The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said Monday it has broken up a plot to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and shoot or decapitate 102

John White, a Long Island, N.Y., black man gets a jail term for defending his home when a white mob arrives to harm his son, yet Joe Horn, a white Texan, shoots two people dead on his neighbor's lawn who weren't even bothering him? What's wrong with this?

Obama proposes to raise teacher pay through merit based rewards for work above and beyond their positions. The issue has long been a widely opposed proposal among the NEA due to its potential for abuse through favoritism and "subjective" evaluations.

Tim Russert, the host of "Meet the Press," and NBC's Washington bureau chief, has died. He was 58.

Perfect time to watch this, sad but a very "feel good" featurettte too! Documentary due out some time in 2008, by Tribe of Heart, same who made The Witness. CHECK IT OUT and DONT MISS IT!

Beginning with Ronald Reagan many Democrats started playing footsie with Republicans and large corporations and failed working Americans and the poor for the obscenely wealthy...

Norman Mailer, the outspoken author whose prize-winning works made him a towering figure on the American literary stage for more than 50 years, is dead. He was 84. Mailer died about 4:30 a.m. Saturday at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York

Norman Mailer, the combative, controversial and often outspoken novelist who loomed over American letters longer and larger than any writer of his generation, died of acute renal failure today in Manhattan. He was 84.

NY Times article examines a controversial issue facing the Supreme Court: the issue of how to kill convicted criminals.

Edwards, McCain Win Enviro Endorsements By HOLLY RAMER - 1 day ago CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Democrat John Edwards and Republican John McCain picked up separate endorsements Sunday from two national environmental groups that highlighted their commitment t