Super Committee Fails. What's Next?

By now, most anyone who has been paying attention, even peripherally, is probably aware that the so-called “super committee” put together by politicians to reach a compromise about spending cuts has failed miserably. Limping off into the sunset with nary a whine as...

Blame Officially Assessed in Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

In case anyone was still wondering who is to blame for the April 2010 explosion that killed almost a dozen workers and set off a monumental Gulf of Mexico oil spill, wonder no more: the official United States government report came out a while back. Let's recap...