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It’s here — few people at the labor conference I’m at have seen it. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Penn.) comes out against every aspect of the bill. On the merits,

The defeated candidate in NY-23, who helped swing a safe Republican seat over to Rep. Bill Owens (D-N.Y.), is adding to the underserved genre of books by

Gov. Rick Scott (Pic via flgov.com) Representatives from the offices of Sen

Despite recent reports to the contrary, Spain’s attorney general has now reportedly decided not to prosecute the Bush Six -- the top legal officials in the Bush

Source: Flickr, jimmywayne The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Citizens Board unanimously approved water quality permits for an expansion of a taconite facility on the Iron Range Tuesday. The permits leave only one more step before the expansion , which will cost about $300 million, create 120 permanent jobs and increase the capacity of the plant, according to Keetac owner, U.S.

Don’t expect any charitable feelings around the holidays. According to a new Rasmussen national telephone survey, 58 percent of U.S. voters say they’d support

Yesterday, an unlikely message popped up in my inbox, from the U.S.-African Chamber of Commerce. Responding to Madonna’s latest controversial forays into the

Here’s one of the cheerier conservative videos of the day: Myron Ebell and Lee Doren of the energy industry-funded Competitive Enterprise Institute hound the

Today the Commission on Presidential Debates launched an online toolset through MySpace, in a dedicated portal called MyDebates.org. Organizers say this is

Despite the administration’s focus on environmental issues, polls show that fewer Americans are worried about global warming than in recent years. Experts say the struggling economy is responsible.

Preempting Washington politicians looking for easy ways to close the deficit and reduce the debt, the Pentagon is trimming its own budget. Yesterday, Secretary

Over at The National Review, Josh Barro has a good blog post on extending the unemployment insurance system during sustained periods of high joblessness. I am

By curbing the practice of dumping waste in valleys, the move represents the most significant administrative action ever taken to address mountaintop removal coal mining, according to one environmental group.

Incredibly, Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain changed his surprise mortgage plan this week to make it even easier on lenders, Politico

Beryllium, a rare metal that gives glitter to emeralds and aquamarine, became an indispensable component of nuclear bombs during the atomic era, and tens of

<p>With Tuesday’s voting ensuring no end to the Democratic presidential race and John McCain traipsing around <a

So it appears from the Senate Armed Services Committee report that in 2002, then-Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz was rather interested in