PHOENIX - Republican Gov. Jan Brewer on Monday set a new course from her Democratic predecessor on the issue of abortion, signing a measure imposing new mandates and restrictions ( Read more... )

America likes to promote its self as the "home of the free" but, unfortunately, we have the embarrassing honor of being known as the incarceration nation. The U.S. has less than five percent of the world's population but almost 25 percent of the world's prison population, incarcerating more of its citizens per capita than any other country in the ( Read more... )

I think about this whenever I think about one of this country's most enduring mythologies: the American Dream. As the story goes, everyone is born equal in America, into a country with a level playing field, where, with hard work and perseverance, anyone can achieve economic stability and financial success. Integral to the idea of this American ( Read more... )

Obama has a momentous opportunity to do what he repeatedly promised over the course of his campaign: bring actual change. But the more we learn about who Obama is considering for top positions in his administration, the more his inner circle resembles a staff reunion of President Bill Clinton's White House. Although Obama brought some progressives ( Read more... )

The first thing Palin did after being elected was fire six department heads in the City, including the Police Commissioner and the librarian. As The Anchorage Daily News put it: "the newly elected mayor of Wasilla has asked all of the city's top managers to resign in order to test their loyalty to her administration ( Read more... )

So. Recent headlines tell me that Sarah Palin's baby might not actually be hers but a secret baby of her 17-year old daughter. Then another headline tells me that her daughter, Bristol, is already pregnant out of wedlock (thought that was against the rule for you conservatives. Nice family values thar) and also, knocked up by a boy that's 18. (Hi, ( Read more... )

And why producing more oil “wouldn’t affect the price at all”? Well, because what is driving the soaring oil prices is not shortage but speculation: “with so much investment money sloshing around in the commodities markets, the Saudis calculate they have no hope of controlling short-term price fluctuations. They blame the recent price run-ups on ( Read more... )

What the FUCK is the world coming to?

An 18 year old boy anally rapes his his 8 year old sister. Upon finding out, the stepfather beats his son and then sodomises him with a pipe wrench.

"This is a very unique case, but we have a criminal justice system in place, and no one can take the law into their own hands," Johnson said. "They need to ( Read more... )

Anti-Capitalism in Five Minutes or Less ( Read more... )