Are you an agitator? You know, one of those people who won’t leave well enough alone, who’s always questioning authority and trying to stir things up.
If so, the Powers
Like a Fourth of July crescendo of fireworks, our gasoline prices are rising
higher and higher. While this is tough on consumers, we’re assured by a covey of tongue-clucking industry analysts t
What do shoplifters and members of Congress have in common? Tailor-made
clothing.
Like a shoplifter’s long coat, the suits of many lawmakers come with an astonishing array of
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If you want to be seen as a flag-flying, macho American, you’ve got to have the right ride — and nothing says swaggering hedonism and outta-my-way arrogance quite like a
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Obama spaketh, and it was good: “We have to find more environmentally sound ways of mining coal than simply
blowing the tops off mountains,” he proclaimed.
And, yea, in the mounta
Out in Arizona, an old tombstone bears an epitaph for a young gunslinger: “I was expecting this/But not so soon.”
Gunslinging, of course, is a high-risk business. But today, some of us c
No doubt you’re going to feel terrible about this. Top executives of Goldman Sachs, the Wall
Street powerhouse, are in a pout about how they’re being treated by you and me — i.e., t
“Regulate the health insurance giants,” chanted the reformers.
“Stop denying coverage to sick people,” they demanded. “Stop jacking up premiums,” they cried
“Regulate the health insurance giants,” chanted the reformers.
“Stop denying coverage to sick people,” they demanded. “Stop jacking up premiums,” they cried
Sam Rayburn, a longtime speaker of the U.S. House, once said, “Every now and then, a politician ought to do something just because it’s right.”
Last week, 45 U.S. senators dodged a