The Securities and Exchange Commission has expanded its probe of Bank of America to include possible failure by the bank to disclose mounting losses at Merrill Lynch, a top agency official said Friday. ...more

December 12, 2009

The Pentagon, in a rush to shrink a backlog of unprocessed claims, wrongfully denied money to nearly 2,000 severely disabled veterans, a House lawmaker said Wednesday. ...more

October 23, 2008

The last debate! Couldn't help feeling nostalgic Wednesday night. It was a little like the last bonfire at summer camp. ...more

October 17, 2008

Mortgage finance company Fannie Mae said it is forgiving the mortgage debt of a 90-year-old woman who shot herself in the chest as sheriff's deputies attempted to evict her. ...more

October 5, 2008

The Democratic National Convention you see on TV is not the same convention as experienced in the Pepsi Center. ...more

August 28, 2008

Everything will be all right if we just fix the housing problem. That was the hope investors clung to as they watched Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac crumble this week. ...more

August 21, 2008

Impeach Bush Efforts to hold the Bush/Cheney Administration accountable has taken another dramatic step forward. Last week Congressman Dennis Kucinich introduced the first Articles of Impeachment ever to be introduced against President Bush. It includes, in total, 35 articles detailing this administration's blatant abuse of power. Today, I enthusiastically support this vitally important bill. ...more

June 19, 2008

Voters did not hand Democrats control of Congress two years ago in order to impeach President Bush, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said Wednesday. ...more

June 12, 2008

In announcing another quixotic, third-party presidential bid Sunday on "Meet the Press," Ralph Nader, the Harold Stassen of the modern era, asked why so many in the "liberal intelligentsia" condemn him for discussing important issues the two major parties ignore. ...more

February 26, 2008

Florida needs to rethink its drawn-out system of voting for two weeks prior to an election day. ...more

January 29, 2008