Libya's Prime Minister declared yesterday that Sirte, the hometown of Moammar Gadhafi, was liberated by rebel forces. The Libyan rebel government's National Transitional Council (NTC) is
More than a few seasoned financial observers say Bank of America is in desperate financial shape and its problems are worsening. Its acquisition of Countrywide was disastrous and left them
A long-awaited trio of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) were passed by both congressional chambers last week in a bipartisan effort to open up duty-free export channels to Colombia,
The Solar Energy Industries Association has just rained on California's renewable energy photo voltaic (PV) parade with the distressing news (PDF) that New Jersey's commercial PV
What’s wrong with Mitt Romney? The former Republican governor of Massachusetts has been winning his party’s debates hands down in the eyes of most critics, and he leads
Occupy Wall Street, the nationwide protest movement inspired by the ongoing demonstration in downtown Manhattan, invites comparison with the Tea Party movement, which took the nation by storm in early
With Republicans meeting in Nevada on Tuesday for yet another presidential primary debate, it's beginning to seem like they're having another one each week. This Sunday,
As mechanized as our food industry has become, the retail price of food is still at the mercy of two unpredictable forces: mother nature and international market speculation. Two crops
The Arizona Meth Project is trying hard, and succeeding at, reducing first-time meth usage by young people "through public service messaging, public policy, and community outreach." It
Even as it dismissed marijuana as having questionable medical value, the California Medical Association adopted a position urging the legalization of marijuana at its recent annual meeting. Representing over 35,
As Texas Congressman Ron Paul gears up for a vital turn in his presidential campaign this week, a study from the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in
Most state projects for High Speed Rail (HSR), including California, assume they will get major funding from the federal government. This is no longer true.
The Senate Appropriations Committee, which