According to a Gallup poll released just before Thanksgiving, Americans are sending the message to the lame duck Congress that Representatives are misplacing priorities by desperately trying to pass the
Reports abound that the Transportation Security Administration deactivated a number of its controversial Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) machines throughout the country on Wednesday. Passengers from California's LAX reported
Perhaps the most damning evidence of a false economic recovery is the sustained rise in food stamp usage across the country. Unemployment numbers can be groomed and refined, the Consumer
All four Senators from California and Nevada, one Republican and three Democrats, are jointly sponsoring the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act of 2010. A new report by UC Davis scientists using
As the Independent movement grows in strength, a backlash from the partisans of the major parties and political status quo is only to be expected, for they have the most
Regardless of whether or not Congress passes the DREAM Act after the Thanksgiving break, the ranking member of the House Immigration Subcommittee seems dead set on reforming the concept of
A new report from the Energy Biosciences Institute in Berkeley says biofuel from algae may be commercially viable within ten years. While some say this assessment is discouraging, I find
Commonly referred to as the "Bush tax cuts," the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 cut taxes on personal income, the estate tax, dividends, and
Like a heroin addict needing one last fix, California wants to stop. But, just one more injection of that sweet bond income and then tomorrow it'll get its
With the December 1 scheduled pay cut to doctors who serve Medicare patients looming, the Senate voted last week to postpone the planned 23 percent pay cut until January 1,
If the definition of a lame duck Congress is: “a body of lawmakers proactively approving the most paradigm-changing, corporate-friendly legislation the nation has ever experienced,” then we most
Senator-elect Rand Paul actually came up with the original idea for a Tea Party Caucus in Congress. Even before he stood up on stage to accept his party'
