Reciting Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional, judge rules

In a ruling Wednesday that reverberated all the way to U.S. Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts’ Senate confirmation hearings,...

‘Racist’ police blocked bridge and forced evacuees back at gunpoint

A Louisiana police chief has admitted that he ordered his officers to block a bridge over the Mississippi river and...

Pentagon Revises Nuclear Strike Plan

The Pentagon has drafted a revised doctrine for the use of nuclear weapons that envisions commanders requesting presidential approval to...

How Bush Blew It

It’s a standing joke among the president’s top aides: who gets to deliver the bad news? Warm and hearty in...

Bush: Man of the People

This takes the cake. People unable to get chemotherapy because Bush wanted a photo-op — and then passed on it....

Arnold Says No to Gay Marriage

California�s gay and lesbian community is reacting with fury to Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger�s announcement late Wednesday afternoon that he...

FEMA packed with W’s pals

The three top jobs at the Federal Emergency Management Agency under President Bush went to political cronies with no apparent...

Frustrated: Fire crews to hand out fliers for FEMA

Many of the firefighters, assembled from Utah and throughout the United States by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, thought they...

Why is the Red Cross not in New Orleans?

This is from their website, folks: Hurricane Katrina: Why is the Red Cross not in New Orleans? Acess to New...

It took a while, but the global response to Katrina is building

A little cultural myopia is evident there. To return Bangladesh’s gift of $1 million, for example, could be seen as...