Smoking ban: The economics behind it, and more!

"India has imposed a new ban on smoking in public places from October 2, 2008, the 139th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Four years ago too, one such 'ban' was 'imposed.' However, it was royally ignored and people continued to puff away in restaurants, clubs, bars, you...

WV Religious Group Rejects Driver's License Photos as "Mark of the Beast"

A few Islamic women refuse to have photos on their driver's licenses, or photos only with full coverage. Now a fundamentalist Christian preacher and his group say that driver's license photos and Real ID are "the mark of the Beast" and they will not participate without...

House panel files historic lawsuit to enforce subpoenas

"The House Judiciary Committee filed a lawsuit Monday to enforce subpoenas against President Bush's chief of staff and his former counsel in a probe of suspected White House involvement in the 2006 firings of nine federal prosecutors, including Seattle's John McKay. The...

Hillary: A Vote for Her Gender or her Agenda? by award winner Kathleen Lamarche

"Oh, puh-lease! Do you really believe that Hillary Clinton is “ready to be President of the United States on Day One?” Good grief. I've been married to a law enforcement officer for 44 years—does that qualify me to enforce laws?"

Prisoners 'to be chipped like dogs'

" Hi-tech 'satellite' tagging planned in order to create more space in jails. Civil rights groups and probation officers furious at 'degrading' schemeMinisters are planning to implant "machine-readable" microchips under the skin of thousands of offenders as part of an...