“The tally for Hurricane Katrina waste could top $2 billion next year because half of the lucrative government contracts valued at $500,000 or greater for cleanup work are being awarded with little competition. Federal investigators have already determined the Bush administration squandered $1 billion on fraudulent disaster aid to individuals after the 2005 storm. Now […]
“We were both riding in the back seat of the car, on our way to a concert. We were talking back and forth about minutia, and then ‘J’ turned to me and said. ‘You’ll never guess who called me today.’ ‘Who,’ I responded. ‘Someone from the USDA.’ ‘The USDA?’ My mind started to whirl. I […]
“At some point, it becomes necessary to cut through the politics, the nuance, the posturing and get to the point. The point is, we are essentially hostage to the cesspool that is the Middle East and the hatred that region fosters for one reason, oil. The other point that must be addressed is that we […]
“The plight of service station operators does not appear to ever have caught the public fancy. Not once in all my years as a diligent TV watcher can I recall having seen a special on the subject, or even a segment on the evening news about the disappearance of the family-operated service station. The television […]
“Obesity extended beyond the borders of American abundance to nations once associated with hunger. Human-to human transmission of bird flu was confirmed among the members of an Indonesian family. Outbreaks of E.coli and salmonella in the United States raised questions about the safety of the food supply. In 2006, many of the major health news […]
“A Nielsen Media Research report from fall 2006 shows that the average American spends four hours and 35 minutes watching television each day. Each week, television viewing adds up to more than 30 hours — well beyond a part-time job. Other reports show that national and local commercials now total an average of eight minutes […]
“So Americans’ access to cold medicine has been restricted, we’ve embarked on questionable sting operations that likely ensnare innocent people, and the FDA is allowing a useless medication to be sold to U.S. consumers. And to what end? Meth is more available and more potent than it ever was. Typical drug war folly. This is […]
“California Senate President Don Perata has a plan to provide all uninsured working Californians with health insurance at an estimated cost of $5 billion to $7 billion without a tax increase. Unfortunately it will not work, says Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. … Even if the plan did stick to the […]
“Multiple Sclerosis, an autoimmune disorder that affects two million people worldwide and is daignosed in 350,000 Americans each year, is one of the more frustrating conditions in medicine because, despite decades of study, researchers have been unable to find a cure for the condition or identify what causes it. The disease strikes young adults in […]
“Maybe it’s germs that are making you fat. Researchers found a strong connection between obesity and the levels of certain types of bacteria in the gut. That could mean that someday there will be new ways of treating obesity that go beyond the standard advice of diet and exercise. According to two studies being published […]
