People familiar with the slang term "tea-bagging" know that it involves nuts. And there were about 300 nuts (wingnuts, that is) hanging out on the Lubbock County Courthouse lawn yesterday waiting for the Tea-Bagger Express to dip into town. The knuckle-d… more »

Resembling a cross between a Ku Klux Klan rally and an insane asylum picnic, Republican members of the House of Representatives held a public demonstration in front of the U.S. Capitol today protesting healthcare reform. The bizarre event was spearheaded… more »

Has the Texas Democratic Party thrown in the towel in Cochran County? It sure looks that way. According to The Morton Tribune, the county's Democrats currently lack having any party members willing to serve on its County Executive Committee. The CEC cons… more »

November is one of the bloodier months in the struggle of organized labor. In the days ahead, I will highlight the most prominent of these bloody oppressions on their anniversary day. We must never forget the brave men and women who sacrificed their very… more »

For the second week in a row, Republican senators successfully continued to stall efforts to get an unemployment benefit extension passed . Republicans are using the misery of the unemployed, who have exhausted all their benefits, as a political football… more »

It's amazing what kind of bullshit will ooze out of the mouth of economists and government statisticians.On the one hand there's the economists who this week claim that the recession is over. These are the same jarheads who during all of 2008 said we… more »

Asthma sufferers who have long depended on the over-the-counter Primatene Mist rescue inhaler will find themselves without a less-costly OTC alternative to prescription inhalers such as Albuterol. In 2006, the federal Food & Drug Administration voted… more »

Reported cases of seasonal flu and the H1N1 strain are now widespread across Texas. People are being strongly advised to properly wash their hands to help reduce the spread of these diseases. Unfortunately, many healthcare workers continue to be lazy and… more »

In April 2008, Levi King pleaded guilty before a Pulaski County, Mo., judge to killing two rural McDonald County residents: retired restauranteur Orlie McCool, 70, and his 47-year-old former daughter-in-law, Dawn Burr McCool, on Sept. 29, 2005. He was se… more »

While Texas Tech University Chancellor Kent Hance is slapping himself on the back for another record $100-million-plus year in fundraising, it shouldn't go without notice that the university pays its janitors and custodians the minimum wage of $7.25 an h… more »