Month: December 2007

Halliburton? Nope. The liberal print media: Newsday to pay $15M fine in fraudulent circulation probe * * * As they say, read the whole thing....

Time magazine has named its "Person of the Year" for 2007: outgoing President Vladimir Putin of Russia. David Morgan reports for Reuters: Time magazine named Russian President Vladimir Putin …

It is a real slow blogging day and since no one else is writing I'll share something that happened in my neck of the Woods. Since it involves a …

After months of posturing and posing, Senate Democrats bow to President Bush yet again and approve the money they have withheld for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Manu …

Dissatisfied with his handling of the appropriations process this year, Senate Democrats are considering ways to oust Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia from his Chairmanship of the powerful …

Here's a summary of the week thus far in Congress: -- By Wednesday afternoon (EST) if not sooner the full Congress will have appropriated another 70 billion dollars for …

Confidential drug programs criticized after botched surgeries Troubling cases in which doctors were accused of botching operations while undergoing treatment for drugs and alcohol have led to criticism of …

There were four noteworthy elections in 2007 with direct business ramifications: 1. Voters in New Jersey rejected a stem-cell research public spending bill. 2. Voters in Oregon rejected a …

Ramadi? Nope. San Francisco: A shooting Monday afternoon pushed the homicide total in San Francisco to 97 this year, the most killings in the city in more than a …

Detroit? Um, no. Hollywood: The Acadamy Awards presentation ceremony found itself on Tuesday in the middle of the worst Hollywood labor clash in two decades. Irony thy name is …