New HBO documentary exposes gas drilling hazards

06-17-2010 • By MICHAEL RUBINKAM, Associated Press Writer

MILANVILLE, Pa. – What do you do when a gas company offers nearly $100,000 for the right to drill on your land?

10 States Where An Absurd Percentage Of People Work For The Government

06-06-2010 • Businessinsider.com/

Surprisingly -- as Economix points out -- the biggest public sectors aren't in liberal states like California. They're in states like Kansas, where people often rail against big government.

Blackfeet woman sees end to 14-year govt fight

05-22-2010 • AP

Her appearance offered an unexpected glimpse of a woman who had built a reputation for fearlessness after 14 years standing toe-to-toe with the federal government in an attempt to recover billions of dollars of squandered Indian trust money.

Washington DC: From Beautiful City to Tourism Hell

05-18-2010 • Nancy Morgan

Our nation’s capital contains much for the tourist and history aficionado. Unfortunately, bureaucrats and PC has turned DC into some sort of Tourism Hell. Nancy Morgan recently returned and reports.

The Postal Service Is Essential to Democracy -- It Should Be Re-Imagined, Not Shrunk

05-16-2010 • Alternet

Government does do things right; indeed, it does something right every day on a massive scale. The oldest of America's major public services carries on as an essential arm of the federal government, a service that has only begun to tap its potential.