The 68-point average gap between Democrats' (81%) and Republicans' (13%) approval ratings of President Barack Obama during his second year as president is up from 65 points his first year. Those are by far the most polarized ratings for a president's
The U.S. and Russia on Saturday finalized a nuclear arms treaty that limits the number of atomic warheads the former Cold War foes are allowed to possess securing a key foreign policy goal of President Obama.
For 10 days, the world has witnessed an Egyptian people's demands for freedom and democracy. Millions of protestors have taken to the streets making peaceful, defiant, and unified demands. Now their government tries to divide them, and to break them. Their spirit will not break. They will defy th
"There's an 'economy' to Peace Making; Innocent Live Given can Redeem NNN... Lives in Bondage." WORK IT OUT. No magic. Nothing mystical; tho it's Divine." SL
More than two years of President Obama being in power, a good number of Americans have no idea what his religious background is-- a plurality admitting they have no idea, while an alarming number suggesting he is Muslim. This despite the President discussing his religion publicly and make clear that
Well, that didn't take long. No sooner had the government of Egypt restored Internet service to its citizens early Wednesday than the loosely organized cybervandals known as Anonymous were back at work trying to knock official Egyptian websites offline.
He was an officer in the Saudi Royal Navy assigned to the strategic Saudi base of Jubail in the Persian Gulf. She was a single mom from Mindanao who saw, like so many others, employment in Saudi Arabia as a route out of poverty. When he picked her up at the Dammam International Airport in June, litt
[caption id="attachment_100074409" align="alignnone" width="460" caption="A protester in Tahrir Square holds a photo showing President Mubarak's face crossed out (Photo: Getty)"][/caption] At the risk of provoking the wrath of the politically correct lobby that wants to see wholesale reform of the M
"Every three seconds one of my children dies from easily preventable causes of poverty; 28 million EVERY year. I've got not one second to worry about me." SL
"'Truth' for the stem cell is 'what does the body need from me, now?' So it is for you, every second of your Life; unless you choose 'Cancer' as your way - Heartless Metabolism." SL
Egypt airs its protests, despite the lack of Internet connectivity. How can Egyptians get the news out? Google's SayNow team has a plan. As the final Egypt Internet connection disappears, how can protesters get their messages out? Google's latest acquisition, SayNow, is offering a free service f
by Joshua S. HillNew research led by researchers at the California Institute of Technology, Caltech, have discovered new details that support the idea that the mass extinction that took place approximately
Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) is introducing his Climate Change Pre-emption bill, an initiative that would prevent the EPA and other such agencies from unilaterally regulating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions without explicit Congressional Authorization.
Roger Stockham, the 63-year-old Vietnam vet who was arrested last week for allegedly plotting to attack the largest Mosque in North America, has a long history of run-ins with the law and mental health issues.
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WASHINGTON — Former US president Jimmy Carter, who brokered the existing peace agreement between Israel and Egypt, predicted Sunday that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will have to resign because "the people have decided," a report said.
House Speaker John Boehner said Sunday that he hasn't received any outreach from President Barack Obama since taking the gavel in the lower congressional chamber. But Boehner said he believed the two could get together at a later point in time. "He's been busy with a lot of things, and I think h
Protesters from a spectrum of liberal groups vented their anger outside a political retreat run by Charles and David Koch, billionaire brothers who have financed conservative causes.
Republicans won dozens of elections last fall after claiming Democrats had focused too little on creating jobs. Now GOP lawmakers stand accused of the same charge, using their new House majority to push to repeal the president's health care law, restrict abortions and highlight other social issues i