Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
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TSA to Remove Harmful, Invasive X-Ray Body Scanners from Airports
The TSA glossed over the cancer risk posed by even the low doses of radiation emitted by X-ray scanners, while the FDA went against its own advisory panel that recommended a federal safety standard for the machines.
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Report: Andean Glaciers Melting at "Unprecedented" Rates
Climate change has shrunk Andean glaciers between 30 and 50 percent since the 1970s and could melt many of them away altogether in coming years, according to a study published on Tuesday in the journal Cryosphere.
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Graduated and Living with Mom and Dad: An Infographic
Reasons to move back home after college.
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How Dangerous Has the NSA Become?
We think we're protected by the First and the Fourth Amendments. But we are spied upon to a stunning degree, with the U.S. government intercepting a reported 1.7 billion messages a day from American citizens.
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The Trillion Dollar Coin: What You Really Need to Know
The floating of the trillion-dollar coin has inadvertently opened up a window not just to reform, but to transform our monetary system: if the U.S. government can issue its own interest free money, why borrow at interest instead?
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The Implosion of the GOP and the Rise of Third Parties
It’s time for fresh faces and fresh ideas in the stuffy chambers of Congress, and this decade will mark the rise of third parties to hold true political power at the highest levels of government.
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"Petcoke" from Tar Sands Warms Climate More Than Coal
Environmental groups last week released a study that found refining tar sands will create 5 billion tons of burnable petroleum coke, or petcoke, which emits more CO2 than coal.
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How to Cut Megabanks Down to Size
A member of the Federal Reserve Board argued last week that megabanks not only threaten taxpayers with bailouts and should be broken up, but their continuing failure to lend is also thwarting the economy.
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European Parliament Approves Financial Transaction Tax
By an overwhelming majority, 533 Members of the European Parliament voted in late 2012 in favor of a Financial Transaction Tax, bringing the Robin Hood Tax one step closer to reality.
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Dr. Occupy, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Run for Congress
I'm one of the minority in the Occupy movement who optimistically believes our politics can be redeemed, that direct action tactics and grassroots campaigns can be brought successfully to electoral politics. So I ran for office.
