Despite all the recent problems like terrorism and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the economy has continued to grow at an average of over 3% a year. While this cannot compare to the double digit growth rates that China and to some extent, India and

Is there a place more depressing than Afghanistan under the Taliban? Turns out the answer is yes, North Korea, even without the Taliban. How bad is it? The San Diego Union-Tribune describes it in the article,"Horrific conditions and suffering make it...

here are some good jobs on that list, meaning I didn't expect the list to be as long or to include as many technical MOS's. There are also some very popular MOS's on the list as well. It will be interesting to see in about 6 months how many new Sold...

With news that Sen. Lindsey Graham is one of 12 members of the Senate trying to reach a compromise on the filibuster showdown, South Carolina's senior Senator is again getting pounded by members of his own party.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has discovered, again, that fund raising companies that work with dubious collective organizations use the donations to pay for their expenses and pass the proceeds onto the organization for whom it's collecting donor money...

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If you're attempting to engage in a political conversation on the weighty topics of economic incentives, tax policy and government spending, don't name yourself something that brings to mind images of hair restorati...

Look who will make the diference in the filibuster fight

War has fallen on hard times. Worldwide, the number of wars has been declining for fifteen years. As Greg Easterbrook reports in New Republic, major news media have almost completely overlooked this story. (You could have read it in this

I saw this on the Huffington Post and thought it deserved comment.

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Who is Luis Posada? If his Wikipedia entry is any indication he's a terrorist who has launched attacked on Communist...

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I was having dreams about raining blood and I felt disconnected from reality. I had no idea that missing a few doses of your antidepressant could cause this, so I thought it was all me. I seriously thought I was going crazy.