Why do we tolerate being lied to by government officials? Can anyone tell me of any instance of a bureaucrat being terminated for maki...

Siouxsie & The Banshees,  Peek a Boo   College rock, alternative rock, modern rock, no matter what you call it, it has its roots...

This is how the GOP beats the Democrat party: SEN. RAND PAUL (R-KY): The GOP of old has grown stale and moss-covered. I don't think w...

On the day the President declared the 16.7 trillion dollar national debt to be "no big deal", it's nice to know that there...

These two tiny islands in the middle of the South Atlantic are back in the news again as the population votes overwhelmingly to remain Bri...

In a moment of legal lucidity rare for the region a New York state Supreme Court justice has struck down Mayor Bloomberg's ban on larg...

   As a follow on to yesterday's conversation, here is another 'permutation' that I hadn't even considered when I wrote...

  A while back someone framed the Pro-Choice position as a question of sovereignty, providing a perfect opportunity to serve up a lit...

The Civil Rights Movement For those of you who think that the civil rights movement began in the sixties.  Billie Holiday recorde d this...

80% of Recent NYC High School Grads Cannot Read CBS2 NY recently published an article on the failure of N YC schools to adequately tea...

Fra nkly, It's None of Your Business. My heart goes out to Gabrielle Giffords and her husband for the tra ge dy that they have been ...

 W.J.Pilsak at the German language Wikipedia A Clear and Concise Observation Sheila Bair at the New York Times has made a very astut...

How to Bu y Friends and Influence People The new US Secretary of State John Kerry says t he US is providing $190 million immediately t...

This is the Deed to the State of Rhode Island Like our governme nt budget , it is in tatters. Yesterday a commenter posit ed: Pre...