Author: Michael Laprarie

And he cares, too: Waxman promises quick action on climate California Rep. Henry Waxman said Thursday the environment and U.S. economy depend on congressional action to confront the threat...

At first, I thought I had misread this MSNBC headline: Bush declares emergency for inauguration. I hadn't. Of course the "state of emergency" simply means that extra Federal funds …

Drudge is linking this story today: GREENSBURG, Pa. -- Three teenage girls who allegedly sent nude or semi-nude cell phone pictures of themselves, and three male classmates in a …

This morning, Drudge is linking a Crain's Business News report headlined: "Planned Parenthood Makes Staff Cuts" "As with many other nonprofit organizations, Planned Parenthood has had to make staff …

Jules Crittenden notes that the Nutroots over at Think Progress believe that President Bush has finally incriminated himself by admitting that he "personally authorized" the "torture" of Khalid Sheikh …

I decided to look at the Dow Jones Industrial Average from 1920 up to the present, in order to see how many serious market downturns we have weathered, and …

Since WizBang already has a category for this ... A married South Shore teacher was living a disturbed double life for nearly two years, police said, allegedly seducing a …

One of the leading intellectual lights of the Religious Right, Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, died this week at the age of 72. Neuhaus was instrumental in creating and nurturing...

This Chicago Tribune piece by John Kass is so good that it bears excerpting at length: Only a week ago, Obama, Reid and other Democratic leaders were adamant that …

Democrats made big news at yesterday's Congressional swearing-in ceremonies. The Secretary of the Senate refused to seat Roland Burris, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevitch's choice to fill President Elect Barack …