I can't figure out why the president is threatening to tax banks who award their employees with bonuses? The "financial crisis responsibility fee" would target major institutions. It would be levied on those that were the main contributors to the f… more »

The British Government is trying to cancel orders for Swine Flu vaccines. It appears that the H1N1 scare was just that --a scare. Fewer than 5,000 people in Britain are thought to have contracted swine flu in the last week, and the numbers in inten… more »

Alexis de Tocqueville coined the term in his 1835 work entitled Democracy in America. Basically freedom is taken away incrementally, so as to disguise its absence. Of course this is done without a war or civil war; hence the term soft tyranny. Sound… more »

The choice is going to be much easier come Jan 1 of this year, at least for the people of DC. DC will place a tax on plastic bags this year. The thing that makes this so absurd is the stated reasons for the tax. Starting today, the District of Colu… more »

Tiger has lost his AT&T contract. AT&T's logo appeared on the golfer's bag. The company did not comment on its reasons for dropping Woods. The company was also the host of the AT&T National PGA event in July - something it says it wi… more »