Confronting Big Oil
President Obama is taking on the oil and gas industry. He intends to save taxpayers $30 billion over the next 10 years by ending tax loopholes Big Oil has been enjoying on our dime.
Whats been going on so far
Responses are continuing to come in from supporters during pledge week. A reader in New York responded to the letter and call for monthly pledges and signed up for $25 a month! Thank you. He also promised to give his winnings from his “first jackpot on mega lotto.”
Burned out on Mothers Day
Mother’s Day comes once a year, but being a mother is an every-day job. It’s no surprise that 34 percent of full-time working mothers told a Mother’s Day survey they feel burned out. That’s surely a big understatement.
Make a pledge and support the workers' fighting newspaper
I hope this letter finds you healthy. As for wealthy and wise? You must already be wise since you support the workers’ newspaper: the People’s Weekly World and Nuestro Mundo.
Obama, reform and the role of the left
After the first, perhaps over analyzed, hundred days of the Obama administration, it is fair to say that President Obama is a reformer and we are entering an era of reforms, possibly radical reforms.
Specter haunting the GOP
A specter is haunting the Republican Party. The specter of marginalization. Pennsylvania's Republican Sen. Arlen Specter triggered political shockwaves by announcing he is switching parties, and will run for re-election in 2010 in the Democratic primary.
Extinct 'hobbits' defy placement on the human family tree
The good scientist, when faced with a piece of reality that doesn’t seem to click with existing theory, relishes a new opportunity to dive back into that wonderful pond again where he or she thrashes around, swims and explores until he or she can come out with a little more knowledge.
Why did Susan Boyle become a global phenom?
I first saw the headline on Google. Something about “Britain’s Got Talent ‘never been kissed’ Susan Boyle attracts wide viewership.” Yes, the never been kissed part perked my interest.
Restoring reason at the FDA
It's official. Seventeen year-olds now get a second chance to prevent pregnancy as easily as older women do. The FDA, per order of the White House, extended over-the-counter access to emergency contraception, also known as the morning after pill, to 17-year-olds April 23.
May Day -- Born in the USA
Many of us never learned in school that May Day, the most widely celebrated holiday in the world, was born here in the USA.
