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Michigan state representative doesn’t want any part of health reform plans. Obama to talk health care on conservative radio. Blackwater was in the

“When high stakes are attached to tests, people often act in ways that compromise educational values. High-stakes testing incentivizes narrowing of the

A new poll shows Michiganders are not satisfied with Gov.

DeSmogBlog’s Richard Littlemore took notice of my post on the research into the effect of climate change on hurricanes. Unfortunately, I think Littlemore

The vast Koch Industries-led cabal of GOP donors, free-market ideologues and titans of industry is real, it turns out, and The New York Times has obtained the

The House of Representatives has followed the Senate’s lead and passed an amendment banning ACORN from receiving federal funds. There aren’t many surprises on

Congressional Democrats haven’t had much luck with efforts to move stimulus legislation this week. Plans to pump billions of dollars into public works projects

Kerry Picket reports that Marvel Comics is partially apologizing for a storyline that portrays Captain America investigating white supremacists and observing a

While Democrats grilled the author of a bill that would authorize state-issued “Choose Life” license plates about the legislation’s political undertones,

Marathon Petroleum Co. has announced that it will offer to buy more than 300 homes near the southwest Detroit refinery that is being upgraded to process more Canadian tar sands oil

The rise of online discounting, layaway programs, the reluctance of stores to haggle and, most important, the economic crisis could make this year’s Black Friday a dismal shopping day. But some analysts say that what has become for many consumers a ritual of the holiday season will keep cash registers busy.

Elections Law Professor Richard Hasen weighs in obliquely on the current hysteria surrounding accusations that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is accepting (and

Well, so much for last-ditch efforts to retain access to Kyrgyzstan’s massive Manas airbase, a key logistical hub for the Afghanistan war. Danger Room’s Nathan

In a statement on its website, Mariner Energy, the owner of the rig that exploded in the Gulf says: Mariner Energy, Inc. (NYSE: ME) confirms that a fire has

My extremely tall friend Matt Duss of the Center for American Progress has a fascinating video interview with CNN’s Michael Ware, who’s done yeoman work

When Merrill Lynch snuck in $4 billion in executive bonuses just before its sale to Bank of America, nearly everyone I spoke with said that while the move was

ANCHORAGE -- We’re still going through documents from the time Sarah Palin served as mayor of her hometown, Wasilla, that I picked up from the clerk’s office on

The Obama administration doesn’t want to fight with Afghan President Hamid Karzai anymore. Amb. Richard Holbrooke, the special representative to Afghanistan and

So the ACLU doesn’t really like FBI Director Robert S. Mueller’s proposed new guidelines for investigations, fearing that the relaxed rules could open the door

Here is the letter that John Fonte of the Ethics and Public Policy Center is passing around conservative circles, collecting signatures to oppose the nomination