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Jimmy Carter makes a lot of sense in explaining his reasons for meeting with an official from the Palestinian group Hamas. But in a bit of shameful headline writing, Yahoo News claims Carter was defending his visit. Read the ... [full story]

Biodegradeable plastic bags are not what you think. Sure, they degrade, but they also leave harmful chemicals in the environment and food chain. As though the paper-or-plastic question weren't vexing enough, now some retailers are finding that the "biodegradable" plastic ... [full story]

Here are a few more reactions to the 'bitter' Obama remarks:P.M. Carpenter:How perfectly demagogic, which is so typically democratic. Barack Obama utters a less than attractive truth about the American working class which historians, sociopsychologists, anthropologists, theologians, economists and political ... [full story]

Alberto Gonzales, former attorney general, is paying the price for his blind loyalty to George W. Bush. No one wants to hire him. And for good reason. He is not the sharpest legal mind by any stretch of the ... [full story]

A company headed by Anthony J. Principi, a man who once served as VA Secretary in the George Bush administration, has been overcharging the Veterans Affairs department for contracted services . Our question is why a man is appointed to ... [full story]

Finding the identity of the John, Jane and Baby Does of America is a calling for a special group of amateur sleuths. These people work their regular day jobs then spend hours of their own time trying to identify some ... [full story]

The mainstream media insists on repeating lies about Barak Obama spread by the right wing. Why the smear job? What are they really afraid of? He's a Muslim. He was sworn into office on the ... [full story]

 Mike Whitney makes an argument that the credit crisis caused by the subprime mortgage fiasco is leading to a meltdown of the financial system. All we know is that things are getting worse for the average person while the Fed ... [full story]

Jonah Goldberg, the Right's least intellectual thinker, continues the assault on the patriotism of liberals. What bilge. He decries the fact that liberals will not use the term, conveniently omitting that the right wing has co-opted the term and have ... [full story]

An ex-reporter is facing bankruptcy over her refusal to name sources in an anthrax case involving former Attorney General John Ashcroft. The judge in the case has put her on an escalating scale of fines.Upping the ante in the ... [full story]

New York crime fighting governor Eliot Spitzer is caught up in a high dollar prostitution ring busted by the feds. He is expected to resign to spend more time with the hookers, er, we mean his family.As the public ... [full story]

Avril Lavigne is coming out with her own line of clothing and claims to be a fashion designer. Since when does trying on clothes make one a designer?NEW YORK - Avril Lavigne, known for her pairing of frilly dresses ... [full story]

A Seattle group is trying to keep the NBA franchise in their city, but are facing time constraints. Meanwhile, Oklahoma City voters have extended a sales tax to pay for facilities. There is more private money. There are local ... [full story]

A Kentucky judge has ruled the legislature violated the state constitution when it appropriated money for buildings at a religious-based school.The Kentucky General Assembly violated the state Constitution when it appropriated $10 million to a Southern Baptist-affiliated university for ... [full story]

"You never know how you're going to get killed" is the quote that attracted us to the new History Channel series "Ax Men." The rugged, often perilous life of Pacific Northwest timber cutters is captured in "Ax Men," premiering Sunday ... [full story]

'Lewis Black's Root of All Evil' is set to premiere on Comedy Central this week. We can't wait.Evil is in the eye of the beholder. And that goes double for the pair of comic debaters squaring off during "Lewis ... [full story]

The Bush Administration said the war against Iraq would cost little. To prove it, they try to hide the real costs. In March 19, 2008, the U.S. will have been in Iraq for five years. The Bush administration was wrong about ... [full story]

A study reported by the Minnesota Monitor shows that the price of gasoline in that state has doubled in the past six years. Republicans in Minnesota are pissing and moaning about a proposed increase in the gasoline tax to ... [full story]

Billy Ray Cyrus, the one hit wonder, and his daughter Miley have been named as hosts for the 2008 CMT awards show . Funny, we were just wondering about him the other day. Seems he's been in seclusion at the ... [full story]

A North Korean diplomat in Great Britain says his country has invited Eric Clapton to perform a concert in the communist country. Could it be thenation George W. Bush called one of the "axis of evil" is finally loosening ... [full story]