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“Welcome to the New Normal.” Those words should be displayed at New York's airports as a welcome to bedraggled travelers during the Northeast's latest “snowpocalypse.” Why? Because the Big …

When it comes to journalistic achievements in 2010, the elephant in the room is WikiLeaks. I've seen many put-downs of the materials as containing “no smoking guns”, or as …

Washington - If you're a politician, beware of snow. It can bury a career. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie are learning that …

Washington - Welcome to the Republicans who take over the House of Representatives this week. Since it is a new year, let us be optimistic about what this development …

Good news! You’ve got a pretty good chance of surviving a terrorist’s nuclear blast in your city — especially if you’re a rich white man. Women, ethnic minorities and …

What if someone were to tell you that your Congressman routinely bandies around phrases such as “Jesus plus nothing,” used to mean the complete rule of Jesus, and …

If you haven't already noticed, there is a corporate/conservative campaign underway to convince the public that public employees are living high on the taxpayer's dime and should have their …

Local and state finances receive very little national attention. During the most recent economic crisis, local government finances have taken an epic battering. The situation in California has received …

Corporate Executives Asked Obama to Authorize a “Tax Holiday” for Their Firms

When Election 2010 came and went, we thought the highest-profile losers – most of them Republican tea partyers – might fade quietly into oblivion. Not this group, for the …