The New York Post headline reads "Madoff Could Spend 150 Years In Prison." Yeah right, and the earth could spin off its axis, too. I don't expect the earth to go spinning off into intergalactic space and I doubt that Bernie Madoff will get 150 months in… more »

The so-called right-to-life movement is mad that President Obama reversed a Bush-era executive order banning embryonic stem cell research. Obama signed the executive order today, a little more than a month after overturning Ronald Reagan's executive orde… more »

The Obama Administration appears to be moving toward the the insane idea of talking with moderate elements of the Taliban. Moderate Taliban? Oh, yes, those must be the ones who just throw sulfuric acid in little school girls' faces instead of outright ki… more »

According to figures released Thursday by the Texas Workforce Commission, January unemployment in Texas rose 45 percent from January 2008. Practically every Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area reported monthly increases of 1 percent or more in the unempl… more »

A grass fire fueled by high winds raged across ranch land in northern Hockley County today, burning a large swath of prairie between FM 303 and FM 1490. No reported injuries and no report on property damage. more »

Sundown, Texas. Population: 1527. An overwhelmingly conservative Hockley County town born from oil and located in the middle of one of Texas' largest oil fields. City officials informed residents this week that the Sundown Volunteer Fire Department is no… more »

Cotton is king in Hockley County, Texas. The county's cotton producers received over $6 million in direct farm subsidy payments from the federal government in 2007. So it wasn't any surprise to see in Sunday's edition of the Levelland & Hockley Count… more »

From Capitol Annex: Netroots activists from across Texas have joined forces to launch CensureLeo.com, urging the Texas House of Representatives to censure State Rep. Leo Berman (R-Tyler) for his conduct following an immigration summit last week. Prai… more »

Citigroup and Bank of America are following in the footsteps of Wamu, Wachovia, and IndyMac as the stock price of both financial institutions has now plummeted below $4.00 a share. Citigroup ended the trading day up 19 cents at $2.14 a share, and BOA clo… more »

In a ranking of state poverty rates, with 1 being the lowest and 50 being the highest: Republican Governor Haley Barbour's state of Mississippi is ranked 50. Republican Governor Bobby Jindal's state of Louisiana is ranked 49. Republican Governor Ric… more »