Author: Steven D

A run on a bank by its depositors? That’s the sort of thing that hasn’t happened since the Great Depression, right? Well, it’s happening right now in the United Kingdom to a bank, Northern Rock, whose business...

Remember all those speeches he made supporting the Bush economic policies and Bush’s tax cuts? Well, now that Bush is the most unpopular President in a generation, and Greenspan is no longer head of the Federal Reserve,...

How many protesters will the Washington police arrest for civil disobedience today? All those who plan to participate in the die-in organized by Veterans for Peace (VFP) and Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) at the Capitol?...

A scientist who advises President Bush has officially committed heresy: Professor John Marburger, who advises President Bush, said it was more than 90% certain that greenhouse gas emissions from mankind are to blame. […]...

In his speech last night, we heard more of the same. How the new plan will be better than the old plan (even if it looks remarkably like all the other plans Bush has tried). How we need more time. That some of our troops will be...