...

Probably the biggest problem facing the country right now is the nature of the Republican Party. More than anything, the problem is their dishonesty. Dishonesty is associated with politicians of all stripes and parties, but...

A lot of attention has been paid to incoming Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky and his wacky views, but Senator Mike Lee of Utah is arguably just as insane. Consider this lecture he gave in Draper, Utah : Congress decided it wanted...

Unemployment is up, and so are prices for necessities: The Labor Department said first-time applications for unemployment benefits rose 35,000 from the week before. It was the highest level since October and above what...

Things that make Republicans see red (and not in a good way) about the Tucson Memorial: Blue T-shirts, the crowd cheering (it was, after all, a Nuremberg-like rally) and Obama telling everyone Gabby Giffords opened her eyes....