Remember back when Republicans were slamming American auto workers and blaming them for problems caused largely by management? Conservatives seldom acknowledge the economic concessions UAW workers made during the 1970s, when another major crisis not of t… more »

Nobel laureate economist and editorialist Paul Krugman wrote this on December 28, 2008: No modern American president would repeat the fiscal mistake of 1932, in which the federal government [under president Herbert Hoover] tried to balance its budget… more »

In its latest defense of totalitarian censorship, the Chinese dictatorship claimed that it's protecting China from "information imperialism." This grand prouncement came from the thug regime in Beijing on the heels of Google's announcement earlier this w… more »

The Texas Workforce Commission reported today that the Texas seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 8.3 percent in December, up from 8 percent the previous month. Statewide, the total labor force shrank by over 20,000 as more unemployed workers si… more »

I realize that Haiti isn't a part of the United States, but the U.S. and the rest of the Western Hemisphere countries bear a great deal of responsibility for Haiti turning into the hell-on-earth which it has become. The island nation isn't any farther aw… more »

Wall Street bank JP Morgan Chase has reported profits of $3.3 billion for the last three months of 2009. That's almost a 400-percent increase in the bank's profits compared to a year ago. In contrast, American workers saw their inflation-adjusted week… more »

After over 200 years of oppression and grinding poverty, the people of Haiti have literally been ground into dust as a 7.0 earthquake shattered this already economically-devastated country of 9 million. A humanitarian crisis of epic proportions is unf… more »

According to the AP, "This is supposedly the year 3-D television becomes the hot new thing: Updated sets and disc players are coming out, and 3-D cable channels are in the works. But it's not clear the idea will reach out and grab mainstream viewers."… more »

A court hearing in Lubbock today concerning Mike Leach's motion for a temporary restraining order abruptly came to an end when Texas Tech announced that it had fired Leach. Supporters of Leach still don't get it. The Adam James incident had less to do wi… more »

The problem with now-suspended Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach is that his ego is bigger than his coaching abilities. He's an arrogant little tyrant who truly believes that he can say and do whatever outrageous thing he wants to and will be allowed… more »