Food Fit for a President, written 1 week ago, As you might have heard, President-elect Obama will be using Abraham Lincoln’s Inaugural Bible when he is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. Lincoln is, of course, a major inspiration to the President-elect and a strong influence on...

Aircraft Carrier George H.W. Bush Set for Service, written 6 days ago, Issuing the command, �Man our ship and bring her to life!" on January 10, Dorothy �Doro� Bush Koch, daughter of the 41st President of the United States, will signal the...

Ed Towns Is Elected Chairman of the Government Oversight Committee, written 1 week ago, This evening, the House Democratic Caucus formally elected Rep. Edolphus “Ed” Towns (D-NY) as Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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Getting a Patent on a Dude Vest, written 1 week ago, Recently an idea for an invention popped into my head… a “Man-Bra.” I’m not saying who inspired this idea; let’s just call him “Myhu S. Band.” This special garment would provide some support for men with a more developed “chest reg...

Restless America, written 1 week ago, The point I think is that America's greatness - for want of a less emotionally-charged word (its salience perhaps, or its significance) - is lodged in the vibrancy of the place. And this piece - just read the first three paragraphs - makes the case wonderfu...

Electronic System of Travel Authorization (ESTA), written 1 week ago, Beginning Monday, travelers under the Visa Waiver Program will be required to obtain an Electronic System of Travel Authorization (ESTA) in order to visit the United States. This means that any national or citizen seeking to trav...

In This Case: Los Reyes Magos, written 1 week ago, Los Reyes Magos by the Caban group Many people mistake days mentioned in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" for the days preceding December 25. In actuality, however, the song refers to the twelve days after Christmas. In the...

ONDCP's 2007 Cocaine Smuggling Report Now Available Online, written 1 week ago,                 Three separate data sources have revealed steep reductions in availability and use of cocaine over the past two years.  More specifically, significant changes in the street-level price and...

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State Senator-elect Hiram Monserrate Caught on Video Abusing Girlfriend!, written 1 week ago, Photo courtesy Jimmy Vielkind via politickerny.com “No one can look at the security video and think that this was an accident,” said a law enforcement source who saw the footage. “The woman looks ...

Happy Holidays from NAL, written 3 weeks ago, Click the image above for a larger view and a little holiday magic.

Register as a 2009 Tap Project Campaign Volunteer, written 5 days ago, Clean water is essential, yet 900 million people worldwide lack access to it. Waterborne illness is the second highest cause of childhood death in the world, with more than 4,200 children dying everyday of water-related diseases....

Deputy Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency, Marcus Peacock, describes what the EPA is doing to improve its operations and make what EPA does more open to the public.

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Twitter Plugin Removed, written 1 week ago, The Twitter script was hiccuping and giving people popups asking for user names and passwords.  I’ve taken it out ’till either it gets fixed or I find a way to make it stop.

Politicians and pundits may divide us into "blue" and "red" and try to force us to choose sides, but millions of Americans make up the vital center. We want our leaders to govern in the spirit of shared patriotism that brought Hamilton, Madison and Jay to

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Sarah Palin and the Gender Neutral Kid, written 1 week ago, To those of you tired with my pictures and political commentary, I present an original story! Sarah Palin and the Gender Neutral Kid Once upon a time, long long ago, in a land not much unlike our own, but in a land where everything re...

Dropping Money from Helicopters and Other Hard Choices (Update 1), written 4 weeks ago, i. Hardly conservative, over-consolidation of wealth at the expense of the US middle class is a reckless game. High productivity and rapidly cycling currency fuel high living standards and rapid growth. There...