They told me if I voted for McCain, the nation's hope would deteriorate, sure enough there has been a 20 point drop in the Consumer Confidence Index since the election, reaching a lower point than at any time during the Bush administration. ...more

March 26, 2009

America's failure to build and repair the roads and rails it needs, says Robert D. Atkinson, is "emblematic" of the larger mess we're in: "We're a generation that has been irresponsible, and we're passing on a degraded capital asset to our children." ...more

March 21, 2009

The National Rifle Association has appealed a federal court ruling that blocked a Bush administration policy allowing people to carry concealed, loaded guns in national parks. ...more

March 20, 2009

Six years after the United States invaded Iraq, the end of America's costly mission is in sight, but the future of this tortured country is much less clear. ...more

March 20, 2009

Media Misinformation When I was young I was always told the following: "If I heard or was told something of importance to check it out either through the print media or the broadcast media." ...more

March 20, 2009

A federal judge on Thursday blocked a federal rule allowing people to carry concealed, loaded guns in national parks and wildlife refuges. ...more

March 19, 2009

Many detainees locked up at Guantanamo were innocent men swept up by U.S. forces unable to distinguish enemies from noncombatants, a former Bush administration official said Thursday. ...more

March 19, 2009

Attorney General Eric Holder signaled a change on medical marijuana policy Wednesday, saying federal agents will target marijuana distributors only when they violate both federal and state law. ...more

March 18, 2009

The Supreme Court's recent ruling that federal approval of a drug is no protection from lawsuits is a victory for patients in a climate that lately has allowed businesses to hide behind government regulations. ...more

March 18, 2009

Charles Dickens, who visited in 1842, described Washington as a "city of magnificent intentions" because of the incongruity between the city's grand aspirations and muddy, swampy actuality. Today Washington's discrepancy is not architectural but political. It is between the extraordinary powers and competences the administration claims it has and the administration's inability to be clear or plausible about what it is doing. ...more

March 15, 2009