Every year we celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. King and by an accident of history, this year's federal holiday coincidence with the inauguration of the first black President of the United States to a second term in office. It also comes on the fiftieth anniversary of the famous "I Have A Dream" speech, which is familiar to the vast majority of ( Read more... )

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  The first annular solar eclipse of the 21st century that will be visible from the United States happens this Sunday, May 20--and there are 154 national parks in its path.
  


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  Coming soon to a living room near you: the transparent TV.
  


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  Just be careful if you decide to buy your new transparent HDTV at Wal-Mart. You might get bitten by a snake.
  


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  While NASA ( Read more... )

Ron Paul says he is dropping out of the presidential race, but still continuing his efforts to win delegates at the Republican convention? What the hell does that mean exactly? Winning delegates is what a primary election is all about. If he's trying to win delegates without actually running for president, all he's doing is gaming the system in ( Read more... )

A hundred and fifty years after the Civil War, many people in other parts of the country like to spend time pointing fingers at the South about its legacy of racism. While there's no denying that the plantation economy, slavery, segregation, and Jim Crowe laws were all sick and deplorable, it is interesting to me that while people like to point at ( Read more... )

Obama signs first bill into law, on equal payWASHINGTON - Declaring that ending pay disparity is not just a women's issue, President Barack Obama signed legislation Thursday that gives workers more time to take their pay discrimination cases to court ( Read more... )