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Bonior says he doesn't want to be Labor secretary

Kathy Barks Hoffman / Associated Press LANSING, Mich. -- Former U.S. Rep. David Bonior has told President-elect Barack Obama's transition team he's not interested in becoming Labor secretary. He says he's willing to be helpful...

Is it time for a digital reality check?

NEW YORK--Solar panels clusters in New Mexico, wind farms dotting the Great Plains? But amid consistently grave economic news, not to mention the fact that everyone in attendance seemed to agree that President-elect Barack...

All of you are an embarrassment to American liberalism

And I am using the you plural, the ustedes. For something like 6 years now you have been looking for neocons under your beds. The neocon you often describe is a phantom, a caricature, a straw man. The freedom community does not...

The Emperor Has No Clothes

I share the frustration of folks like Andrew Sullivan, Kevin Drum, and Hilzoy about the way Sarah Palin has been covered in the media. As Kevin Drum put it:I continue to think that the selection of Sarah Palin as John McCain's...

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

LONDON, November 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Remembering the deaths we forget More than malaria A tsunami every three months A 9/11 every day The leading killer of the young and healthy Road deaths were recently described by the...

Comedians feed on Secret Service code names

Thank heaven for Secret Service code names. What would late-night comics and joke-seeking politicians do without them? CAMPAIGN LAUGH LINE, 2008 WHAT HAPPENS AT CHIPPENDALES ... First lady Laura Bush, speaking at the White...

Vibrating Water Promises Improved Camera Phones

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have designed and tested an adaptive liquid lens that captures up to 250 pictures per second and requires considerably less energy to operate than competing technologies. The new...

George N. Morton Jr.

SOUTHERN PINES — George Newbern Morton Jr., 88, of Southern Pines, died Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008. Mr. Morton was a Navy veteran. Private services will be held later. Survived by: Daughter, Maria; sister, Edna; and nephew, John...

Edwards speaks of Clinton, Obama, not affair

John Edwards didn't have to dodge tough questions from an Indiana University audience Tuesday, when the former presidential candidate returned to the stage three months after admitting to an extramarital affair.

Camille Paglia Attacks Media's 'Sadomasochistic, Anti-Palin Orgy'

As press members on both sides of the aisle continue their feeding frenzy on Sarah Palin, it seems almost poetic that a liberal, lesbian feminist would be staunchly coming to her defense while aggressively criticizing the...