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 »

This is an interesting story; it also brings to light a few scary details. I just have one very simple question. If the "attempted terrorist" was so obvious that --his own father reported him to the U.S. "authorities"-- how the hell was he missed in… more »

The climate change talks in Copenhagen are taking a strange turn. First, we have nearly all of the important "developing nations" walk out at some point. First it was African nations, now today we have China and India walking out. It would seem that thi… more »

Alan Greenspan is warning of possible problems with the national deficit. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on Thursday backed a call for creation of a bipartisan commission to make the tough calls needed to cut… more »