The majority of voters did not vote for Donald Trump for president; the majority of voters did not vote for Republican candidates for the Senate; and fewer than 51% of voters cast their ballots for Republican candidates for the House of Representatives. The Republican Party now controls the White House, both houses of Congress and the Supreme Court, no matter how that came to be. I believe it is worth bearing in mind that a majority of U.S. citizens did not support the Republican winners.   read more

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are attempting to block the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from imposing a new rule that would reveal who is behind political advertisements.   The FCC approved a new regulation in Apri...   read more

Coming on the heels of its bitter defeat in Wisconsin, organized labor received more bad news this week with word of a serious divide between public and private unions in New York State, the nation’s most pro-collective bargaining state.   On ...   read more

All delivery driver Sergio Cervantes wanted from his employer, United Parcel Service (UPS), after witnessing a man executed by a street gang, was a transfer to another (safer) route far away. But UPS refused Cervantes’ request, he alleges, and n...   read more

The chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, Norton A. “Norty” Schwartz, is both the first Jewish-American to run that branch and the first who is not a former fighter or bomber pilot. Schwartz was nominated by President George W. Bush shortly afte...   read more

A shortage of beans from India is cutting into Halliburton’s profits from hydraulic fracturing, according to the company.   Among the ingredients that make up the fluids used in fracking wells is guar gum, which is derived from beans, most of wh...   read more

Even though the majority of the top firms on Wall Street did not perform well in 2011, their chief executives enjoyed a collective 20% raise.   As part of its annual ranking of top salaries, Bloomberg Markets found the compensation of CEOs of ...   read more

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has revived controversial tactics in its drone war against Islamic militants, targeting funerals and rescuers of those hit in previous airstrikes.   These are the same tactics that have been condemned when...   read more

Twenty years since the end of the Cold War, the United States spends $31 billion a year on its nuclear arsenal. This costly commitment continues to this day largely because companies that make such weapons spend millions of dollars lobbying key ...   read more

The United States has reached a point whereby locking up offenders for longer and longer periods of time is no longer cost-effective or a factor in deterring crime, according to the Pew Center on the States.   Over the last 40 years, prison se...   read more

Being new to the workforce has not been a fruitful experience so far for the majority of recent high school graduates who skipped going to college.   Among those from the classes of 2009, 2010 and 2011 who received their diplomas, 54% are unem...   read more

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have approved legislation that would guarantee hunting and fishing rights on some federal lands, possibly even in National Parks.   HR 4089, sponsored by Representative Jeff Miller (R-Florida) w...   read more

Flooded with an ever-increasing volume of images, U.S. military commanders in charge of drone surveillance have turned to an unexpected source for answers.   Operators of unmanned aircraft are currently collecting more than 10,000 hours a mont...   read more

Having sailed its last voyage, the oil tanker formerly known as the Exxon Valdez now sits off the coast of India, mired in yet another environmental controversy.   Now called the Oriental Nicety, the ship was responsible for the disastrous Mar...   read more

The language spoken by Jesus Christ is making a modest comeback in the Middle East, with a little help from friends in Scandinavia.   Christian children in the Palestinian village of Beit Jala, located next to the city of Bethlehem, are learni...   read more

A victory in November could be twice as sweet for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.   If Romney defeats President Barack Obama, the Republican would be able to implement his tax-cut plan for the nation—and save $4.8 million on his...   read more

Seniors are increasingly being prescribed powerful narcotics for chronic pain following the recommendations of experts, many of whom had connections to the pharmaceutical industry.   An investigation by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and MedPa...   read more