Author: Michael Laprarie

... what rose out of the ashes of the still-ongoing Wisconsin pro-union protests.  Or maybe you will.  Those perpetual parties by college drop-outs and stoners er, pro-union protests must …

The London Daily Mail is reporting today: The boss of the company behind the devastated Japanese nuclear reactor today broke down in tears - as his country finally acknowledged …

It seems that Smart Diplomacy TM has become the latest Obama Administration casualty thanks to the perpetual amateur hour being played out in the White House:Fed up with a …

This story, worth your time to read in its entirety, has been making its way around the conservative blogosphere:You don't have to be an art critic to see something …

These are the headlines at The Drudge Report this morning: But when you click on "BAIL:  LAST WORKERS ABANDON NUKE PLANT" this is the story you get -- Japan …

Via The Telegraph: "There was a huge explosion" between 6:00 am (2100 GMT Monday) and 6:15 am at the number-two reactor of Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant, a Tokyo …

The latest news coming from the Fukushima nuclear power plant is not good:The cooling system failed at the Dai-Ichi No. 2 reactor today, said Tokyo Electric, which runs the …

The Los Angeles Times is reporting:A day after responding to one of the worst earthquakes on record and a massive tsunami, the Japanese government sought to allay fears of …

Utilizing a simple parliamentary move, the Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate passed a measure terminating collective bargaining rights for state employees in all areas except base salary.  The bill...

My colleague Rick has done a good job covering yesterday's explosive revelations of bigotry, racism, and hatred nested within NPR's elitist senior management.   This has blown up into …