The hundreds of limousines and private jets that ferried environmentalists to the climate conference in Copenhagen ...more

December 18, 2009

The headline ran in The New York Times a month ago, on Nov. 7: "All Afghan War Options by Obama Aides Said to Call for More Troops." According to White House insiders, Obama considered three choices for digging our way deeper into the "graveyard of empires:" General Stanley McChrystal, commander of the occupation forces, asked for 40,000 additional soldiers. Defense Secretary Robert Gates wanted 30,000 more. Other generals wanted to send 20,000 more. ...more

December 5, 2009

A Pinellas County doctor who was Iraq's health minister is suing The Washington Post, accusing the paper of libel for a story describing allegations of corruption against him when he ran the Iraqi Red Crescent. ...more

December 1, 2009

Millions, including the minions fawning over the popular, blood-sucking Dracula, may lift their "Cross-equivalent," perhaps one of the vampire's long, sharp teeth, against the politically incorrect, "right wing" thoughts bared here. ...more

November 27, 2009

The Secret Service says it's looking into its own security procedures after determining that two people crashed Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House. ...more

November 25, 2009

Dotti Bryant counts the Sun City Center Emergency Squad as one of her blessings every Thanksgiving. Bryant said volunteers with the SCC Emergency Squad made 18 trips to her home when her husband, Robert, was ill. ...more

November 25, 2009

Nearly a year before Maj. Nidal Hasan allegedly went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, terrorism investigators conducted an "assessment" of him before deciding he did not pose a threat. ...more

November 10, 2009

The irony is inescapable: A military psychiatrist, trained to help soldiers deal with internal demons, apparently succumbs to his own and is accused of going on a rampage at a Texas army base. ...more

November 7, 2009

The next time you doubt all things are political, take a look at your kid's school lunch. Yes, that slice of cheese pizza and carton of milk are at the heart of a $12 billion debate going on right now in Washington, right alongside those on war appropriations and health care reform. ...more

October 22, 2009

Even as China's state media slammed the country's massive U.S. debt purchases, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Tuesday that China's leaders believe in "the basic resilience and dynamism of the U.S. economy." ...more

June 3, 2009