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No, really. Via Yves Smith at Naked Capitalism, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that more and more people are being picked up and tossed in jail to satisfy

Bloomberg had the money interview with Don Blankenship: “Whatever happened at UBB is something that needs to be figured out, but it’s not the result of my

TWI’s David Weigel is tweeting live from the Libel Lawfare Islamism conference (follow here), and he reports that Center for Security Policy President Frank

I guess there must be a bright side for somebody in any economic downturn, and top bankruptcy lawyers seem to have found it. As hard times hit more businesses,

Are there any judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit without substantial holdings in oil and gas? Not many, notes the Alliance for Justice in

In just the last seven days, third-party groups spent $153,000 on independent expenditures to buy commercials, make phone calls and fund other activities to

In his opening statement, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy (D-Vt.) noted that Thurgood Marshall, despite the fact that he graduated first in his

The word from the White House and from Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is unequivocal, by which the Obama administration fully supports the actions

A roundup of the top immigration stories of the week: - Yesterday, President Obama met with members of the Domestic Policy Council to talk strategy on

Sen. George Voinovich, the two-term Republican from Ohio, announces his retirement. Michelle Malkin proclaims victory. When I think of George Voinovich, I

<div class="mini gray">Photo credit: Lauren Burke, WDCPix</div> <p>When Mike Huckabee was sworn in as governor of Arkansas in 1996,

Glenn Beck closed the 37th annual CPAC with a passionate, personal, ideological-but-not-partisan speech about his career and America’s values. For 45 minutes he

Today, the Senate overcame a key procedural hurdle to move forward on a much-needed $26.1 billion state aid bill. The provision provides $10 billion in funds

The American Independent has previously reported on the growing corporatization of the incipient medical marijuana industry at a time when medical marijuana

Jesselyn Radack at Daily Kos slams The Washington Post for its editorial yesterday praising the Senate Judiciary Committee for its highly compromised Patriot

Much was said about walls, borders and welfare during the immigration section of the Republican presidential debate in Ames, Iowa, on Thursday. But the most

Yesterday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a speech to the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council. He argued that the United States is on an