For its anticipated $18+ billion share in the $700 billion bailout of Wall Street banks and lenders now being ramrodded through Congress by the Bush administration, the state of Michigan could provide almost 7 million of its residents with free health care.

"Michigan is the key to the whole [electoral] map," a pollster recently told Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne. It's 17 electoral votes are one reason, but the anger of the state's working families over Bush economic and trade policies that have cost them jobs and a decent standard of living is far more telling.

As the Bush administration attempts to ram a bailout package of nearly one trillion dollars through Congress, it begins to feel like Colonel Sanders asking the public to trust him to take care of the chickens.

If I may simplify somewhat the situation, (but only slightly) we can say that over the last quarter of century, Wall Street firms bought out Congress and the White House (and paid at wholesale prices). Now, they want the U.S. government to buy them back (and they want to sell at retail prices).

Afghanistan may have been a war unexpected in Canada, but a familiarity with American expectations concerning the New American Century combined with the fawning willingness of the Canadian military would make it more probable than improbable.

Israel is in a tremendous state of instability and uncertainty. Olmert has tendered his resignation, but no one knows whether [Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi] Livni will be able to form a coalition.

John McCain says he is ready to make sound economic decisions to help avoid further financial crisis. But McCain has long described himself as a supporter of deregulation and reduced oversight of business and banking, a policy many experts have linked to the recent financial collapse on Wall Street.

This is an important book to read, especially during this electoral season. It's not very long (161 pages), but it thoroughly explains how public opinion polls are manipulated to produce the results wanted by those who use them to influence and shape public perceptions of reality.

Both confusion and anger reign for most people across the political spectrum about the $700 billion "bailout" of Wall Street banking and brokerage houses, which the Bush administration is trying to force through Congress right now.

The truck bomb that exploded in front of Islamabad's Marriott hotel killing at least 53 people heralded in the latest salvo in the the US's and Mujahedin's love/hate relationship.

The Bush administration has proposed a massive bailout plan of at least $700 billion (maybe as much as $1.7 trillion) to stabilize the financial system amid the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression.

After the collapse of several major banks, lending institutions, and investment firms and with at least two more major Wall Street banks on the chopping block, the Bush administration is trying to rush the handout through Congress without much public discussion, with no strings attached, and at a huge cost to taxpayers.

ATLANTA - Two anti-death penalty activists, Rev. Marvin Morgan, First Congregational Church, and Steve Woodhall, were arrested today at the Governor's Office, after refusing to leave the office until speaking with the governor about tomorrow's impending execution of Troy Davis.

This year the Better World Awards was held on Saturday June 14, 2008. The event took place at the Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium at 1199 SEIU.

With the collapse of Wall Street on everyone's mind, John McCain may have made a huge mistake publishing an article in the current issue of Contingencies magazine calling for the deregulation of the health insurance industry.

There is a lot of debate about whether or not cow’s milk is good—or appropriate—for people at all. On the plus side, it is a valuable source of protein, as well as calcium, necessary to help build bones and keep them strong.

In a presentation to the Venezuelan National Assembly (AN) on Wednesday, former Vice-President José Vicente Rangel detailed the results of his ongoing investigations into plots to assassinate President Hugo Chávez and overthrow the government.

Without a doubt, Venezuela has shown the greatest solidarity with Cuba after we were hit by the two devastating hurricanes. Its President did not hesitate to offer, on behalf of his country, every possible assistance soon after hurricane Gustav ravaged Pinar del Rio and the Isle of Youth.

South African President Thabo Mbeki announced his resignation on Sunday. The resignation will be effective from a date to be decided by South Africa's parliament, Mbeki said in a television speech.

The surge of 30,00 US troops from January 2007 to June 2007 caused the decline in violence in Iraq. At least that's the commonly-held wisdom. John McCain thought the surge was so successful, he has even gone so far as to suggest that the surge in troops was his idea.