We really need a better understanding of mental health disorders in this county, and events like those over the weekend underscore this fact.
Thankfully, attacks on members of Congress are a rarity.
Graphic by Sarah Palin’s PAC had Gabriel Giffords’ district in the crosshairs
Note: while this post is brief, the news is of such significance that I felt it should be a headline story rather than relegated to a “quick pick”.
Columbia political science professor David Epstein has been charged with a 3-year incestuous relationship with his adult daughter.
WikiLeaks’ reveals that DynCorp, a government contractor, provided drugs and child sex slaves to Afghan police–and the State Department helped cover it up.
Would troops to Mexico help in the drug war?
We’re probably just one big scare away from mandatory full-body scans.
Both Congress and the Obama Administration have stepped up enforcement of immigration laws–at immense cost to both the budget and the courts.
New reports indicate that New Orleans Police were given orders to shoot looters amid the chaos after Hurricane Katrina hit the city. Fortunately, that never happened.
A quick flip-flop from Swedish authorities on a very serious charge.
Despite assertions that the violence in Mexico is spilling over the border, we find a rather stark comparison of two key border cities.
A number of disturbing incidents point towards increased anti-Islam hostility in the United States.
Congress has (after many years of debate) narrowed the gap between sentencing for crack cocaine and powder cocaine.
A group of oceanographers suggest that the oil from the Deepwater Horizon explosion will leave the Gulf in a few months. What happens then?