Guinea's coup leader declared a zero-tolerance policy on corruption Saturday, vowing to renegotiate the country's many mining contracts and warning that anyone who embezzles state funds will be executed. ...more

December 28, 2008

Concerning the Capitol Visitor Center that opened Tuesday, three years and $360 million over budget, with a 186-foot marble wall holding display cases that document the nation's milestones and key decisions in Congress: ...more

December 7, 2008

As seen on TV: From the people who brought your the pet rock and "send us your jewelery and we swear we'll send you back the money it's worth" comes America's next great example of marketing genius: Sarah Palin. ...more

September 8, 2008

As energy prices soar and cause good jobs to leave our state and country for places where energy is affordable, Congress will soon consider whether to modify outdated and damaging prohibitions on domestic energy production. ...more

June 11, 2008

I read these letters complaining about the high cost of gasoline. People condemn the oil companies and refiners. However, their raw material cost is high to begin with (whatever the market is bringing) and refining it into gasoline is not cost free. On the other hand, this country sits on enough oil to sustain it for a century or more. Why don't we use it? Well, the environmentalists ban drilling for it in the far northern, frozen, uninhabitable area of Alaska's north shore. The state of Forida bans drilling in the Gulf, as it might damage their beaches. There is a price for everything, and in my view, the high price of gasoline is the price we pay for satisfying the objectors. ...more

November 16, 2007

As dawn cracks over seemingly endless fields of sugar cane, a ragged army of men and women sharpen their machetes to harvest the raw material for Brazil's 'white gold.' ...more

October 2, 2007