"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Bloomberg (or, considering the topic, maybe that should be Doomberg) The U.S. economy is so bad that the chance of avoiding a double dip back into recession may actually be pretty good. The sectors of the economy that traditionally drive…
From NPR and Pro Publica We believe we can show that some Wall Street bankers had evidence, a year or two before the financial crisis hit, that there were serious problems with subprime mortgage investments. Rather than wind down this…
Promoted from the comments to our Electronic tracking system for preschoolers in Calif. from John Couzin in Scotland It is often said that we are sleepwalking into a police state. I would disagree and say that if we aren’t already…
El Salvador, Iceland, and the Philippines get 26 percent, 25 percent, and 18 percent, respectively, of their electricity from geothermal power plants. The US has huge geothermal resources, which is used could theoretically power the entire country. But the process…
Sabato Conditions have deteriorated badly for Democrats over the summer. The economy appears rotten, with little chance of a substantial comeback by November 2nd. Unemployment is very high, income growth sluggish, and public confidence quite low. The Democrats’ self-proclaimed “Recovery…