Politics

December 10, 2009 - Yesterday the National Conference on State Legislatures released a report on how the recession is hitting state budgets, and the news was grim: "The states are facing nearly unprecedented declines in revenuecollections," said William Pound, executive director of the NCSL."Coupled with probable declines in federal stimulus support over thenext two year, the state fiscal picture is bleak.  We're heading intoan era of retro budgeting, where state spending is receding to levelsfive to 10 years ago."

December 2, 2009 - Health reform is getting all the attention, but remember the banking and economic crisis? Next week, the U.S. House is expected to vote on several proposed reforms. The Center for Media and Democracy's Bankster website is encouraging citizens to tell Congress about their desire for reform: While it may it be a wonderful life for the big banks on Wall Street,here on Main Street too many of us are struggling this holiday season.The financial sector has collapsed the economy - gifting us with

December 1, 2009 - President Barack Obama is scheduled to deliver a speech to the nation tonight from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., in which he's expected to announce he's sending up to 35,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.

November 30, 2009 - The New York Times ran an eye-opening story this weekend about the 36 million people in this country who depend on food stamps:

November 25, 2009 - You know that $300 million for Louisiana in the Senate health bill that has caused right-wing pundits to call Sen. Mary Landrieu a "prostitute" and worse -- and attempt to discredit the Democrats' health reform bill?

November 24, 2009 - A panel of South Carolina lawmakers begins debating a measure today to impeach Gov. Mark Sanford for disappearing for five days in June and failing to put someone in charge of the state while he was in Argentina visiting his mistress.

November 24, 2009 - You've